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Hermit Songs, Op. 29: Sea-Snatch

by Samuel Barber & Leontyne Price · from The Music of America: Samuel Barber

1953Classical0:45Track 7

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Disc 1
1
Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5
sample avg 3.3
7:33
2
Dover Beach for Voice and String Quartet, Op. 3
sample avg 3.2 · Samuel Barber & Curtis String Quartet
7:48
3
Symphony No. 1, Op. 9: Allegro ma non troppo
sample avg 3.2 · Leonard Slatkin & St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
7:09
4
Symphony No. 1, Op. 9: Allegro molto
sample avg 3.7 · Leonard Slatkin & St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
4:18
5
Symphony No. 1, Op. 9: Andante tranquillo
sample avg 3.9 · Leonard Slatkin & St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
5:15
6
Symphony No. 1, Op. 9: Con moto (Passacaglia)
sample avg 3.8 · Leonard Slatkin & St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
4:54
7
String Quartet, Op. 11: Molto allegro e appassionato
sample avg 3.1 · Tokyo String Quartet, Peter Oundjian, Kikuei Ikeda, Kazuhide Isomura & Sadao Harada
7:58
8
String Quartet, Op. 11: Molto adagio
sample avg 3.1 · Tokyo String Quartet, Peter Oundjian, Kikuei Ikeda, Kazuhide Isomura & Sadao Harada
8:01
9
String Quartet, Op. 11: Molto allegro (come prima)
sample avg 3.0 · Tokyo String Quartet, Peter Oundjian, Kikuei Ikeda, Kazuhide Isomura & Sadao Harada
2:22
10
Adagio for Strings
sample avg 3.6 · Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic
9:55
Disc 2
1
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14: I. Allegro
sample avg 3.8 · Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic & Isaac Stern
10:12
2
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14: II. Andante
sample avg 3.9 · Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic & Isaac Stern
8:27
3
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14: III. Presto in moto
sample avg 4.0 · Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic & Isaac Stern
3:55
4
Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17
sample avg 3.6
10:42
5
Medea's Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a
sample avg 3.9
12:33
6
Sonata, Op. 26: I. Allegro energico
sample avg 3.7 · Vladimir Horowitz
6:23
7
Sonata, Op. 26: II. Allegro vivace e leggero
sample avg 3.2 · Vladimir Horowitz
1:52
8
Sonata, Op. 26: III. Adagio mesto
sample avg 3.1 · Vladimir Horowitz
5:32
9
Sonata, Op. 26: IV. Fuga: Allegro con spirito
sample avg 3.4 · Vladimir Horowitz
4:35
Disc 3
1
Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
sample avg 3.6 · Leontyne Price, Thomas Schippers & Philharmonia Orchestra
16:19
2
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: At Saint Patrick's Purgatory
sample avg 3.4 · Samuel Barber & Leontyne Price
1:32
3
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: Church Bell at Night
sample avg 3.0 · Samuel Barber & Leontyne Price
0:55
4
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: Saint Ita's Vision
sample avg 3.0 · Samuel Barber & Leontyne Price
3:04
5
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: The Heavenly Banquet
sample avg 3.0 · Samuel Barber & Leontyne Price
1:18
6
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: The Crucifixion
sample avg 3.7 · Samuel Barber & Leontyne Price
2:03
7
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: Sea-Snatch
sample avg 3.5 · Samuel Barber & Leontyne Price
0:45
8
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: Promiscuity
sample avg 3.7 · Samuel Barber & Leontyne Price
0:46
9
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: The Monk and His Cat
sample avg 3.8 · Samuel Barber & Leontyne Price
2:14
10
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: The Praises of God
sample avg 3.2 · Samuel Barber & Leontyne Price
0:56
11
Hermit Songs, Op. 29: The Desire for Hermitage
sample avg 4.0 · Samuel Barber & Leontyne Price
3:22
12
I Hear an Army, Op. 10, No. 3
sample avg 3.6 · Marilyn Horne & Martin Katz
2:26
13
Nocturne, Op. 13, No. 4
sample avg 4.0 · Leontyne Price & David Garvey
3:26
14
Sure on this Shining Night, Op. 13, No. 3
sample avg 3.1 · Marilyn Horne & Martin Katz
2:36
15
Vanessa: Must the Winter Come So Soon?
sample avg 3.4 · Frederica von Stade, James Conlon, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Steven Blier
3:03
16
Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40: Give Me Some Music
sample avg 3.9 · Leontyne Price, Thomas Schippers & Philharmonia Orchestra
8:57
17
Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40: Give Me My Robe
sample avg 3.4 · Leontyne Price, Thomas Schippers & Philharmonia Orchestra
9:19
18
Agnus Dei
sample avg 3.7 · The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge & Richard Marlow
9:33