It is one of the most popular of classical works--available in dozens of recorded versions -- but "Albinoni's Adagio" was not written by Albinoni.
The theme in Brahms' Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn is most likely not by Haydn, and the famous Toccata and Fugue in D may or may not be Bach's.
Stravinsky based a ballet on themes of 18th century composer Giovanni Pergolesi-but as it turns out, half of them were by other composers.
And the enthralling high notes of Allegri's legendary Miserere apparently are the result of an error by a 19th century copyist.
In this hour, these and other 'loose' connections of the classical music repertoire--some the result of carelessness, others due to honest mistakes-and a few cases of outright fabrication.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| CD Title | Group/Artist | Catalog # | UPC |
| Albinoni Adagio, etc. | Lucerne Festival Strings | DGG 469 607-2 | 028946960721 |
| Shore’s Trumpet [for Jeremiah Clarke's "Prince of Denmark March"] | Steele-Perkins, City of London Baroque Sinfonia | EMI CDC 7 47664 2 | 077774766425 |
| An 18th Century Christmas [for The Toy Symphony] | I Solisti of Zagreb | MHS 5188087 | 717794880823 |
| Famous Works for Harpsichord [for the "Minuet in G"] | Luc Beausejour | Analekta FL 2 3121 | 774204312121 |
| Bach Organ Works Vol. 6 [for Toccata and Fugue] | Fagius | BIS Records CD 397/98 | 750582021626 |
| Allegri Miserere | A Sei Voci | Astrée Auvidis E 8524 | 3298490085240 |
| Brahms Piano Concertos, etc. [for Variations on a Theme by Haydn] | Vienna Philharmonic | DGG 453 067-2 | 028945306728 |
| Stravinsky: Pulcinella | Northern Symphony Orchestra | EMI CDM 7 69204 2 | 07777692042 |
| Wassenaer Concerti | Brandenburg Consort | Helios CDH55155 | 034571151557 |
| Mozart Violin Concertos Vol. 3 [for the "Adelaide Concerto"] | Tenenbaum, Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra | Ess.a.y CD1072 | 090998107225 |
| Kreisler: Liebesfreud – Liebesleid [for "Variations on a Theme by Corelli'] | Budapest Strings | Capriccio C10734 | 845221001739 |
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