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 |
