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Barber: Violin Concerto

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  • Performer: James Buswell
  • Conductor: Marin Alsop
  • Audio CD (14 Nov 2001)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B00005RT4V
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 75,941 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Violin Concerto, Op. 14
2. Souvenirs (Ballet Suite), Op. 28
3. Serenade for Strings, Op. 1
4. Music for a Scene from Shelley, Op. 7
On this CD:
  1. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
    Composed by Samuel Barber
    Performed by Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    with James Buswell
    Conducted by Marin Alsop

  2. Souvenirs
    Composed by Samuel Barber
    Performed by Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conducted by Marin Alsop

  3. Serenade for String Orchestra
    Composed by Samuel Barber
    Performed by Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conducted by Marin Alsop

  4. Music for a scene from Shelley
    Composed by Samuel Barber
    Performed by Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conducted by Marin Alsop

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's not Adagio for Strings!, 16 April 2002
By Matt Westwood (Reading, UK) - See all my reviews
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Like most casual listeners to classical music, I had heard very little Barber apart from that ubiquitous Adagio, and I wasn't sure what I was going to get.

Well, it's light-hearted and dainty, and perhaps not what you'd expect. It has to be pointed out that the four pieces on this CD are actually all very different. The Violin Concerto comes across as a "serious" piece, while the "Souvenirs" is almost like a set of pastiches. The "Serenade for Strings" sounds almost Prokofiev-like in places. However, the "Music from a scene by Shelley" is perhaps the most interestingly spooky piece, evoking images (to me anyway) of boggy, moonlit woods.

Barber is certainly an accessible composer and at the same time interesting and unusual in some of his turns of phrase, so to speak. He always seems to make me think "That sounds a bit like ..." before being jolted out of this train of thought by something completely unexpected in the next bar.

Yes, it's worth exploring Barber, and there are worse places to do so than from here. Naxos once again have presented an unusual set of works at an irresistible price.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Barber Violin Concerto, 15 Jun 2009
By Mr. A. R. Boyes (Newcastle, England) - See all my reviews
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The violin concerto is the headline work here and is well performed though I wonder whether it is the violin or the recording that makes the violin tone sound a bit thin. therwise this is a very enjoyable recording.
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