String quartet no. 1 Scherzo for string quartet / by Ives, Charles, 1874-1954

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Dover beach : for medium voice and string quartet / by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

Dover Beach : for medium voice and string quartet / by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

Released, 1985-1995

Table of Contents: “…Mai Nozipo = Mother Nozipo / Dumisani Maraire (6:55) -- Asleep : from Five tango sensations / Astor Piazzolla (5:23) -- String quartet no. 4 : Amazing grace / Ben Johnston (11:46) -- America, before the war : from Different trains / Steve Reich (9:01) -- Arioso : from Quasi una fantasia / Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (7:24) -- The ecstasy : excerpt : from Salome dances for peace / Terry Riley (7:18) -- God-music : from Black angels / George Crumb (3:03) -- Fratres / Arvo Pärt (9:25) -- String quartet no. 5. …”

Adagio for strings. [From string quartet in B minor] by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

Dover beach : for medium voice and string quartet [op. 3] / by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

Vocal and chamber works / by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

Table of Contents: “…Now have I Fed and Eaten up the Rose (James Joyce/Gottfried Keller) ; A Green Lowland of Pianos (Czeslaw Milosz/Jerzy Harasymowicz) ; O Boundless, Boundless Evening (Christopher Middleton/Georg Heym) -- String Quartet Op. 11 -- Despite and Still, Op.41. A Last Song ; My Lizard (Wish for a Young Love) ; In the Wilderness ; Solitary Hotel ; Despite and Still.…”
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Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis /

Subjects: “…String quartet with string orchestra.…”
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Adagio : (100th anniversary) / by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

Table of Contents: “…Adagio for Strings -- The School for Scandal Overture Op. 5 -- Violin Concerto Op. 14 -- Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Op. 24 -- Essay for Orchestra No. 1 Op. 12 -- Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance Op. 23a -- Dover Beach Op. 3 (Arnold) -- Sonata Op.26 -- Excursions Op. 20 -- Summer Music Op. 31 -- 3 Songs Op. 2 -- String Quartet Op. 11.…”
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Hermit songs by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

Table of Contents: “…--The desire for hermitage / Samuel Barber -- String quartet no. 1 / Alexei Heiff.…”

The best of Barber. by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

Table of Contents: “…Overture to 'The School for Scandal, Op. 5 -- Andante from 'Concerto, Op. 14 -- Adagio for Strings (arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet) --Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24 -- Canzone from 'Concerto, Op. 38 -- Agnus Dei, Op. 11.…”
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Music of Samuel Barber. by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

Table of Contents: “…Symphony no. 1 in one movement, op. 9 (19:40) ; Concerto for piano and orchestra, op. 38 (28:30) / Samuel Barber -- Concerto for piano and orchestra / Howard Hanson (20:19) - - Overture to The school for scandal, op. 5 (8:35) ; Music for a scene from Shelley, op. 7 (9:53) ; Essay no. 1 for orchestra (7:56) ; Adagio for strings : from the string quartet, op. 11 (9:03) ; Symphony no. 2, op. 19 (30:23) / Samuel Barber.…”
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An American collection

Table of Contents: “…Agnus Dei : [the composer's arr. of the 2nd movement of his 1st string quartet] / Samuel Barber (8:23) -- The hour-glass : [settings of 6 Ben Johnson poems] / Irving Fine (14:11) -- Clapping music / Steve Reich (5:31) -- Choruses from The Lark : [incidental music for Anouilh's play] / Leonard Bernstein (10:42) -- Four motets / Aaron Copland (10:30) -- Reincarnations : [settings of 3 poems by James Stephens] / Samuel Barber (8:17) -- Acrostic song from Final Alice : [orig. for soprano and orchestra] / David Del Tredici (5:45).…”

The romantic approach : a special collection of 20th century American music.

Table of Contents: “…Quiet city / Aaron Copland (8:41) -- Lonely town (Pas de deux) from On the town: three dance episodes / Leonard Bernstein (3:22) -- Hymn from Hymn and fuguing tune no. 2 / Henry Cowell (2:38) -- Elegy / Elliott Carter (4:12) -- Adagio from String quartet / Samuel Barber (7:18) -- Dream / John Cage (7:25) -- Lullaby / George Gershwin (7:10) -- A night piece / Arthur Foote (7:56) -- 3rd movement from Quartet for violin, clarinet, cello and piano / Peter Schickele (4:43) -- Village of the virgins from "Suite from The river" / Duke Ellington (4:17) -- Painted desert from Grande Canyon suite / Ferde Grofé (5:25) -- The unanswered question from Two contemplations / Charles Ives (5:43).…”
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Classical music for contemplation.

Table of Contents: “…Adagio / W.A. Mozart -- String quartet no. 16 in F Major, op. 135. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo / L. van Beethoven -- Adagio for strings / S. …”
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The legend of sacred music.

Table of Contents: “…Dies irae / Giuseppe Verdi (Gulbenkian foundation Chorus & Orchestra, Lisbon ; Michel Corboz, conductor) (2:08) -- Agnus Dei (arr. from 2nd mvt. of string quartet), op. 11 / Samuel Barber (Winchester Cathedral Choir ; David Hill, conductor) (7:43) -- Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 (excerpt) / George Frederick Handel (Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Philip Ledger, conductor) (5:20) -- Miserere mei, Deus / Gregorio Allegri -- Cantata no. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147 (BC A174). …”
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Music of Samuel Barber by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

So much to tell : Copland, Barber,Gershwin.

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Symphony no. 1, op. 9 ; Overture to The school for scandal ; Medea suite op. 23 ; Adagio for strings / by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

Symphonies 1 & 9 / by Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975

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