Album Summary
Paul Edmund-Davies (Flute)
Carol Wincenc (Flute)
Robert McDuffie (Violin)
Arietha Lockhart (Soprano)
Eschenbach, Christoph
Kunzel, Erich
Levi, Yoel
Lopez-Cobos, Jesus
Shaw, Robert
Slatkin, Leonard
Werthen, Rudolf
Notes & Reviews:
'American Adagios' is a unique concept album that explores the serene and peaceful side of American classical music.
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Works Details
Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings - Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
- Ensemble: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, MO (03/27/1981-03/29/1981)
- Running Time: 7 min. 39 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1936
Corigliano, John : Voyage, for flute & string orchestra - Performer: Paul Edmund-Davies (Flute)
- Conductor: Rudolf Werthen
- Ensemble: I Fiamminghi
- Notes: Abbey Bonne Espérance, Belgium (07/19/1995-07/21/1995)
- Running Time: 8 min. 12 sec.
- Period Time: Contemporary
- Written: 1983
Canning, Thomas : Fantasy on a Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan for double string quartet and string orchestra - Conductor: Jesús López-Cobos
- Notes: Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH (01/21/1997/01/26/1997)
- Running Time: 9 min. 4 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1944
Hovhaness, Alan : Alleluia - Conductor: Rudolf Werthen
- Ensemble: I Fiamminghi
- Notes: Basilica of Bonne Espérance, Vellereille-les-Brayeux, Belgium (08/18/1994-08/20/1994)
- Running Time: 8 min. 45 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1941
Rouse, Christopher : Flute Concerto :: Anhran - Performer: Carol Wincenc (Flute)
- Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach
- Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Jones Hall, Houston, TX (09/24/1996/10/01/1996)
- Running Time: 5 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Contemporary
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1993
Barber, Samuel : Concerto for Violin Op. 14 :: Andante - Performer: Robert McDuffie (Violin)
- Conductor: Yoel Levi
- Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Notes: Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, GA (07/05/1996-07/06/1996)
- Running Time: 8 min. 40 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1939
Copland, Aaron : Variations on a Shaker Melody, for orchestra (arr. from Appalachian Spring) - Conductor: Erich Kunzel
- Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
- Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1967
Gershwin, George : Lullaby, for string quartet - Conductor: Erich Kunzel
- Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
- Running Time: 8 min. 53 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: circa 1919
Barber, Samuel : Agnus Dei - Performer: Arietha Lockhart (Soprano)
- Conductor: Robert Shaw
- Notes: Church of St. Pierre, Gramant, France (07/26/1994-07/28/1994)
- Running Time: 10 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1967




























