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Barber: Violin Concerto; Adagio for Strings; Knoxville: Summer of 1915

Composer(s) / Artist(s): Barber
Performance by: Adagio for Strings and Knoxville: Barbara Hendricks (sop), London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Thomas; Violin Concerto; Elmar Oliveira (vn), Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin
Genre: Instrumental
Label: EMI
Catalogue #: 206625-2
Medium: 1 CD
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" An outstanding performance and recording of the the calibre we now take for granted. "  - The Penguin Guide To Recorded Classical Music
"Knoxville is one of the most magically evocative pieces of its kind, and it is all the more magical here for the authentically American inflexions that Hendricks gives it, together with the glowing string tone. The celebrated Adagio is taken at a flowing tempo, with no self-indulgence or sentimentality. With the addition of the fine account of the Violin Concerto this is a radiant disc." (Penguin Guide)

Track List
Disc 1
1. Adagio for Strings 8.35
2. Knoxville: Summer of 1915 15.40
3. Violin Concerto: I. Allegro 10.58
4. Violin Concerto: II. Andante 9.27
5. Violin Concerto: III. Presto in moto perpetuo 3.45
6. Overture to "The School for Scandal." 8.24
7. Essay for Orchestra No 1 9.18
8. Medea's Dance of Vengeance 13.06