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Barber: Adagio for Strings; Ives: Symphony No. 3, etc.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
Barber: Adagio for Strings; Ives: Symphony No. 3, etc. Neville Marriner, The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Decca Originals 475 8237.
It's surprising, isn't it, how sometimes the simplistic tune can become a hit, then a classic? Take Samuel Barber's little Adagio for Strings, for instance. It started life as the slow movement of his String Quintet, and in the late 1930s he arranged it for string orchestra. It became an instant success, and it has been popular ever since; yet it is really nothing more than a single brief passage repeated several times in several different ways.
The Adagio has never sounded more beautiful than under the direction of Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, back in the days (1976) when they ...
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...today can boast the kind of longevity and impact of Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. With more...when we get there." For more of the interview with Sir Neville Marriner, log on to www.MiamiHerald.com. Copyright (c) 2007...
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...the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Judy Drucker followed up three nights later with the highly anticipated return of Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields on Friday at the Carnival Center. Famed the world over for their bounteous...
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...been described as perhaps the grandest composition ever written for wind instruments--and it receives its due from Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, a partnership that has been giving record collectors consistently...
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...des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Misha Dichter, piano; Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Philips Duo 289...received such good treatment as with Misha Dichter and Sir Neville Marriner, and the sound here is the best of any in the set. All...
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- News wire article from: Miami Herald (Miami, FL) Johnson, Lawrence A. February 13, 2007 700+ words
...Johnson Feb. 13--Few conductor-orchestra partnerships active today can boast the kind of longevity and impact of Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. With more than 700 recordings -- and a prominent place on the shelf of...
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