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Reference Recording: Zinman’s Definitive Barber Collection

David Hurwitz

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Reference Recording: This One

  • BARBER, SAMUEL:
    Adagio for Strings; The School for Scandal Overture; Essays Nos. 1 & 2; Music for a Scene from Shelley; Symphony No. 1
  • Record Label: Argo - 436 288-2
  • Medium: CD

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