overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fBARBER Concerto for Violin and OrchestraBARBER Commando MarchBARBER Symphony No. 2 Recorded in 1944 and 1949Total duration: 56:32 Ruth Posselt, violinBoston Symphony Orchestraconducted by Serge Koussevitzky578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples/PASC217.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fThese three works comprise the complete recorded repertoire of Samuel Barber as conducted by Serge Koussevitzky. (There was also an earlier broadcast performance of the Commando March, but no commercial recordings of any of the works.) Koussevitzky was famous for championing contemporary American composers during his tenure in Boston, and he brought his customary passion and commitment to the scores we hear on this program.The Violin Concerto is heard in the first performance of the revised version Barber prepared in November, 1948. The soloist, American violinist Ruth Posselt, was married to the BSO’s concertmaster and assistant conductor, Richard Burgin, and holds the record for most appearances by a soloist with the orchestra. The concert from which this recording emanates was not broadcast, but rather was surreptitiously recorded using a microphone concealed in a ventilation grate above the stage, as were several other concerts during the 1948-49 season. The sound, relayed by telephone line and taken down on acetate discs at a local Boston recording studio, is nonetheless surprisingly well-balanced and immediate. (A couple bars in the finale that were missing on the original recording due to a skipped groove have been patched in from another performance.)The Commando March and Second Symphony date from Barber’s service in the U. S. Army Air Force during the Second World War. The broadcast of the symphony’s world première features the original version of the work, which Barber revised in 1947 in part to jettison programmatic elements. One of the casualties of this was the removal of the electronic tone generator used in the second movement (starting at 5:34 in Track 7) to suggest the radio beam used for guiding flyers. Although Barber made a recording of the revised version in 1950, he withdrew the work from performance in 1964 and soon after destroyed all known copies of the score, keeping only the revised second movement which he renamed Night Flight. A copy of the orchestral parts of the complete symphony turned up in England after Barber’s death and has been used as the basis for further performances.Mark Obert-Thorn578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fKOUSSEVITZKY conducts Barber (1944/49) BARBER Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14 (1939-40; revised 1948)1. I. Allegro (10:37)2. II. Andante (9:45)3. III. Presto in moto perpetuoso (4:10)Ruth Posselt, violinRecorded at the concert of 7th January, 1949 in Symphony Hall, Boston (world première of revised version) 4. Broadcast introduction (0:59) BARBER Commando March (1943) (3:48)5. Commando March (3:48) BARBER Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 (original version, 1943-44)6. I. Allegro ma non troppo (11:37)7. II. Andante, un poco mosso (8:29)8. III. Presto, senza battuta (7:07) From the broadcast of 12th February, 1944 at Hunter College, New York (“Dedicated to the Army Air Forces”)From the broadcast of 4th March, 1944 in Symphony Hall, Boston (world première) Serge Koussevitzky · Boston Symphony Orchestra Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-ThornRecordings from the collection of Langdon F. 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