Album Summary
Performers
Cristina Ortiz (Piano)
Lucia Popp (Soprano)
Marisa Robles (Harp)
Radu Lupu (Piano)
Jorge Bolet (Piano)
Alexandre LaGoya (Guitar)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
Pascal Rogé (Piano)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Eduardo Fernández (Guitar)
Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
Zoltan Kocsis (Piano)
Jack Brymer (Clarinet)
Agoult, Raymond
Ashkenazy, Vladimir
Bonynge, Richard
Chailly, Riccardo
Davis, Colin
Dutoit, Charles
Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Haitink, Bernard
Malcolm, George
Marriner, Sir Neville
Sillito, Kenneth
Solti, Sir Georg
Stein, Horst
Tate, Jeffrey
Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Erik Satie (Composer) (1866 - 1925)
Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957)
Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Engelbert Humperdinck (Classical) (1854 - 1921)
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)
Alessandro Marcello (1669 - 1747)
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Gustav Mahler (Composer) (1860 - 1911)
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Notes & Reviews:
This is the latest release in the popular "Adagio Series": a great selection of soothing and relaxing music as well as a great introduction to the classics. This set includes over 2 + hours of music on two CDs at a special "2 for 1" price.
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Works Details
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) : Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar :: Adagio - Performer: Marisa Robles (Harp)
- Conductor: Charles Dutoit
- Running Time: 5 min. 53 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1939
Schumann, Robert : Kinderszenen, Op. 15 - Performer: Radu Lupu (Piano)
- Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1838
Liszt, Franz : Liebesträume for Piano, S 541 - Performer: Jorge Bolet (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1843-1850
Marcello, Alessandro : Concerto for Oboe in D minor :: Andante sos - Performer: Alexandre LaGoya (Guitar)
- Conductor: Kenneth Sillito
- Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1716
Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Intermezzo - Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
- Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
Ravel, Maurice : Concerto for Piano in G major :: Adagio assai - Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
- Conductor: Sir Marriner
- Running Time: 10 min. sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1929-1931
Debussy, Claude : Suite bergamasque :: Claire de lune - Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 38 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1890
Sibelius, Jean : Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 - Conductor: Horst Stein
- Running Time: 7 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Orchestral
- Written: 1893
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the animals :: Aquarium - Conductor: Charles Dutoit
- Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1886
Mahler, Gustav : Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor - Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
- Running Time: 10 min. 25 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Orchestral
- Written: 1901-1902
Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Etude for piano no 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16 - Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1832
Canteloube, Joseph : Baïlèro - Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
- Conductor: Jeffrey Tate
- Running Time: 6 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1923-1930
Debussy, Claude : Poèmes (7) de Banville - Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1890
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Requiem, Op. 48 :: In Paradisum - Conductor: Charles Dutoit
- Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1887-1900
Vivaldi, Antonio : Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93 :: Largo - Performer: Eduardo Fernández (Guitar)
- Conductor: George Malcolm
- Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1716
Massenet, Jules : Meditation (from "Thaïs") - Performer: Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Running Time: 5 min. 45 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
Prokofiev, Sergei : Romeo and Juliet :: Dance of the Girls with Lilies - Conductor: Charles Dutoit
- Notes: Composition written: 1935-36.
- Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Ballet
- Written: 1935-1936
Debussy, Claude : Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Conductor: Bernard Haitink
- Running Time: 11 min. 13 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1894
Elgar, Edward : Sospiri - Conductor: Sir Marriner
- Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1913-1914
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Gran Partita :: Adagio - Conductor: Sir Marriner
- Running Time: 5 min. 45 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1781
Massenet, Jules : La Vierge :: Last Sleep of the Virgin - Conductor: Raymond Agoult
- Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Pavane, Op. 50 - Conductor: Charles Dutoit
- Running Time: 6 min. 41 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1887
Debussy, Claude : Arabesques (2) for Piano - Performer: Zoltan Kocsis (Piano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1888
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622 :: Adagio - Performer: Jack Brymer (Clarinet)
- Conductor: Colin Davis
- Running Time: 7 min. 22 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1791
Shostakovich, Dmitri : Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102 :: Andante - Performer: Cristina Ortiz (Piano)
- Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Running Time: 7 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1957
Ravel, Maurice : Pavane pour une infante défunte - Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 13 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1899
Satie, Erik [Composer] : Gymnopedie for piano no 1 - Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1888
Humperdinck, Engelbert : Hänsel und Gretel :: Evening Prayer [Abends will ich schlafen gehn] - Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano)
- Conductor: Sir Solti
- Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1893




























