The Very Best of Adagio / Karajan

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Album Summary

Performers

• Leon Spierer (Violin)
• David Bell (Organ)
• Wolfgang Meyer (Organ)
• Gerhard Stempnik (English Horn)
• Karlheinz Zoeller (Flute)
• Michel Schwalbé (Violin)

Conductor

• Karajan, Herbert von

Ensemble

• Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Composers

• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Gustav Mahler (Composer) (1860 - 1911)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)

Notes & Reviews:

The "Very Best of Adagio" features over 2 hours of music on two CDs, specially priced at a "2 for 1" price.

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Works Details

Albinoni, Tomaso : Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor

• Performers: Leon Spierer (Violin); David Bell (Organ)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 11 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1945

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

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1700

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55 :: Solveig's Song

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik :: Romance

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1787

Massenet, Jules : Thaïs :: Méditation

• Performer: Michel Schwalbé (Violin)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"

• Performer: Michel Schwalbé (Violin)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

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

• Performer: Wolfgang Meyer (Organ)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 :: Air on a G String

• Performer: David Bell (Organ)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Sibelius, Jean : Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22

• Performer: Gerhard Stempnik (English Horn)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 8 min. sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1893

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Les sylphides, ballet (arrangement) :: Nocturne

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet

Mahler, Gustav : Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor :: Adagietto

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 11 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1901-1902

Ravel, Maurice : Pavane pour une infante défunte

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1899

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orfeo :: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

• Performer: Karlheinz Zoeller (Flute)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Barcarolle

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt :: Åse's Death

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, K 546

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 8 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1788

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Entr'acte III

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Handel, George Frideric : Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6 :: Aria

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1739

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

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 01/10/1893-05/24/1893.
• Running Time: 13 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Romeo & Juliet :: Love Theme

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92 :: Allegretto

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1812

Bizet, Georges : L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1872

Wagner, Richard : Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 :: Isoldes Liebestod

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1857-1859