ADAGIOS- 100 Best 6CDs

CD1 Mostly Baroque
Albinoni:
1.  Adagio for strings and organ in G minor - Ian Watson/English Chamber Orchestra
Canon and Gigue in D - Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
Pachelbel
  2.   Canon - Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
Allegri
  3.   Miserere a 9 - Gerald Finley/Timothy Beasley-Murray/Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury
Vivaldi
Concerto in G minor for Flute and Strings Op. 10 No.2 RV439, 'La notte' - Janet See/Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
  4.  V. Largo (Il sonno) - Janet See/Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
The Four Seasons (from 'Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione' Op. 8) - London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green
Concerto No. 1 in E (La primavera) RV269 (Op. 8 No. 1) - London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green
  5.  II. Largo e pianissimo sempre - London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green
Concerto No. 2 in G minor (L'estate) RV315 (Op. 8 No. 2) - London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green
  6.  II. Adagio - London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green
Concerto No. 3 in F (L'autunno) RV293 (Op. 8 No. 3) - London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green
  7.  II. Adagio - London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green
Concerto No. 4 in F minor (L'inverno) RV297 (Op. 8 No. 4) - London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green
  8.  II. Largo - London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green
Concerto in C major per mandolino er archi RV425 - Giovanni Scaramuzzino/Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
  9.  II. Largo - Giovanni Scaramuzzino/Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in A BWV1055 - Bob van Asperen/Melante Amsterdam
10.  II. Larghetto - Bob van Asperen/Melante Amsterdam
Harpsichord Concerto in F minor BWV1056 - Bob van Asperen/Melante Amsterdam
11.  II. Largo - Bob van Asperen/Melante Amsterdam
Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1043 - Jonathan Rees/Jane Murdoch/Scottish Ensemble
12.  II. Largo ma non tanto - Jonathan Rees/Jane Murdoch/Scottish Ensemble
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 - English Chamber Orchestra/Sir Philip Ledger
13.  Sarabande - English Chamber Orchestra/Sir Philip Ledger
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 - English Chamber Orchestra/Sir Philip Ledger
14.  Air - English Chamber Orchestra/Sir Philip Ledger
Suites for Cello - Ralph Kirshbaum
Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV 1011 - Ralph Kirshbaum
15.  Sarabande - Ralph Kirshbaum
Haydn
Symphony No. 88 in G major - La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
16.  II. Largo - La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
Pergolesi
Stabat Mater pour soprano, contralto, corders et basse continue - Véronique Gens/Gérard Lesne/Il Seminario Musicale
17.  Stabat Mater dolorosa - Véronique Gens/Gérard Lesne/Il Seminario Musicale
Mozart
18.  Ave verum corpus in D K618 - Schütz Consort/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington
Handel
Xerxes - Frondi tenere ... Ombra mai fù - David Daniels/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Roger Norrington
19.  Larghetto: Ombra mai fù - David Daniels/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Roger Norrington
20.  Solfeggio - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Tönu Kaljuste
Part
The Protecting Veil - Steven Isserlis/London Symphony Orchestra/Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
21.  The Protecting Veil - Steven Isserlis/London Symphony Orchestra/Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

CD2 Mozart Adagios
     Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K467 - Diana Ambache/Ambache Chamber Orchestra
  1.  II. Andante - Diana Ambache/Ambache Chamber Orchestra
Clarinet Concerto in A major K622 - Paul Meyer/Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/John Nelson
  2.  II Adagio - Paul Meyer/Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/John Nelson
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K466 (Cadenzas by Beethoven) - Mikhail Pletnev/Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Christian
  3.  II. Romanze - Mikhail Pletnev/Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Christian Tetzlaff
  4.  Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Second movement: Romanza (Andante) - London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat K482 - Annie Fischer/Philharmonia Orchestra/Wolfgang Sawallisch
  5.  II. Andante - Annie Fischer/Philharmonia Orchestra/Wolfgang Sawallisch
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K550 [version with clarinets] - Sinfonia Varsovia/Yehudi Menuhin
  6.  II. Andante - Sinfonia Varsovia/Yehudi Menuhin
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K488 (Cadenza by Mozart) - Mikhail Pletnev/Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Christian Tet
  7.  II. Adagio - Mikhail Pletnev/Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Christian Tetzlaff
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K491 (Cadenza by Pletnev) - Mikhail Pletnev/Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
  8.  II. Larghetto - Mikhail Pletnev/Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Christian Tetzlaff
  9.  Maurerische Trauermusik in C minor K477/K479a - London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington
Quintett für Klarinette, 2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncello A-dur KV 581 - Sabine Meyer/Wiener Streichsextett
10.  II. Larghetto - Sabine Meyer/Wiener Streichsextett
         II. Larghetto
         II. Larghetto
Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor K310/K300d - Jean-Bernard Pommier
11.  II. Andante cantabile con espressione - Jean-Bernard Pommier
Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra in C major K299/K297c (cadenzas: John Lenehan) - Samuel Coles/Naoko Yoshino/English Chamb
12.  II. Andantino - Samuel Coles/Naoko Yoshino/English Chamber Orchestra/Yehudi Menuhin

