Barber, Samuel - Knoxville: Summer of 1915 / Essays for Orchestra Nos. 2 & 3 - Alsop, Marin (conductor)
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GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE & CD OF THE MONTH
...Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 is a magical work: once heard, difficult to forget. I first got to know it in Leontyne Price’s opulent RCA version and became further drawn into its world by Dawn Upshaw’s more childlike, wide-eyed view on Nonesuch: this new Naxos disc is something of a revelation. Karina Gauvin is a young Canadian soprano – check out the Analekta and Dorian catalogues for more of her recordings, especially of Baroque repertoire. She takes a wonderfully innocent approach, beautifully accompanied by our current Artist of the Year whose uncovers all sorts of ear-tickling orchestral details. Marin Alsop is also excellent in the two Essays for orchestra, works written for no less than Bruno Walter and Eugene Ormandy...
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...Vilket fynd för blott tre tjugor...
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Karina Gauvin, sopran; Thomas Trotter, orgel.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Marin Alsop.
Samuel Barber
1. Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Op 24
2. Second Essay for Orchestra Op 17
3. Third Essay for Orchestra Op 47
4. Toccata Festiva Op 36