100 Best Adagios – Various Artists

1

Adagio for Strings and Organ in G Minor (Excerpt) [Arr. Giazotto]

Ian Watson, English Chamber Orchestra & Tomaso Albinoni

2:43

2

Canon and Gigue for Three Violins and Continuo in D Major: Canon

Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott & Johann Pachelbel

3:42

3

Miserere mei, Deus (feat. Gerald Finley & Timothy Beasley-Murray)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Gregorio Allegri

13:02

4

Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op. 10 No. 2, RV 439 "La notte": V. Largo. Il Sonno (feat. Janet See & Taverner Players)

Andrew Parrott & Antonio Vivaldi

1:45

5

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 & Antonio Vivaldi

2:44

6

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": II. Adagio

London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green & Antonio Vivaldi

2:06

7

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": II. Adagio molto

Christopher Warren-Green & Antonio Vivaldi

2:58

8

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo

London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green & Antonio Vivaldi

2:30

9

Mandolin Concerto in C Major, RV 425: II. Largo (feat. Giovanni Scaramuzzino)

Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi & Antonio Vivaldi

2:57

10

Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: II. Larghetto (feat. Melante Amsterdam)

Bob Van Asperen & Johann Sebastian Bach

4:57

11

Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo (feat. Melante Amsterdam)

Bob van Asperen & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:35

12

Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto (feat. Jane Murdoch & Scottish Ensemble)

Jonathan Rees & Johann Sebastian Bach

6:53

13

Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: III. Sarabande

English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger & Johann Sebastian Bach

3:13

14

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air

English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger & Johann Sebastian Bach

4:50

15

Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande

Ralph Kirshbaum & Johann Sebastian Bach

4:20

16

Symphony No. 88 in G Major, Hob. I:88: II. Largo (Excerpt)

La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken & Joseph Haydn

2:34

17

Stabat Mater: I. Stabat mater dolorosa

Véronique Gens, Gérard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale & Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

4:47

18

Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (feat. Schütz Choir of London)

Sir Roger Norrington & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2:42

19

Serse, HWV 40, Act 1: Arioso. "Ombra mai fù" (Serse)

David Daniels, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Roger Norrington & George Frideric Handel

3:09

20

Solfeggio

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste & Arvo Pärt

4:04

21

The Protecting Veil: VIII. The Protecting Veil

Steven Isserlis, London Symphony Orchestra & Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

2:58

22

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante

Diana Ambache, Ambache Chamber Orchestra & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6:49

23

Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio

Paul Meyer, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, John Nelson & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6:42

24

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: II. Romance

Mikhail Pletnev, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

9:04

25

Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: II. Romance. Andante

London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

5:54

26

Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat Major, K. 482: II. Andante

Annie Fischer & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

9:45

27

Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: II. Andante

Yehudi Menuhin & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

7:28

28

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: II. Andante

Mikhail Pletnev & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6:18

29

Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491: II. Larghetto

Mikhail Pletnev, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

8:24

30

Maurerische Trauermusik, K. 477

London Classical Players, Sir Roger Norrington & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:36

31

Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581: II. Larghetto

Sabine Meyer, Wiener Streichsextett & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6:31

32

Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310: II. Andante cantabile con espressione

Jean-Bernard Pommier & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2:40

33

Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K. 299 / 297c: II. Andantino

Naoko Yoshino, English Chamber Orchestra & Yehudi Menuhin

9:11

34

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto

François-René Duchâble & Ludwig van Beethoven

6:20

35

Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai

London Classical Players, Sir Roger Norrington & Ludwig van Beethoven

12:38

36

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: II. Andante con moto

Melvyn Tan, London Classical Players, Sir Roger Norrington & Ludwig van Beethoven

4:07

37

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile

François-René Duchâble & Ludwig van Beethoven

5:02

38

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco mosso

Melvyn Tan, London Classical Players, Sir Roger Norrington & Ludwig van Beethoven

5:48

39

Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Daniel Harding & Johannes Brahms

5:57

40

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Andante

Stephen Hough, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis & Johannes Brahms

2:59

41

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13: Nocturne

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras & Felix Mendelssohn

5:53

42

Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished": II. Andante con moto

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras & Franz Schubert

10:29

43

String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto

Hungarian Quartet & Franz Schubert

13:55

44

Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "The Great": II. Andante con moto

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras & Franz Schubert

14:01

45

Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 100, D. 929: II. Andante con moto

Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Frank Braley & Franz Schubert

8:44

46

Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei

Alexis Weissenberg & Robert Schumann

2:10

47

Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97 "Rhenish": IV. Feierlich

Bamberger Symphoniker, Christoph Eschenbach & Robert Schumann

6:56

48

4 Lieder, Op. 27: No. 4, Morgen! (Version with Orchestra)

Gundula Janowitz, Peter Manning, Academy of London & Richard Stamp

3:49

49

Siegfried-Idyll, WWV 103: (Ruhig bewegt)

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Marek Janowski & Richard Wagner

17:20

50

Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam (Excerpt)

Jukka-Pekka Saraste & Gustav Mahler

2:55

51

Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4: Introduction (Grave, Excerpt) [Sextet Version]

