The term means “to go at a slow or easy pace” but always with a strong sense of movement that allows for its characteristic peaks and valleys of emotion.
In the next hour some of the most familiar and recorded pieces of classical music — each of them marked by their composer with that word “Adagio.”
RECORDINGS USED
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CD Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
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Mozart: Concertos 23 & 26 |
Friedrich Gulda; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt |
Warner Classics 89091 |
8573890912 |
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Albinoni: Complete Oboe Concertos
|
Anthony Robson; Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage |
Chandos CHAN 579 |
095115057926 |
|
Albinoni Adagio & Concerti |
Eduard Kaufmann, Lucerne Festival Strings |
Deutsche Grammophon 469 607-2 |
028946960721 |
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Beethoven: Sonatas 13, 14 & 15 |
Maurizio Pollini |
Deutsche Grammophon 427770 |
028942777026 |
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Tchaikovsky: The 3 Ballets (for Sleeping Beauty) |
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge |
Decca 460 411-2 |
028946041123 |
|
Khachaturian: Spartacus.- Gayaneh – Masquerade |
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Loris Tjeknavorian |
ASV CD DCA 773 |
743625077322 |
|
Rodrigo Edition |
Alfonso Moreno; London Symphony Orchestra, Enrique Batiz |
EMI Classics CZS 7 67435 2 |
077776743523 |
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American Dreams [for Barber: Adagio for Strings]
|
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Leppard |
Decca 458 157-2 |
028945815725 |