BARBER: Knoxville; Symphony No. 1

Catalog Number: RRC1139
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD

Categories: Orchestral Music, Vocal Music
Budget Periods: 20th Century

Composers: Samuel Barber
Directors: David Measham
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Molly McGurk, West Australia Symphony Orchestra

Available: 5
Price: $8.99

Samuel Barber (1910-81)

Symphony No. 1; Essays for Orchestra;
Night Flight (published fragment Symphony 2)
*Music for a Scene from Shelley
*Knoxville (Summer of 1915)

Molly McGurk (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
*West Australia Symphony Orchestra
David Measham

	Track Listing	Time
1	Symphony No. 1, Op. 9	20:56
2	Essay No. 1, Op. 12	8:46
3	Essay No. 2, Op. 17	11:49
4	Night Flight, Op. 19a	9:08
5	Music from Shelley, Op. 7	10:19
6	Knoxville	16:18

"Measham proves a splendid advocate of the Symphony, ecuring a passionately committed performance...The Essays for Orchestra are also very well played, as is the hauntingly evocotive movement Night Flight."
Penguin Guide 3 stars