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Sir John Barbirolli (né Giovanni Battista Barbirolli; 2 December 1899 – 29 July 1970) was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life. Earlier in his career he was Arturo Toscanini's successor as music director of the New York Philharmonic, serving from 1936 to 1943. He was also chief conductor of the Houston Symphony from 1961 to 1967, and was a guest conductor of many other orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, with all of which he made recordings.

Born in London of Italian and French parentage, Barbirolli grew up in a family of professional musicians. After starting out as a cellist, he was given the chance to conduct, from 1926 with the British National Opera Company, and then with Covent Garden's touring company. On taking up the conductorship of the Hallé he had less opportunity to work in the opera house, but in the 1950s he conducted productions of works by Verdi, Wagner, Gluck, and Puccini at Covent Garden with such success that he was invited to become the company's permanent musical director, an invitation he declined. Late in his career he made several recordings of operas, of which his 1967 set of Puccini's Madama Butterfly for EMI is probably the best known.

Both in the concert hall and on record, Barbirolli was particularly associated with the music of English composers such as Elgar, Delius and Vaughan Williams. His interpretations of other late Romantic composers, such as Mahler and Sibelius, as well as of earlier classical composers, including Schubert, are also still admired.

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1. Sir John Barbirolli - Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Theme
2. Sir John Barbirolli - Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a "St. Antoni Chorale": Variation III. Con moto
3. Sir John Barbirolli - Pizzicato-Polka
4. Sir John Barbirolli - Rückert Lieder: No. 2, Ich atmet' einen linden Duft!
5. Sir John Barbirolli - Oboe Concerto in C Minor: I. Introduzione. Larghetto
6. Sir John Barbirolli - Suite from Serse, HWV 40: II. Largo. "Ombra mai fù" (Orch. Hoffmann)
7. Sir John Barbirolli - Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a "St. Antoni Chorale": Thema. Chorale St. Antoni
8. Sir John Barbirolli - Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 (Orch. Jacob)
9. Sir John Barbirolli - Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47: I. Moderato
10. Sir John Barbirolli - Symphony No. 8 in D Minor: II. Scherzo alla marcia, per gli stromenti a vento
11. Sir John Barbirolli - Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48: II. Valse. Moderato
12. Sir John Barbirolli - Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood
13. Sir John Barbirolli - Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation IX. Adagio "Nimrod"
14. Sir John Barbirolli - Serenade for Wind Instruments in D Minor, Op. 44, B. 77: I. Moderato, quasi marcia
15. Sir John Barbirolli - Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby, Op. 50: No. 4, Loth to depart
16. Sir John Barbirolli - Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, FWV 46: IV. Allegro non troppo
17. Sir John Barbirolli - Fantasia on Greensleeves (Orch. Greaves)
18. Sir John Barbirolli - Madama Butterfly, Act II: "Un bel dì vedremo" (Butterfly)
19. Sir John Barbirolli - La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H 111: Marche hongroise
20. Sir John Barbirolli - Oboe Concerto in D Minor: II. Adagio (Performed in C Minor)
21. Sir John Barbirolli - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio
22. Sir John Barbirolli - Kindertotenlieder: No. 2, Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
23. Sir John Barbirolli - 2 Pieces from Kuolema, Op. 44: No. 1, Valse triste
24. Sir John Barbirolli - Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: IV. Animando
25. Sir John Barbirolli - Irmelin Prelude
26. Sir John Barbirolli - Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: III. Rondo. Allegro - Cadenza
27. Sir John Barbirolli - España
28. Sir John Barbirolli - Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
29. Sir John Barbirolli - Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39: No. 1 in D Major
30. Sir John Barbirolli - La Mer, CD 111, L. 109: II. Jeu de vagues
31. Sir John Barbirolli - Les patineurs, Op. 183
32. Sir John Barbirolli - Nocturnes, CD 98, L. 91: No. 2, Fêtes
33. Sir John Barbirolli - Die Fledermaus: Overture
34. Sir John Barbirolli - Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22: I. Allegro moderato
35. Sir John Barbirolli - La forza del destino: Overture
36. Sir John Barbirolli - Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato
37. Sir John Barbirolli - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
38. Sir John Barbirolli - Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, CD 87, L. 86
39. Sir John Barbirolli - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romanza. Larghetto
40. Sir John Barbirolli - An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314
41. Sir John Barbirolli - Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam
42. Sir John Barbirolli - Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: I. Nicht zu schnell
43. Sir John Barbirolli - Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro ma non troppo



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