Samuel Barber: Medea (Cave of the Heart) (with score)

[@Gwailo54]

As with the original version for Appalachian Spring, I wish this was better known. I heard this long before THAT piece of his which is the only one you’ll find simply by entering his name. You need to know of his entire output as search engines reduce it to one piece alone. The three essays and two symphonies should be part and parcel of the repertoire of every orchestra. Look at and listen to this score. Better still, why don’t ballet companies include it instead of dances in tutus? I have no idea what things are like within the USA, but in the UK it’s as though Martha Graham never existed. One other thing, I can’t find a commercial recording of this chamber version. That’s criminal.

[@LucyBowman]

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