| Description |
2 audio discs (154:55) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
011800 011655 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
| Note |
Slow movements for adults taken from various works. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Note |
All works previously released, 1960-1995. |
| System Details |
Compact disc. |
| Contents |
CD 1. Adagio for strings / Barber (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ; David Zinman) (8:44) -- Thaïs. Méditation / Massenet (Nigel Kennedy, violin ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge) (5:41) -- Piano concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18. Adagio sostenuto / Rachmaninov (Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano ; the Cleveland Orchestra ; Vladimir Ashkenazy) (11:28) -- Gymnopédies 1 and 3 / Satie ; orch. Debussy (Orchestre symphonique de Montréal ; Charles Dutoit) (6:27) -- Clarinet concerto in A major, K622. Adagio / Mozart (Franklin Cohen, clarinet ; the Cleveland Orchestra ; Christoph von Dohnányi) (7:18) -- Spartacus. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia / Khachaturian (Wiener Philharmoniker ; Aram Khachaturian) (9:09) -- Sonata in C sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2 "Moonlight". Adagio sostenuto / Beethoven (Vladimir Ashkenzay, piano) (5:27) -- Kol nidrei / Bruch (Lynn Harrell, cello) (10:10) -- Enigma variations. Nimrod / Elgar (Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Georg Solti) (3:17) -- Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor. Adagietto / Mahler (Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Georg Solti) (9:54) -- CD 2. Piano concerto no. 21 in C major, K467. Andante / Mozart (Radu Lupu, piano ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Uri Segal) (7:18) -- String quartet no. 1. Andante cantabile / Tchaikovsky (New Symphony Orchestra of London ; Raymond Agoult) (8:16) -- Violin concerto no. 1 in G minor. Adagio / Bruch (Kyung Wha Chung, violin ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Rudolf Kempe) (8:44) -- Symphony no. 9 in E minor "From the New World". Largo / Dvořák (the Cleveland Orchestra ; Christoph von Dohnányi) (11:51) -- Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini. Variation 18 / Rachmaninov (Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano ; the Cleveland Orchestra ; Vladimir Ashkenazy) (3:04) -- Cavalleria rusticana. Intermezzo / Mascagni (National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Gianandrea Gavazzeni) (3:15) -- Clair de lune / Debussy (Pascal Rogé, piano) (5:33) -- Concierto de Aranjuez. Adagio / Rodrigo (Carlos Bonell, guitar ; Orchestre symphonique de Montréal ; Charles Dutoit) (10:55) -- The carnival of the animals. The swan / Saint-Saëns (Jascha Silberstein, cello ; Marie Goossens, harp) (3:19) -- Piano concerto no. 2 in F major, op. 102. Andante / Shostakovich (Cristina Ortiz, piano ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Vladimir Ashkenazy) (7:33) -- Pavane, op. 50 / Fauré (Choeur de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal ; Iwan Edwards, chorus master ; rchestre symphonique de Montréal ; Charles Dutoit) (6:41) |
| Subject |
Orchestral music -- Excerpts.
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Orchestral music -- Excerpts. |
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Concertos -- Excerpts.
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Concertos -- Excerpts. |
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Instrumental music -- Excerpts.
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Instrumental music. |
| Genre/Form |
Excerpts.
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Instrumental music.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Excerpts.
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| Added Title |
Adagios |
| Standard No. |
028946671023 |
| Music No. |
289 466 710-2 Decca |
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289 466 711-2 Decca |
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289 466 712-2 Decca |
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