Vanessa
Album by Samuel Barber & Susan Graham & Christine Brewer & William Burden & BBC Singers & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Leonard Slatkin
Vanessa is an opera by American composer Samuel Barber, premiered in 1958. The score combines late-Romantic lyricism with mid-20th-century harmonic language and orchestral colour, and the work represents a key example of Barber's large-scale dramatic writing within his output.

First released: 11th October 2004
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Disc 1
- 1.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene I. Introduction1:26
- 2.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene I. "Potage crème aux perles" (Erika)1:26
- 3.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene I. "No, I cannot understand why..." (Vanessa)5:46
- 4.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene I. "Must the winter come so soon?" (Erika)2:33
- 5.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene I. "Listen!... They are here" (Erika)1:40
- 6.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene I. "Do not utter a word, Anatol" (Vanessa)4:56
- 7.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene I. "Yes, I believe I shall love you" (Anatol)2:04
- 8.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene I. "Who are you?" (Erika)5:59
- 9.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene II. "And then?" (Baroness)4:31
- 10.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene II. "No, you are not as good a skater..." (Vanessa)3:13
- 11.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene II. "Under the willow tree..." (Doctor)2:51
- 12.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene II. "Erika, I am so happy" (Vanessa)4:01
- 13.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene II. "Did you hear her?" (Erika)1:35
- 14.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene II. "Help, help! Save me from their talk" (Anatol)2:54
- 15.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene II. "Outside this house the world has changed" (Anatol)3:12
- 16.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene II. "Hurry now!" (Vanessa)2:19
- 17.Vanessa, op. 32: Act I, Scene II. "In morning light let us rejoice" (Chorus)4:37
Disc 2
- 2.Vanessa, op. 32: Act II "The Count and the Countess of d'Albanie" (Major-domo)3:17
- 3.Vanessa, op. 32: Act II "I should never have been a doctor" (Doctor)3:35
- 4.Vanessa, op. 32: Act II "Here you are!" (Vanessa)1:35
- 5.Vanessa, op. 32: Act II "At last I've found you" (Anatol)1:38
- 6.Vanessa, op. 32: Act II "Love has a bitter core, Vanessa" (Anatol)4:41
- 7.Vanessa, op. 32: Act II "Nothing to worry about" (Doctor)6:26
- 8.Vanessa, op. 32: Act III, Scene I. "Why did no-one warn me?" (Vanessa)5:05
- 9.Vanessa, op. 32: Act III, Scene I. "Why must the greatest sorrow..." (Vanessa)2:26
- 10.Vanessa, op. 32: Act III, Scene I. "There, look!" (Doctor)3:06
- 11.Vanessa, op. 32: Act III, Scene I. "On the path to the lake" (Anatol)3:00
- 12.Vanessa, op. 32: Act III, Scene I. "Anatol, tell me the truth!" (Vanessa)2:40
- 13.Vanessa, op. 32: Act III, Scene I. "Grandmother!" (Erika)2:31
- 14.Vanessa, op. 32: Act III, Intermezzo4:39
- 15.Vanessa, op. 32: Act III, Scene II. "By the time we arrive in Paris" (Anatol)1:09
- 16.Vanessa, op. 32: Act III, Scene II. "For every love there is a last farewell" (Doctor)2:23
- 17.Vanessa, op. 32: Act III, Scene II. "And you, my friend" (Vanessa)2:50
- 18.Vanessa, op. 32: Act III, Scene II. "Erika, before I leave, you must tell me" (Vanessa)4:22
- 19.Vanessa, op. 32: Act III, Scene II. "To leave, to break, to find, to keep" (Vanessa)4:00
- 20.Vanessa, op. 32: Act III, Scene II. "Goodbye, be happy, Aunt Vanessa" (Erika)2:57
- 21.Vanessa, op. 32: Act III, Scene II. "No, I must never say that name again" (Erika)3:38












