Composer(s): Barber, Samuel
Lyricist(s): Agee, James
Conductor(s): Alsop, Marin
Label: Naxos
Series: American Classics
Genre: Orchestral; Vocal
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.559134
Barcode: 0636943913420
Release Date: 03/2004

BARBER, S.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5 - Knoxville: Summer of 1915 / Essays for Orchestra Nos. 2 and 3 (Gauvin, Trotter, Alsop)

This fifth instalment in ‘Naxos’s continuing and continuously revelatory series devoted to Barber’s music’ (The Daily Telegraph), conducted by Gramophone Artist of the Year 2003 Marin Alsop, features the ripely romantic Knoxville: Summer of 1915, a ‘lyric rhapsody’ for soprano and orchestra, and the rarely-recorded Toccata Festiva for organ and orchestra which, with its fast, furious opening fanfare and virtuosic cadenza, is a veritable tourde- force for the soloist.

Tracklist

Barber, Samuel
Agee, James - Lyricist
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Gauvin, Karina (soprano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
1Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 (1947 version for voice and orchestra)16:51
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Gauvin, Karina (soprano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Barber, Samuel
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
2Second Essay, Op. 1711:12
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
3Third Essay, Op. 4714:28
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Trotter, Thomas (organ)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
4Toccata festiva, Op. 3614:24
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Trotter, Thomas (organ)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 56:55