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100 Best Adagios

by Various Artists
100 SONGS
May 2008
Adagio for Strings and Organ in G Minor (Excerpt) [Arr. Giazotto]
Ian Watson/English Chamber Orchestra
Canon and Gigue for Three Violins and Continuo in D Major: Canon
Taverner Players & Andrew Parrott
Miserere mei, Deus (feat. Gerald Finley & Timothy Beasley-Murray)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op. 10 No. 2, RV 439 "La notte": V. Largo. Il Sonno (feat. Janet See & Taverner Players)
Andrew Parrott
The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
London Chamber Orchestra & Christopher Warren-Green
The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": II. Adagio
London Chamber Orchestra & Christopher Warren-Green
The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": II. Adagio molto
Christopher Warren-Green
The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo
London Chamber Orchestra & Christopher Warren-Green
Mandolin Concerto in C Major, RV 425: II. Largo (feat. Giovanni Scaramuzzino)
Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi
Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: II. Larghetto (feat. Melante Amsterdam)
Bob Van Asperen
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo (feat. Melante Amsterdam)
Bob Van Asperen
Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto (feat. Jane Murdoch & Scottish Ensemble)
Jonathan Rees
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: III. Sarabande
English Chamber Orchestra & Philip Ledger
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air
English Chamber Orchestra & Philip Ledger
Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande
Ralph Kirshbaum
Symphony No. 88 in G Major, Hob. I:88: II. Largo (Excerpt)
La Petite Bande & Sigiswald Kuijken
Stabat Mater: I. Stabat mater dolorosa
Véronique Gens, Gérard Lesne & Il Seminario Musicale
Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (feat. Schütz Choir of London)
Sir Roger Norrington
Serse, HWV 40, Act 1: Arioso. "Ombra mai fù" (Serse)
David Daniels, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Sir Roger Norrington
Solfeggio
Kaia Urb/Evelin Saul/Tiit Kogerman/Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Tönu Kaljuste
The Protecting Veil: VIII. The Protecting Veil
Steven Isserlis & Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante
Diana Ambache & Ambache Chamber Orchestra
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio
John Nelson, Paul Meyer & Ensemble Orchestral De Paris
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: II. Romance
Mikhail Pletnev & Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: II. Romance. Andante
London Chamber Orchestra & Christopher Warren-Green
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat Major, K. 482: II. Andante
Annie Fischer
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: II. Andante
Yehudi Menuhin
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: II. Andante
Mikhail Pletnev
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491: II. Larghetto
Mikhail Pletnev & Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Maurerische Trauermusik, K. 477
London Classical Players & Sir Roger Norrington
Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581: II. Larghetto
Sabine Meyer & Wiener Streichsextett
Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310: II. Andante cantabile con espressione
Jean-Bernard Pommier
Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K. 299 / 297c: II. Andantino
Yehudi Menuhin, Naoko Yoshino, Samuel Coles & English Chamber Orchestra
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
François-René Duchâble
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
London Classical Players & Sir Roger Norrington
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: II. Andante con moto
Melvyn Tan, London Classical Players & Sir Roger Norrington
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile
François-René Duchâble
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco mosso
Melvyn Tan, London Classical Players & Sir Roger Norrington
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen & Daniel Harding
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Andante
Stephen Hough & Sir Andrew Davis
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13: Nocturne
Sir Charles Mackerras/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished": II. Andante con moto
Sir Charles Mackerras/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto
Hungarian Quartet
Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "The Great": II. Andante con moto
Sir Charles Mackerras/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 100, D. 929: II. Andante con moto
Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon & Frank Braley
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei
Alexis Weissenberg
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97 "Rhenish": IV. Feierlich
Bamberger Symphoniker/Christoph Eschenbach
4 Lieder, Op. 27: No. 4, Morgen! (Version with Orchestra)
Gundula Janowitz, Peter Manning, Academy of London & Richard Stamp
Siegfried-Idyll, WWV 103: (Ruhig bewegt)
Marek Janowski/Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam (Excerpt)
Jukka-Pekka Saraste