Notturno airs, dances, fantasies and serenades.

Table of Contents: “…Suite no. 3, Ancient airs & dances for the lute /Respighi -- Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 / Mozart --Fantasia on "Greensleeves" / Vaughan Williams --Concertino in G major / Pergolesi -- Valse triste, op. 44 / Sibelius -- Adagio for strings, op. 11 / Barber.…”

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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Classics for all seasons.

Table of Contents: “…Danses sacreé et profane / Debussy -- Adagio from Symphony no. 2 in E minor / Rachmaninoff -- Vltava (The Moldau) from Má vlast / Smetana -- Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis / Vaughan Williams -- Allegretto from Symphony in D minor / Franck -- Adagio for strings / Barber.…”
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Elegy for strings /

Table of Contents: “…Adagietto from symphony no. 5 / Gustav Mahler (10:58) -- Elegia for harp and strings / Heino Eller (13:11) -- Adagio for strings, op. 11 / Samuel Barber (8:27) -- Metamorphosen / Richard Strauss (26:12) -- Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten / Arvo Part (6:18).…”
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The best-loved baroque concertos.

Table of Contents: “…Concerto grosso in F / Arcangelo Corelli -- Flute concerto in G major / Giovanni Battista Pergolesi -- Concerto for violin and organ in D minor / Antonio Vivaldi -- Adagio for strings and organ in G minor / Tomaso Albinoni -- Concerto grosso in A minor / Antonio Vivaldi -- Oboe concerto in D minor / Tomaso Albinoni.…”
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Evocation of the spirit.

Table of Contents: “…Totus tuus : op. 60 / Henryk Górecki (11:15) -- Magnificat / Arvo Pärt (Donna Carter, soprano) (9:15) -- Mass / Frank Martin (30:00) -- Agnus Dei : based on Adagio for strings / Samuel Barber (Arietha Lockhart, soprano) (10:55) -- Friede auf Erden = Peace on earth : op. 13 / Arnold Schoenberg (10:35).…”
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The outer bands / by Gomez, Gabriel, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; Introduction to the Poems; I; Cupola; Coined; Curriculum; Glaciers; Lost in Translation; Over Night Low; This Particular Season; Timbre; Crash; A Slender Chemistry of Wondrous Fiction; II; 20 Retablos; III; Map Reader; Adagio for Strings; Inverness; Rebirth; Paper; Figurines; Bluegrass; Lebanon, Tennessee; Murmation of Starlings; The dynamic sound that is; IV; The Outer Bands; Postscript: The Cost of Recovery.…”
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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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Samuel Barber : his life and legacy / by Pollack, Howard

Table of Contents: “…Samuel Barber and His Family -- A Musical Education -- Personal Matters: Early Years -- Other Formative Experiences -- Early Works through 1932 -- More Adventures at Home and Abroad, 1933-1939 -- Music for a Scene from Shelley and One Day of Spring -- Songs and Choruses, 1934-1940 -- The First Symphony and the String Quartet -- The Adagio for Strings and the First Essay -- The Violin Concerto and the Second Essay -- Wartime Service -- The Second Symphony and Excursions -- The Capricorn Concerto, Horizon, and the Cello Concerto -- Barber and His Contemporaries -- Medea -- Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and "Nuvoletta" -- The Piano Sonata and Mélodies passagères -- Personal Matters: Later Years -- A Composer's Life -- Souvenirs and the Hermit Songs -- Prayers of Kierkegaard, Adventure, and Summer Music -- Vanessa -- From the Nocturne to Die Natali -- The Piano Concerto and Andromache's Farewell -- The Creation of Antony and Cleopatra -- Antony and Cleopatra in Performance -- From the Chorale for Ascension Day to The Lovers -- From Fadograph of a Yestern Scene to the Canzonetta.…”
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American festival.

Table of Contents: “…Overture to Candide / Leonard Bernstein (4:27) -- Newsreel / William Schuman (7:06) -- The unanswered question / Charles Ives (5:39) -- If--then / Roger Ruggeri (3:30) -- Fanfare for the common man (3:52) ; Variations on a Shaker melody : from the ballet Appalachian spring (3:30) / Aaron Copland -- Adagio for strings / Samuel Barber (9:44) -- Saturday night at the firehouse / Henry Cowell (5:03) -- The circus band march / Charles Ives (2:05).…”

Contemporary classics : masterpieces of the 20th century.

