Romantic Adagios

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Album Summary

Performers

• Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
• Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
• Franklin Cohen (Clarinet)
• Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Lynn Harrell (Cello)
• Radu Lupu (Piano)
• Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
• Pascal Rogé (Piano)
• Carlos Bonell (Guitar)
• Marie Goossens (Harp)
• Jascha Silberstein (Cello)
• Cristina Ortiz (Piano)

Conductors

• Agoult, Raymond
• Ashkenazy, Vladimir
• Bonynge, Richard
• Dohnanyi, Christoph von
• Dutoit, Charles
• Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
• Kempe, Rudolf
• Khachaturian, Aram
• Segal, Uri
• Solti, Sir Georg
• Zinman, David

Ensembles

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• Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Cleveland Orchestra
• English Chamber Orchestra
• Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• National Philharmonic Orchestra
• New Symphony Orchestra
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Composers

• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)
• Erik Satie (Composer) (1866 - 1925)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Gustav Mahler (Composer) (1860 - 1911)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Max Bruch (1838 - 1920)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978)

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Works Details

Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings

• Conductor: David Zinman
• Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 8 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Massenet, Jules : Meditation (from "Thaïs")

• Performer: Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18 :: Adagio Sostenuto

• Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
• Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
• Running Time: 11 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1900-1901

Satie, Erik [Composer] : Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy) :: 1 & 3

• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622 :: Adagio

• Performer: Franklin Cohen (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Christoph Dohnányi
• Running Time: 7 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1791

Khachaturian, Aram : Circus :: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

• Conductor: Aram Khachaturian
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1950-54.
• Running Time: 9 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1950-1954

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight" :: Adagio sostenuto

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1801

Bruch, Max : Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47

• Performer: Lynn Harrell (Cello)
• Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: Jewish.
• Running Time: 10 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Elgar, Edward : Enigma Variations :: Nimrod

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1898-1899

Mahler, Gustav : Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 9 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1901-1902

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467 :: Andante

• Performer: Radu Lupu (Piano)
• Conductor: Uri Segal
• Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1785

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Quartet for Strings no 1 in D major, Op. 11 :: Andante Cantabile

• Conductor: Raymond Agoult
• Ensemble: New Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 8 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1871

Bruch, Max : Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26 :: Adagio

• Performer: Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
• Conductor: Rudolf Kempe
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 8 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1864-1867

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World" :: Largo

• Conductor: Christoph Dohnányi
• Notes: Composition written: 01/10/1893-05/24/1893.
• Running Time: 11 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini

• Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
• Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1934

Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Intermezzo

• Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
• Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune

• Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890-1905

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) : Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar :: Adagio

• Performer: Carlos Bonell (Guitar)
• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 10 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1939

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the animals

• Performers: Marie Goossens (Harp); Jascha Silberstein (Cello)
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102 :: Andante

• Performer: Cristina Ortiz (Piano)
• Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1957

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Pavane, Op. 50

• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1887