Some of the best-known and best-loved passages in classical music—from Italian Baroque to 20th Century American—have something in common: Each is emotionally evocative . . . and each is marked “Adagio.”
In this hour, how a simple tempo notation makes for memorable music by Albinoni, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian, Rodrigo and Barber.
RECORDINGS USED
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Mozart: Concertos 23 & 26 |
Friedrich Gulda; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt |
Warner Classics 89091 |
8573890912 |
| Albinoni: Complete Oboe Concertos |
Anthony Robson; Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage |
Chandos CHAN 579 |
095115057926 |
| Albinoni Adagio & Concerti |
Eduard Kaufmann, Lucerne Festival Strings |
Deutsche Grammophon 469 607-2 |
028946960721 |
| Beethoven: Sonatas 13, 14 & 15 |
Maurizio Pollini |
Deutsche Grammophon 427770 |
028942777026 |
| Tchaikovsky: The 3 Ballets (for Sleeping Beauty) |
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge |
Decca 460 411-2 |
028946041123
|
| Khachaturian: Spartacus.- Gayaneh – Masquerade |
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Loris Tjeknavorian |
ASV CD DCA 773 |
743625077322 |
| Rodrigo Edition |
Alfonso Moreno; London Symphony Orchestra, Enrique Batiz |
EMI Classics CZS 7 67435 2 |
077776743523 |
| American Dreams [for Barber: Adagio for Strings] |
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Leppard |
Decca 458 157-2 |
028945815725 |
