~ Samuel Barber
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~ Royal Scottish National Orchestra
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Barber - Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op 24; Toccata Festiva, Op 24 ~ Samuel Barber |
~ Samuel Barber
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~ Samuel Barber
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| 1. Cello Concerto, Op.22 |
| 2. Medea Ballet Suite, Op.23 |
| 3. Adagio for Strings, Op.11 |
The 1946-7 ballet score Medea (written for Martha Graham's Cave of the Heart) is more extrovert, though its post-Stravinskian language helps maintain an objectivity towards its violent subject that prevents any lapses into melodrama. Its wayward lyricism and obsessive patterns are finely realised by the RSNO, while conductor Marin Alsop shows a keen sensitivity to both scores and balances their rhetoric with the clean-edged clarity of their textures. In addition, her performance of the now-ubiquitous Adagio for Strings is a model of restraint, proving the saying that less equals more. Attractive sound, with a wide range and plenty of definition.
Performance ****
Sound ****
© BBC Music Magazine 2001
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