CD3  German Adagios
Beethoven    
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" - François-René Duchâble
  1.  I. Adagio sostenuto - François-René Duchâble
Symphony No. 3 in E flat Op. 55, 'Eroica' - London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington
  2.  II. Marcia funebre (Adagio assai) - London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58 - Melvyn Tan/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington
  3.  II. Andante con moto (quaver = 84) - Melvyn Tan/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 "Pathétique" - François-René Duchâble
  4.  II. Adagio cantabile - François-René Duchâble
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major Op. 73, 'Emperor' - Melvyn Tan/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington
  5.  II. Adagio un poco mosso (crotchet = 60) - Melvyn Tan/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington
Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major Op. 90 - Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Daniel Harding
  6.  III. Poco allegretto - Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Daniel Harding
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat Op. 83 - Stephen Hough/BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis
  7.  III. Andante - Stephen Hough/BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis/Timothy Hugh
Mendelssohn
  8.  Nocturne (from A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61) - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Charles Mackerras
Schubert
Symphony No. 8 D759, 'Unfinished' (completed Newbold) - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Charles Mackerras
  9.  II. Andante con moto - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Charles Mackerras
String Quartet in D minor D810 'La Jeune Fille et la mort' (1996 Digital Remaster) - Hungarian Quartet
10.  Andante con moto - Hungarian Quartet
Symphony No. 9 in C major D944, 'Great' - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Charles Mackerras
11.  II. Andante con moto - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Charles Mackerras
Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major D.929 - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Frank Braley
12.  II. Andante con moto - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Frank Braley
Kinderszenen Op. 15 - Alexis Weissenberg
Schumann
13.  Träumerei - Alexis Weissenberg
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op. 97, 'Rhenish' - Bamberger Symphoniker/Christoph Eschenbach
14.  IV. Feierlich - Bamberger Symphoniker/Christoph Eschenbach
J Strauss
15.  Morgen Op. 27 No. 4 (Mackay) - Gundula Janowitz/Peter Manning/Academy of London/Richard Stamp
Wagner
16.  Siegfried Idyll - Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Marek Janowski
Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor - Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
17.  IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam - Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht Op. 4 - Nash Ensemble
18.  Grave ('Zwei Menschen gehn') - Nash Ensemble

CD4 French Adagios
Saint-Saens
     The Carnival of the Animals - zoological fantasy - Nash Ensemble
  1.  The Aquarium - Nash Ensemble
  2.  The Swan - Nash Ensemble
Debussy
  3.  Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque - Kun Woo Paik
Préludes - Jean-Bernard Pommier
Préludes - Livre I - Jean-Bernard Pommier
  4.  VI. Des pas sur la neige - Jean-Bernard Pommier
  5.  X. La cathédrale engloutie - Jean-Bernard Pommier
Faure
  6.  Elégie Op. 24 - Paul Tortelier/English Chamber Orchestra
  7.  Pavane Op. 50 - English Chamber Orchestra/Paul Tortelier
Requiem Op. 48 - Michel Corboz/Ensemble Vocal & Instrumental de Lausanne
  8.  I. Introït et Kyrie - Michel Corboz/Ensemble Vocal & Instrumental de Lausanne
Poulenc
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D minor (1932) - Jean-Bernard Pommier/Anne Queffélec/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hi
  9.  II Larghetto - Jean-Bernard Pommier/Anne Queffélec/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Concert champêtre - Maggie Cole/Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
10.  Andante - Maggie Cole/Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
Satie
Six Gnossiennes - Anne Queffélec
11.  No.1: Lent - Anne Queffélec
Trois Gymnopedies - Anne Queffélec
12.  No. 3 - Anne Queffélec
Ravel
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G - Andrew Litton/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
13.  Adagio - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Litton
14.  Vocalise en forme de habanera (orch. Arthur Hoérée) - Arleen Augér/Philharmonia Orchestra/Libor Pesek
Ma Mère l'oye, 'Mother Goose' - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
15.  Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
16.  Interlude & Apothèose: Le Jardin féerique - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
17.  Pavane pour une infante défunte - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste

