Samuel Barber Historical Recordings (1935-1960)

Gian Carlo Menotti - Samuel Barber - Soren Kierkegaard

• Released on 20/05/2011 by West Hill Radio Archives
• Main artists: Samuel Barber
• Genre: Opera

Vanessa, Op. 32, Act I (Samuel Barber)

1 Potage creme aux perles (Erika)

Eleanor Steber 00:03:52

Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Samuel Barber, Composer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist

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2 No, I cannot understand (Vanessa)

Eleanor Steber 00:05:11

Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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3 Must the winter come so soon? (Erika)

Eleanor Steber 00:02:22

Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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4 Listen! … They Are here (Erika)

Eleanor Steber 00:01:39

Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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5 Do not utter a word, Anatol (Vanessa)

Eleanor Steber 00:05:00

Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Samuel Barber, Composer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist

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6 Yes, I believe I shall love you (Anatol)

Eleanor Steber 00:02:01

Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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7 Who Are you? (Erika)

Eleanor Steber 00:05:57

Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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Vanessa, Op. 32, Act II (Gian Carlo Menotti)

8 And then? (Baroness)

Eleanor Steber 00:04:50

Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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9 No, you Are not as good a skater… (Vanessa)

Eleanor Steber 00:03:13

George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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10 Under the willow tree (Doctor)

Eleanor Steber 00:02:31

Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Samuel Barber, Composer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist

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11 Erika, I am so happy (Vanessa)

Eleanor Steber 00:01:17

Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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12 Our arms entwined

Eleanor Steber 00:04:11

Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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13 Did you hear her? (Erika)

Eleanor Steber 00:04:19

Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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14 Outside This house the world has changed (Anatol)

Eleanor Steber 00:05:42

Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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15 Orchestral Interlude - Hymn

Eleanor Steber 00:04:46

Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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Vanessa, Op. 32, Act III (Gian Carlo Menotti)

16 The Count and Countess d'Albany (Baroness)

Eleanor Steber 00:03:11

Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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17 I should never have been a doctor (Doctor)

Eleanor Steber 00:03:12

Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Samuel Barber, Composer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist

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18 Here you Are! (Vanessa)

Eleanor Steber 00:01:31

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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19 At last I've found you (Anatol)

Eleanor Steber 00:06:24

Rosalind Elias, Performer - Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist

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20 Nothing to worry about (Doctor)

Eleanor Steber 00:06:47

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Samuel Barber, Composer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist

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DISC 2

1 Why did no one warn me? (Vanessa)

Eleanor Steber 00:04:29

Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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2 Why must the greatest sorrows (Vanessa)

Eleanor Steber 00:02:10

Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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Vanessa, Op. 32, Act III Scene 1 (Gian Carlo Menotti)

3 There, look! (Doctor)

Eleanor Steber 00:05:44

Eleanor Steber, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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Vanessa, Op. 32, Act III (Gian Carlo Menotti)

4 Anatol, tell me the truth! (Vanessa)

Eleanor Steber 00:01:02

George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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Vanessa, Op. 32, Act IV (Samuel Barber)

5 Take me away

Eleanor Steber 00:01:31

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Samuel Barber, Composer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist

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Vanessa, Op. 32, Act III (Gian Carlo Menotti)

6 Grandmother! - Yes, Erika (Erika)

Eleanor Steber 00:02:35

Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - Samuel Barber, Composer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist

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7 Intermezzo

Eleanor Steber 00:03:14

Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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8 By the time we arrive (Anatol)

Eleanor Steber 00:01:41

Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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9 For every love there Is a last farewell (Doctor)

Eleanor Steber 00:02:31

Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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10 And you, my friend (Vanessa)

Eleanor Steber 00:06:13

Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Samuel Barber, Composer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist

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Vanessa, Op. 32, Act IV (Gian Carlo Menotti)

11 Quintet: To leave, to break

Eleanor Steber 00:03:45

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Samuel Barber, Composer - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist

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Vanessa, Op. 32, Act III (Gian Carlo Menotti)

12 Goodbye, be happy, Aunt Vanessa (Erika)

Eleanor Steber 00:05:55

Eleanor Steber, Performer - George Cehanovsky, Performer - Nicolai Gedda, Performer - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra - Rosalind Elias, Performer - Giorgio Tozzi, Performer - Regina Resnik, Performer - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - Gian Carlo Menotti, Lyricist - Samuel Barber, Composer

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Medea Suite, Op. 23 (Samuel Barber)

13 I. Parodos

The New Symphony Orchestra of London 00:02:26

Samuel Barber, Conductor - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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14 II. Choros: Medea and Jason - III. The Young Princess, Jason

The New Symphony Orchestra of London 00:07:02

Samuel Barber, Conductor - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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15 IV. Choros

The New Symphony Orchestra of London 00:03:05

Samuel Barber, Conductor - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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16 V. Medea

The New Symphony Orchestra of London 00:06:07

Samuel Barber, Conductor - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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17 VI. Kantikos Agonias

The New Symphony Orchestra of London 00:02:35

Samuel Barber, Conductor - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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18 VII. Exodos

The New Symphony Orchestra of London 00:02:43

Samuel Barber, Conductor - New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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Medea's meditation and Dance of vengeance, op. 23a (Samuel Barber)

19 Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a

New York Philharmonic 00:12:52

Dimitri Mitropoulos, Conductor - New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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DISC 3

The School for Scandal, Op. 5 (Samuel Barber)

1 The School for Scandal, Op. 5

Los Angeles Janssen Symphony Orchestra 00:08:13

Werner Janssen, Conductor - Los Angeles Janssen Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (Samuel Barber)

2 I. Allegro ma non troppo

NBC Symphony Orchestra 00:07:23

Artur Rodzinski, Conductor - NBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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3 II. Allegro molto

NBC Symphony Orchestra 00:03:23

Artur Rodzinski, Conductor - NBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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4 III. Andante tranquillo

NBC Symphony Orchestra 00:05:16

Artur Rodzinski, Conductor - NBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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5 IV. Con moto

NBC Symphony Orchestra 00:04:05

Artur Rodzinski, Conductor - NBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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6 I. Allegro ma non troppo (Revised Version)

New York Philharmonic 00:06:40

Bruno Walter, Conductor - New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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7 II. Allegro molto (Revised Version)

New York Philharmonic 00:04:28

Bruno Walter, Conductor - New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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8 III. Andante tranquillo (Revised Version)

New York Philharmonic 00:04:28

Bruno Walter, Conductor - New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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9 IV. Con moto (Revised Version)

New York Philharmonic 00:03:49

Bruno Walter, Conductor - New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (Samuel Barber)

10 Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

NBC Symphony Orchestra 00:07:05

Arturo Toscanini, Conductor - NBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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First Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12 (Samuel Barber)

11 First Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12

NBC Symphony Orchestra 00:08:01

Arturo Toscanini, Conductor - NBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Samuel Barber, Composer

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About the album

• 8 disc(s) - 102 track(s)
• Total length: 09:45:59

• Main artists: Samuel Barber
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: West Hill Radio Archives
• Genre: Klassiek Opera
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

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