BARBER, S.: Vanessa / Overture to The School for Scandal / Symphonies / Adagio for Strings Samuel Barber Historical Recordings (1935-1960)

1 Potage crème aux perles (1. Akt)
2 No, I cannot understand
3 Must the winter come so soon?
4 Listen!... They are here...
5 Do not utter a word, Anatol
6 Yes, I believe I shall love you
7 Who are you?
8 And then? - He made me drink (2. Akt)
9 No, you are not as good a skater
10 Under the willow tree
11 Erika, I am so happy
12 Our arms entwined
13 Did you hear her?
14 Outside this house the world has changed
15 Orchestral interlude - Hymn
16 The Count and Countess d'Albany (3. Akt)
17 I should never have been a doctor
18 Here you are!
19 At last found you
20 Nothing to worry about
1 Why did no one warn me? (4. Akt)
2 Why must the greatest sorrows
3 There, look!
4 Anatol, tell me the truth!
5 Take me away
6 Grandmother! - Yes, Erika
7 Intermezzo
8 By the time we arrive
9 For every love there is a last farewell
10 And you, my friend
11 To leave, to break
12 Goodbye, Erika
13 1. Parados
14 2. Choros: Medea and Jason - 3. The young princess, Jason
15 4. Choros
16 5. Medea
17 6. Kantikos agonias
18 7. Exodos
19 Medeas Meditation and Dance of Vengeance op. 23a
1 The School for Scandal op. 5 (Ouvertüre)
2 1. Allegro ma non troppo
3 2. Allegro molto
4 3. Andante tranquillo
5 4. Con moto
6 1. Allegro ma non troppo
7 2. Allegro molto
8 3. Andante tranquillo
9 4. Con moto
10 Adagio für Streicher op. 11 Nr. 2
11 Essay für Orchester Nr. 1 op. 12
12 Essay für Orchester Nr. 2 op. 17
13 Commando March
1 1. Allegro ma non troppo
2 2. Andante, un poco mosso
3 3. Presto
4 1. Allegro ma non troppo
5 2. Andante, un poco mosso
6 3. Presto, senza battuta - Poco sostenuto - Allegro risoluto - Allegro molto
7 Sinfonie Nr. 2 op. 19 (rev. Fassung) (Probenaufnahme)
1 Die Natali op. 37
2 Nr. 1: O Thou who art unchangeable
3 Nr. 2: Lord Jesus Christ, who suffered all life long
4 Nr. 3: Father in Heaven, well we know that it is Thou
5 Nr. 4: Father in Heaven! hold not our sins up against us
6 1. Allegro
7 2. Andante
8 3. Presto in moto perpetuo
1 1. Allegro
2 2. Andante
3 3. Presto in moto perpetuo
4 1. Allegro ma non troppo
5 2. Allegretto
6 3. Allegro con brio
7 1. Allegro moderato
8 2. Andante sostenuto
9 3. Molto allegro e appassionato
1 Spoken introduction by Orlando Cole
2 1. Allegro ma non troppo
3 2. Adagio
4 3. Allegro appassionato
5 1. Molto allegro e appassionato
6 2. Adagio
7 3. Molto adagio - Presto
8 Nr. 1: Un poco allegro
9 Nr. 2: In slow blues tempo
10 Nr. 3: Allegretto
11 Nr. 4: Exuberant and joyous barn dance
12 1. Tempo di waltz
13 2. Schottisch
14 3. Adagio
15 4. Two-Step
16 5. Hesitation tango
17 6. Galop
1 Dover Beach op. 3 (für Singstimme und Streichquartett)
2 Knoxville Summer of 1915 op. 24 (Originalfassung)
3 Knoxville Summer of 1915 op. 24
4 Knoxville Summer of 1915 op. 24 (rev. Fassung)
5 Nr. 3: Sure on this shining night
6 Nr. 4: Nocturne
7 Nr. 3: I hear an army
8 Statement by Gian Carlo Menotti
9 Interview with Samuel Barber by James Fassett