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Music : Barber: Violin Concerto
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Barber: Violin Concerto from: Naxos List Price: £5.99 CD-Charts Price: £2.98 You Save: £3.01 (50%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0636943904428 Label: Naxos Manufacturer: Naxos Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Naxos Release Date: November 14, 2001 Running Time: 64 minutes Studio: Naxos Sales Rank: 6892 Disc 1:
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 Rating: - It's not Adagio for Strings!Like most casual listeners to classical music, I had heard very little Barber apart from that ubiquitous Adagio, and I wasn't sure what I was going to get. Well, it's light-hearted and dainty, and perhaps not what you'd expect. It has to be pointed out that the four pieces on this CD are actually all very different. The Violin Concerto comes across as a "serious" piece, while the "Souvenirs" is almost like a set of pastiches. The "Serenade for Strings" sounds almost Prokofiev-like in places. However, the "Music from a scene by Shelley" is perhaps the most interestingly spooky piece, evoking images (to me anyway) of boggy, moonlit woods. Barber is certainly an accessible composer and at the same time interesting and unusual ... Read More: |
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