CD5 Russina & Romantic Adagios
Shostakovich
     Jazz Suite No.2 - Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Paavo Järvi
  1.  VI. Waltz 2 - Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Paavo Järvi
Offenbach
Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Ann Murray/Jessye Norman/Brussels National Opera Chorus/Orchestre Symphonique de l'Opéra National, Bruxe
ACT FOUR - Ann Murray/Jessye Norman/Brussels National Opera Chorus/Orchestre Symphonique de l'Opéra National, Bruxelles/Sylvain
  2.  Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Nicklausse/Giulietta/Choeurs) - Ann Murray/Jessye Norman/Brussels National Opera Chorus/Orchestre Sy
Lalo
Symphonie espagnole Op. 21 - Christian Tetzlaff/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek
  3.  IV. Andante - Christian Tetzlaff/Libor Pesek
Meditation
  4.  Méditation religieuse - Symphonie (from Thaïs) - Renaud Capuçon/Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Daniel Harding
Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir/Sir Charles Mackerras
  5.  The old castle - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir/Sir Charles Mackerras
Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18 - Jean-Bernard Pommier/Hallé Orchestra/Lawrence Foster
  6.  II. Adagio sostenuto - Jean-Bernard Pommier/Hallé Orchestra/Lawrence Foster
Symphony No. 2 in E minor Op. 27 - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Litton
  7.  III. Adagio - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Litton
  8.  Vocalise, Op.43/No.4 - Natalie Dessay/Berliner Symphoniker/Michael Schønwandt
Stravinsky
Pulcinella - Complete Ballet - Ann Murray/Martyn Hill/David Thomas/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
  9.  2. Serenata: Mentre l'erbetta pasce l'agnella (tenor) - Ann Murray/Martyn Hill/David Thomas/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hi
Chopin
Nocturnes - Mikhail Pletnev
10.  No. 5 in F sharp Op. 15 No. 2 - Mikhail Pletnev
11.  Nocturne No.21 in C minor, Op.Posth. - François-René Duchâble
12.  Prelude in E minor (Largo) Op. 28 No. 4 - François-René Duchâble
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 35 - Leif Ove Andsnes
13.  III. Marche funèbre (Lento) - Leif Ove Andsnes
Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 - Jean-Bernard Pommier/Hallé Orchestra/Lawrence Foster
14.  II. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo primo - Jean-Bernard Pommier/Hallé Orchestra/Lawrence Foster
Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35 - Augustin Dumay/London Symphony Orchestra/Emil Tchakarov
15.  II. Canzonetta (Andante) - Augustin Dumay/London Symphony Orchestra/Emil Tchakarov
Symphony No. 6 in B minor 'Pathétique' Op. 74 - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Litton
16.  IV. Adagio lamentoso - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Litton

CD6 Sentimental Adagios
Barber
       1.  Adagio for Strings Op. 11 - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Dvorak
Slavonic Dances - Berliner Philharmoniker/Lorin Maazel
B 83: (Op. 46 - Nos. 1-8); B 147 (Op. 72 - Nos. 1-8) - Berliner Philharmoniker/Lorin Maazel
  2.  Op. 72 No. 2 in E minor: Dumka (Allegretto grazioso) - Berliner Philharmoniker/Lorin Maazel
  3.  Op. 46 No. 2 in E minor: Dumka (Allegretto scherzando - Allegro vivo) - Berliner Philharmoniker/Lorin Maazel
  4.  Silent woods B182 (Op. 68 No. 5) - Timothy Walden/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek
Greig
Peer Gynt (incidental music) - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Ellerhein Girls' Choir/National Male Choir of Estonia/Paavo
  5.  No. 12 Åses død/The death of Ase (Prelude to Act 3) - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Ellerhein Girls' Choir/National Male
  6.  No. 13 Morgenstemning/Morning Mood (prelude to Act 4) - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Ellerhein Girls' Choir/National Mal
Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 - Leif Ove Andsnes/Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Dmitri Kitayenko
  7.  II. Adagio - Leif Ove Andsnes/Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Dmitri Kitayenko
Holberg Suite Op. 40 - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi
  8.  Air - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi
Legends (Lemminkäinen Suite) Op. 22 - Paavo Järvi/Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
  9.  II. The Swan of Tuonela - Paavo Järvi/Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/Jesper Harryson
10.  Valse triste Op. 44 No. 1 - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi
Liszt
11.  Consolation N°3 - François-René Duchâble
12.  Rêve d`amour No.3 - François-René Duchâble
Vaughan Williams
13.  Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' - London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green/Jonathan Snowden/Skaila Kanga
Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 - Barbara Hendricks/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique Bátiz
14.  Aria (Cantilena) - Barbara Hendricks/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique Bátiz
15.  Sentimental Melody from 'Forests of the Amazon' - Sharon Isbin
Rodgrio
Concierto de Aranjuez - Sharon Isbin/Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne/Lawrence Foster
16.  II. Adagio - Sharon Isbin/Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne/Lawrence Foster