Barber: Capricorn Concerto / A Hand of Bridge / Canzonetta / Intermezzo

Featuring

Marin Alsop
Stéphane Rancourt
John Gracie
Karen Jones
Lesley Craigie
Roderick Williams

Louise Winter
Simon Wall
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Samuel Barber

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Performer Biography

Marin Alsop, the conductor on this album, was a pupil of Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, and Gustav Meier at Tanglewood.

Composer Biography

Barber was a member of the founding class at the Curtis Institute, where his classmates jokingly referred to him as one of the 'three B's' of classical music, alongside Bach and Beethoven.

Recording & Production

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, featured on this album, recorded a complete cycle of Samuel Barber's orchestral works under their former Principal Guest Conductor Marin Alsop.

Composer Biography

Samuel Barber was a musical prodigy who began composing at age eight and could play the pipe organ proficiently enough to accompany services a year earlier.