Bruckner / Delman - Sym 9 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Featuring a stellar cast of performers, and curated by pianist Dylan Perez, this complete anthology of Samuel Barber's songs present those works published during his lifetime, together with those published posthumously, some of which are recorded here for the first time. Barber was clear as to what he wanted from very early in his life, and this strength of character and courage to follow his path is heard throughout Barber's significant contribution to the genre. At a time when American classical music was heavily influenced by experimentalism, Barber's inclination for 'traditional' harmony and melody helped set him apart. Barber's vocal music demonstrates the ease he finds in the marriage of text and music. The Navarra String Quartet join the line-up for Dover Beach, Op. 3. Album Tracks 1. Three Songs, Op. 2 2. Three Songs, Op. 10 3. Four Songs, Op. 13 4. Two Songs, Op. 18 5. Nuvoletta, Op. 25 6. Mélodies Passagères, Op. 27 7. Hermit Songs, Op. 29 8. Despite and Still, Op. 41 9. Three Songs, Op. 45 10. Three Songs The Words from Old England 11. Two Poems of the Wind 12. Two Songs of Youth 13. Love's Caution 14. Night Wanderers 15. Beggar's Song 16. Music, When Soft Voices Die 17. A Slumber Song of the Madonna 18. Fantasy in Purple 19. La Nuit 20. Of That So Sweet Imprisonment 21. In the Dark Pinewood 22. Strings in the Earth and Air 23. Ask Me to Rest 24. Au Clair de la Lune 25. Mother, I Cannot Mind My Wheel 26. Love at the Door 27. Man 28. Serenader 29. Peace 30. Who Carries Corn and Crown 31. Watchers 32. Thy Love 33. Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening 34. There's Nae Lark 35. Dover Beach, Op. 3 36. Knoxville Summer of 1915, Op. 24

A most enjoyable recital, and one for which many listeners will be grateful. What is Impressive here is the pianist's integration of fragility and firmness, simplicity and complexity. Stott is at once so warmly intense, so poetic, so refined. She also draws the loveliest variegated tone from her piano. Album Tracks 1. Nocturne in E Flat minor, Op. 33 2. Impromptu No. 2 in F minor, Op. 31 3. Barcarolle No. 1 in a Minor, Op. 26 4. Nocturne No. 6 in D Flat Major, Op. 65 5. Barcarolle No. 11 in G minor, Op. 105 6. Barcarolle No. 6 in E Flat Major, Op. 70 7. Barcarolle No. 7 in D minor, Op. 90 8. Barcarolle No. 2 in G Major, Op. 41 9. Barcarolle No. 5 in F Sharp minor, Op. 66 10. Nocturne No. 4 in E Flat Major, Op. 36 11. Barcarolle No. 4 in a Flat Major, Op. 44 12. Barcarolle No. 12 in E Flat Major, Op. 106 13. Valse-Caprice No. 4 in a Flat Major, Op. 62

This is a re- of an SWRmusic-Bestseller, containing the concert recording of Bruckner's No.9 from September 20th, 1996 at the Stuttgart Liederhalle, conducted by one of the most prominent conductors of the 20th century, Carlo Maria Giulini. Carlo Maria Giulini was born in Barletta in 1914 and concluded his study of conducting at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He debuted as a conductor in 1944 with the Augusteo Orchestra, and at the same time became Fernando Previtali's assistant in the orchestra of the RAI in Rome. Giulini gave up conducting in 1998. His life's work includes a large number of phonograph recordings with, among them, the Vienna Philharmonic, which counted Giulini as it's most important conductor for many years. After a long illness, Carlo Maria Liulini died in June 2005, and was laid to rest in the family chapel in Bolzano. Album Tracks 1. I. Feierlich Misterioso - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart Des SWR 2. II. Scherzo Bewegt, Lebhaft - Trio Schnell - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart Des SWR 3. III. Adagio Langsam, Feierlich - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart Des SWR