Table of Contents: “…Dance of Terror (Manuel de Falla) -- VI. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (Samuel Barber) -- VII. Slow Movement Theme (John Ireland) -- VIII. …”
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Masters of classical music.

Table of Contents: “…Peer Gynt (incidental music for Ibsen's play), Suite no. 2, op.55: The Abduction of the bride (Ingrid's lament) (4:26) -- Arabic dance (4:36) -- Peer Gynt's homecoming (3:07) -- Solveig's song (5:38) / Edvard Grieg -- Over the wave (8:41) / Juventino Rosas --Finlandia, op.26, no.7 (8:40) / Jean Sibelius -- Adagio for strings (6:51) / Samuel Barber --Fantasy on "Greensleeves" (4:40) / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- Canon in D minor (5:31) / Johann Pachelbel.…”
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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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A different view : the music of David Jephcott. by Jephcott, David

Table of Contents: “…Adagio for strings (3:29) ; 2. The Blue Nile (3:22) / arranged by Jim Clements -- The Ludlow air / arranged by Paul Whittall (4:28) -- Glencoe / arranged by Piers Tattersall (3:33) -- The Egyptian suite / arranged by Ian Stephens (19:24) -- The prairie whistler / arranged by Jim Clements (3:00) -- The refugees' lament / arranged by Gavin Higgins (3:08) -- The phantoms' waltz / arranged by Paul Whittall (3:07) -- Plain sailing / arranged by Louis Johnson [and] James Wishart (22:07).…”
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The top ten most beautiful pieces to play on piano.

Table of Contents: “…Adagio for strings / Barber -- Andante grazioso : from Piano sonata no. 11 in A major, K331 / Mozart -- Clair de lune : no. 3 from Suite bergamasque / Debussy -- Lascia ch'io pianga : from Rinaldo, HWV 7 / Handel -- Miserere / Allegri -- Moonlight sonata, op. 27 no. 2, 1st movement / Beethoven -- Nimrod : from Enigma variations, op. 36 / Elgar -- Nocturen in E♭ major, op. 9 no. 2 / Chopin -- On the nature of daylight/Written on the sky : from Shutter Island / Richter -- Nuvole bianche / Einaudi.…”

Chichester Psalms / by Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990

American music of the twenthieth century.

Table of Contents: “…Adagio for strings / Samuel Barber (Scottish Chamber Orchestra ; Jukka-Pekka Saraste) (7:10) -- Fanfare for the common man (London Philharmonic ; Carl Davis) (3:07) ; Appalachian spring, suite (City of London Symphony Orchestra ; Richard Hickox) (26:01) / Aaron Copland -- Candide. …”
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The United States Army Strings.

Table of Contents: “…Take five (2:07) -- Ashokan farewell (4:09) -- Eleanor Rigby (2:47) -- Flight of the bumblebee (1:19) -- Oblivion (3:49) -- New York, New York (2:58) -- Everything's coming up roses (2:02) -- Milonga del Angel (5:55) -- My favorite things (2:45) -- Adagio for strings (6:33) -- British grenadiers (1:44) -- Rule Britannia (1:16) -- Bedouin medley (2:19) -- Arirang (1:48) -- Garry Owen (2:21) -- Rocky Top (2:05) -- La Cumparsita (4:04) -- Orange blossom special (2:02) -- God bless America (3:01) -- The Army song (The Army goes rolling along) (0:40).…”

Chichester Psalms / by Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990

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Organ dreams

Table of Contents: “…Rêve / Alexandre Guilmant -- Vesper voluntaires : op. 14 / Edward Elgar -- Siciliano for a high ceremony / Herbert Howells -- Study in A flat major, op. 56, no. 4 / Robert Schumann -- Adagio for strings / Samuel Barber ; arr. William Strickland -- évocation à la Chapelle Sixtine : S658 / Franz Liszt -- Twelve short pieces and a full voluntary. …”
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