Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Essays for Orchestra Nos. 2 and 3 - Karina Gauvin, Marin Alsop, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Thomas Trotter

Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Essays for Orchestra Nos. 2 and 3

Karina Gauvin, Marin Alsop, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Thomas Trotter

  • Genre: Classical
  • Release Date: 2004-05-10
  • Explicitness: notExplicit
  • Country: USA
  • Track Count: 4

  • ℗ 2004 Naxos

Tracks

Title Artist Time
1
Knoxville: Summer Of 1915, Op. Karina Gauvin, Marin Alsop & Royal Scottish National Orchestra 16:51
2
Second Essay for Orchestra, Op Marin Alsop & Royal Scottish National Orchestra 11:21
3
Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. Marin Alsop & Royal Scottish National Orchestra 14:22
4
Toccata Festiva, Op. 36 Marin Alsop, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Thomas Trotter 14:17

Reviews

  • Barber Knoxville Summer of 1915 and Essays for Orchestra 2 & 3

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    By Carl Fowler
    Marin Alsop offers idiomatic readings of these Barber masterworks. The moving Knoxville Summer of 1915 (to the poetic introduction to James Agee's novel "A Death in the Family") combines innocence with sadness and is gently and expressively sung by Karina Gauvin. The two great Essays receive very tight, yet dynamic readings and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra handles this unusual (for it) American music with aplomb. This album is both a fine value and a very good representation of these works. The little-played Toccata Festiva provides an (appropriately) loud and "festive" conclusion!

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