50 Best Adagios

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Album Summary

Performers

• Naoko Yoshino (Harp)
• Kun-woo Paik (Piano)
• Paul Tortelier (Cello)
• Maggie Cole (Harpsichord)
• Andrew Litton (Piano)
• Giovanni Scaramuzzino (Mandolin)
• Jane Murdoch (Violin)
• Jonathan Rees (Violin)
• Ralph Kirshbaum (Cello)
• David Daniels (Countertenor)
• Steven Isserlis (Cello)
• Diana Ambache (Piano)
• Paul Meyer (Clarinet)
• Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
• Annie Fischer (Piano)
• Sabine Meyer (Clarinet)
• Jean-Bernard Pommier (Piano)
• Samuel Coles (Flute)
• Arleen Augér (Soprano)
• Véronique Gens (Soprano)
• Anne Queffélec (Piano)

Conductors

• Asperen, Bob van
• Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
• Corboz, Michel
• Hickox, Richard
• Kaljuste, Tonu
• Kuijken, Sigiswald
• Ledger, Philip, Sir
• Menuhin, Yehudi
• Nelson, John
• Norrington, Roger
• Parrott, Andrew
• Pesek, Libor
• Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
• Saraste, Jukka-Pekka
• Sawallisch, Wolfgang
• Tortelier, Paul
• Warren-Green, Christopher
• Watson, Ian

Ensembles

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• Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
• Il Seminario Musicale
• London Classical Players
• Melante Amsterdam
• Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members)
• Nash Ensemble
• Taverner Consort
• Taverner Players

Composers

• John Tavener (Composer) (1944 - )
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Erik Satie (Composer) (1866 - 1925)
• Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Unspecified
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Giovanni Pergolesi (1710 - 1736)
• Arvo Pärt (1935 - )
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

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Albinoni, Tomaso : Adagio :: Extract

• Conductor: Ian Watson
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1945

Pachelbel, Johann : Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1700

Allegri, Gregorio : Miserere :: Extract

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 5 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 16th Century

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Flute Op. 10 'La notte' :: 2. Largo

• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 1 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1729

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto no 1 'Spring' (The Four Seasons) :: 2. Largo e pianissimo

• Conductor: Christopher Warren-Green
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto no 2 'Summer' (The Four Seasons) :: 2. Adagio

• Conductor: Christopher Warren-Green
• Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto no 3 'Autumn' (The Four Seasons) :: 2. Adagio molto

• Conductor: Christopher Warren-Green
• Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto no 4 'Winter' (The Four Seasons) :: 2. Largo

• Conductor: Christopher Warren-Green
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Vivaldi, Antonio : Mandolin Concerto in C :: 2. Largo

• Performer: Giovanni Scaramuzzino (Mandolin)
• Conductor: Fabio Biondi
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: by 1742

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Harpsichord Concerto in A :: 2. Larghetto

• Conductor: Bob Asperen
• Ensemble: Melante Amsterdam
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1738

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Harpsichord Concerto in F minor :: 2. Largo

• Conductor: Bob Asperen
• Ensemble: Melante Amsterdam
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1738

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for two violins in D minor :: 2. Largo ma non tanto

• Performers: Jane Murdoch (Violin); Jonathan Rees (Violin)
• Running Time: 6 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1730-1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 1 :: 4. Sarabande

• Conductor: Philip Ledger
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738-1739

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 :: Air 'on the G string'

• Conductor: Philip Ledger
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for Cello no 5 :: 4. Sarabande

• Performer: Ralph Kirshbaum (Cello)
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Symphony no 88 in G :: 2. Largo (extract)

• Conductor: Sigiswald Kuijken
• Notes: Composition written: 1787.
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1787

Pergolesi, Giovanni : Stabat mater :: Opening

• Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Il Seminario Musicale
• Running Time: 4 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1736-1736

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Ave verum corpus

• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791

Handel, George Frideric : Serse :: Ombra mai fú

• Performer: David Daniels (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738

