All Barber articles
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Review
Johannes Moser: Alone Together
Multitracking brought to a new level of invention by this thoughtful cellist
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Sonoko Miriam Welde: Bruch, Barber, Vaughan Williams
A quality debut that includes perhaps one of the finest Larks you’ll ever hear
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh-Mason: Muse
Exquisite playing on the Kanneh-Mason siblings’ first recording together
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Escher Quartet: Barber, Ives
American quartets receive wonderfully striking and immediate interpretations
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Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: American Quintets
Outstanding collection of lesser-known chamber works from talented ensemble
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Live-streamed concert review: East Coast Chamber Orchestra
Bruce Hodges enjoys the performance from New York’s Advent Lutheran Church on 1 March 2021
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Jonah Kim: Rachmaninoff, Barber
Apt composer pairing for a Curtis-formed duo makes a satisfying listen
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Concert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Bruce Hodges attends the Biritsh cellist’s debut recital at Weill Recital Hall on 11 December 2019
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Johan Dalene: Barber and Tchaikovsky
Likeable debut recording from a promising young violinist
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Video
Barber's Adagio in original version from op.11 Quartet
In this video, the Banff Competition winning Dover Quartet performs the Adagio from Samuel Barber’s String Quartet in B Minor, op.11 – a piece which has gone on to achieve huge popularity in its string orchestra arrangement as the Adagio for Strings .
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News
Young violinist Simone Porter replaces injured Cincinnati Symphony concertmaster
The 19-year-old is to perform Barber’s Violin Concerto next week after Timothy Lees was forced to withdraw
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Review
American Works. Barber: Cello Sonata. Bernstein: Three Meditations from Mass. Carter: Cello Sonata. Crumb: Sonata for Solo Cello. Copland: Waltz and Celebration from Billy the Kid
The Strad Issue: February 2016 Description: Crumb and Carter stand out in a recital of cello Americana Musicians: Paul Watkins (cello) Huw Watkins (piano) Composer: Barber; Bernstein; Carter; Crumb; Copland Midtown Manhattan skyscrapers swirling in the city mist: the cover art framing Paul and Huw Watkins’s album ...
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Five Decades of Treasured Performances. Works by Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, A. Benjamin, Bloch, Brahms, Brustad, Chausson, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Gershwin, Grieg, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Nín, Paradis,
The Strad Issue: August 2015 Description: A celebration of an under-sung violinist now in her eighties Musicians: Camilla Wicks (violin) various artists Composer: Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, A. Benjamin, Bloch, Brahms, Brustad, Chausson, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Gershwin, Grieg, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Nín, Paradis, Ravel, Sarasate, Scărlătescu, Schubert, Shostakovich, R. ...
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Berlin Philharmonic performs Barber's Adagio for Strings
The Berlin Philharmonic performs Barber's Adagio for Strings conductor by Gustavo Dudamel.Read about the orchestra's famous string sound in The Strad's April 2015 issue, out now.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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News
Video: musicians gather in London’s Trafalgar Square to pay tribute to Charlie Hebdo victims
The performance of Barber’s Adagio for Strings featured 150 players
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Review
Barber: Cello Sonata op.6. Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor op.19. Piazzolla: Le grand tango
The Strad Issue: November 2014 Description: Inflexibility lets down performances of three highly charged cello works Musicians: Adolfo Gutiérrez (cello) Luis Fernando Pérez (piano) Composer: Barber, Rachmaninoff, Piazzolla Catalogue Number: Verso VRS 2010 United by a loosely based notion of Romanticism as an elevation of expressiveness, these ...