The Adagio Connection
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Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings"
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
CD Title
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Group/Artist
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Catalog #
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UPC
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Mozart: Concertos 23 & 26
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Friedrich Gulda; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Warner Classics 89091
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8573890912
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Albinoni: Complete Oboe Concertos
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Anthony Robson; Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage
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Chandos CHAN 579
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095115057926
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Albinoni Adagio & Concerti
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Eduard Kaufmann, Lucerne Festival Strings
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Deutsche Grammophon 469 607-2
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028946960721
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Beethoven: Sonatas 13, 14 & 15
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Maurizio Pollini
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Deutsche Grammophon 427770
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028942777026
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Tchaikovsky: The 3 Ballets (for Sleeping Beauty)
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National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
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Decca 460 411-2
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028946041123
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Khachaturian: Spartacus.- Gayaneh – Masquerade
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Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Loris Tjeknavorian
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ASV CD DCA 773
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743625077322
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Rodrigo Edition
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Alfonso Moreno; London Symphony Orchestra, Enrique Batiz
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EMI Classics CZS 7 67435 2
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077776743523
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American Dreams [for Barber: Adagio for Strings]
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Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
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Decca 458 157-2
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028945815725
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