Pärt, Arvo : Solfeggio

• Conductor: Tönu Kaljuste
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1963-1996

Tavener, John : The Protecting Veil :: Conclusion

• Performer: Steven Isserlis (Cello)
• Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1987

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• Period Time: Modern

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 21, K. 467 :: 2. Andante

• Performer: Diana Ambache (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1785

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Clarinet K. 621 :: 2. Adagio

• Performer: Paul Meyer (Clarinet)
• Conductor: John Nelson
• Ensemble: Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
• Running Time: 6 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 20, K. 466 :: 2. Romanze (extract)

• Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1785

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Serenade in G 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik', K. 525 :: 2. Romanze

• Conductor: Christopher Warren-Green
• Running Time: 5 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 22, K. 482 :: 2. Andante

• Performer: Annie Fischer (Piano)
• Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
• Running Time: 9 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1785

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Symphony no 40, K. 550 :: 2. Andante

• Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
• Running Time: 7 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1788

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 23, K. 488 :: 2. Adagio

• Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 24, K. 491 :: 2. Larghetto

• Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
• Running Time: 8 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K 477 (479a)

• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Ensemble: London Classical Players
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1785

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581 :: 2. Larghetto

• Performer: Sabine Meyer (Clarinet)
• Ensemble: Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members)
• Running Time: 6 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1789

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Sonata for Piano no 8, K. 310 :: 2. Andante cantabile con espressione (extract)

• Performer: Jean-Bernard Pommier (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1778.
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1778

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major :: 2. Andantino

• Performers: Samuel Coles (Flute); Naoko Yoshino (Harp)
• Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
• Running Time: 9 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1778

Saint-Saëns, Camille : Carnival of the Animals :: Aquarium

• Ensemble: Nash Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Saint-Saëns, Camille : Carnival of the Animals :: The Swan

• Ensemble: Nash Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Debussy, Claude : Suite bergamasque :: Clair de lune

• Performer: Kun-woo Paik (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890

Debussy, Claude : Préludes, Book 1

• Performer: Jean-Bernard Pommier (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1909

Debussy, Claude : La cathédrale engloutie, prelude for piano, L. 117/10

• Performer: Jean-Bernard Pommier (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1909

Fauré, Gabriel : Élégie for cello & piano or orchestra in C minor, Op. 24

• Performer: Paul Tortelier (Cello)
• Running Time: 7 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1880

Fauré, Gabriel : Pavane, Op. 50

• Conductor: Paul Tortelier
• Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1887

Fauré, Gabriel : Reuiem :: Introit (extract)

• Conductor: Michel Corboz
• Running Time: 7 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1887-1900

Poulenc, Francis : Concerto for two pianos :: 2. Larghetto

• Performers: Anne Queffélec (Piano); Jean-Bernard Pommier (Piano)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 5 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1932

Poulenc, Francis : Concert champêtre :: 2. Andante

• Performer: Maggie Cole (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 6 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1927-1928

Satie, Erik [Composer] : Gnossienne for piano no 1

• Performer: Anne Queffélec (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1890

Satie, Erik [Composer] : Gnossienne for piano no 3

• Performer: Anne Queffélec (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1890

Ravel, Maurice : Concerto for Piano in G :: 2. Adagio (extract)

• Performer: Andrew Litton (Piano)
• Conductor: Libor Pesek
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1929-1931

Ravel, Maurice : Vocalise-Étude en forme de Habanera, for voice & piano

• Performer: Arleen Augér (Soprano)
• Conductor: Libor Pesek
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1907

Ravel, Maurice : Ma Mère l'Oye :: Pavane de la Belle au Bois dormant

• Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1911-1912

Ravel, Maurice : Ma Mère l'Oye :: Le Jardin féérique

• Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1911-1912

Ravel, Maurice : Pavane pour une infante défunte

• Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
• Running Time: 6 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1899