Nash Ensemble & Arnold Schoenberg

2:52

52

Le carnaval des animaux: VII. Aquarium

Nash Ensemble & Camille Saint-Saëns

2:41

53

Le carnaval des animaux: XIII. Le cygne

Nash Ensemble & Camille Saint-Saëns

2:59

54

Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III. Clair de lune

Kun Woo Paik & Claude Debussy

5:44

55

Préludes, Livre I, CD 125, L. 117: No. 6, Des pas sur la neige

Jean-Bernard Pommier & Claude Debussy

4:31

56

Préludes, Livre I, CD 125, L. 117: No. 10, La cathédrale engloutie

Jean-Bernard Pommier & Claude Debussy

5:30

57

Élégie, Op. 24 (Orchestral Version)

Paul Tortelier, English Chamber Orchestra & Gabriel Fauré

7:32

58

Pavane, Op. 50

Paul Tortelier & Gabriel Fauré

5:34

59

Requiem, Op. 48: I. Introït et Kyrie (feat. Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne & Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne)

Michel Corboz & Gabriel Fauré

7:15

60

Concerto for Two Pianos in D Minor, FP 61: II. Larghetto

Jean-Bernard Pommier, Anne Queffélec, City of London Sinfonia & Richard Hickox

5:50

61

Concert champêtre for Harpsichord and Orchestra, FP 49: II. Andante

Maggie Cole, Richard Hickox & City of London Sinfonia

6:15

62

6 Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent

Anne Queffélec & Erik Satie

3:26

63

3 Gymnopédies: No. 3, Lent et grave

Anne Queffélec & Erik Satie

2:45

64

Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

Andrew Litton & Maurice Ravel

10:00

65

Vocalise-Étude en forme de Habanera, M. 51 (Orch. Hoérée)

Arleen Augér, Philharmonia Orchestra, Libor Pesek & Maurice Ravel

3:08

66

Ma mère l'Oye, ballet en un acte, M. 62: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (Excerpt)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste & Maurice Ravel

1:47

67

Ma mère l'Oye, ballet en un acte, M. 62: Le jardin féerique

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste & Maurice Ravel

3:46

68

Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (Orchestral Version)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste & Maurice Ravel

6:09

69

Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2, Op. 50b: No. 2, Waltz

Paavo Järvi & Dmitri Shostakovich

3:54

70

Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act 4: Barcarolle. "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Nicklausse, Giulietta, Chœur) (feat. Ann Murray, Chœurs de la Monnaie & Jessye Norman)

Sylvain Cambreling & Jacques Offenbach

4:24

71

Symphonie espagnole in D Minor for Violin, Op. 21: IV. Andante

Christian Tetzlaff & Libor Pesek

6:28

72

Thaïs, Act 2: Méditation

Renaud Capuçon, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Daniel Harding & Jules Massenet

5:18

73

Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 4, Il vecchio castello

Sir Charles Mackerras, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Modest Mussorgsky

4:36

74

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto

Jean-Bernard Pommier, Hallé Orchestra, Lawrence Foster & Sergei Rachmaninoff

12:29

75

Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton & Sergei Rachmaninoff

15:06

76

14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise

Natalie Dessay & Sergei Rachmaninoff

5:21

77

Pulcinella: II. Serenata. “Mentre l’erbetta”

Ann Murray, Martyn Hill, David Thomas & City of London Sinfonia

3:21

78

Nocturne No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 15 No. 2

Mikhail Pletnev & Frédéric Chopin

3:42

79

Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posth.

François-René Duchâble & Frédéric Chopin

4:12

80

24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor

François-René Duchâble & Frédéric Chopin

2:28

81

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March": III. Marche funèbre. Lento

Leif Ove Andsnes & Frédéric Chopin

8:27

82

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: II. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo

Jean-Bernard Pommier, Hallé Orchestra, Lawrence Foster & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

7:31

83

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: II. Canzonetta. Andante

Augustin Dumay, London Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tchakarov & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

6:32

84

Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso

Andrew Litton & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

11:18

85

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste & Samuel Barber

7:15

86

8 Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, B. 147: No. 10 in E Minor

Lorin Maazel & Antonín Dvořák

2:37

87

8 Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, B. 83: No. 2 in E Minor

Lorin Maazel & Antonín Dvořák

5:34

88

From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68, B. 182: No. 5, Silent Woods (feat. Timothy Walden)

Libor Pešek & Antonín Dvořák

5:23

89

Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act 3: No. 12, The Death of Åse

Paavo Järvi & Edvard Grieg

5:08

90

Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act 4: No. 13, Prelude. Morning Mood

Paavo Järvi & Edvard Grieg

4:10

91

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio

Leif Ove Andsnes & Edvard Grieg

6:51

92

Holberg Suite, Op. 40: IV. Air

Paavo Järvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra & Edvard Grieg

5:47

93

Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22: II. The Swan of Tuonela (feat. Jesper Harryson)

Paavo Järvi & Jean Sibelius

9:50

94

2 Pieces from Kuolema, Op. 44: No. 1, Valse triste

Paavo Järvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra & Jean Sibelius

4:49

95

6 Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 in D-Flat Major

François-René Duchâble & Franz Liszt

3:50

96

Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 in A-Flat Major

François-René Duchâble & Franz Liszt

4:02

97

Fantasia on Greensleeves

London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green, Jonathan Snowden & Skaila Kanga

4:18

98

Bachianas brasileiras No. 5, W389: I. Ária. Cantilena (feat. Eldon Fox)

Barbara Hendricks, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Bátiz & Heitor Villa-Lobos

6:08

99

Floresta do Amazonas, W551: Melodia sentimental (Arr. Barbosa-Lima for Guitar)

Sharon Isbin & Heitor Villa-Lobos

4:06

100

Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

Sharon Isbin, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Lawrence Foster & Joaquín Rodrigo

11:39