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Music CD 1

Albinoni: Adagio (excerpt) (Watson/English Chamber Orchestra)
Pachelbel: Canon in D (Parrott/Taverner Players)
Allegri: Miserere (excerpt) (Parrott/Taverner Players)
Vivaldi: Flute Concerto Op. 10 'La notte' - II. Largo (Parrott/Taverner Players)
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Concerto No. 1 'Spring' - II. Largo e pianissimo (Warren-Green/London Chamber Orchestra)
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Concerto No. 2 'Summer' - II. Adagio (Warren-Green/London Chamber Orchestra)
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Concerto No. 3 'Autumn' - II. Adagio molto (Warren-Green/London Chamber Orchestra)
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Concerto No. 4 'Winter' - II. Largo (Warren-Green/London Chamber Orchestra)
Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in C - II. Largo (Fabio Biondi/Europa Galante)
J.S. Bach: Harpischord Concerto in A - II. Larghetto (Bob van Asperen/Melante Amsterdam)
J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in F minor - II. Largo (Bob van Asperen/Melante Amsterdam)
J.S. Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor - II. Largo ma non tanto (Jonathan Rees/Jane Murdoch)
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 - IV. Sarabande (Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra)
J.S. Bach: Air 'on the G string' (Orchestral Suite No. 3) (Ledger/English Chamber Orchestra)
J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 - IV. Sarabande (Ralph Kirshbaum)
Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G - II. Largo (excerpt) (Kuijken/La Petite Bande)
Pergolesi: Stabat mater (opening) (Veronique Gens/Gerard Lesne/Il seminario musicale)
Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K.622 (Norrington/London Classical Player/Schutz Choir of London)
Handel: Serse - Ombra mai fu (David Daniels/Roger Norrington/ Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment)
Part: Solfeggio (Tonu Kaljuste/Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir)
Tavener: The Protecting Veil (conclusion) (Steven Isserlis/Rozhdestvensky/London Symphony Orchestra)

Music CD 2

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21, K.467 - II. Andante (Diana Ambache/Ambache Chamber Orchestra
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K.621 - II. Adagio (Paul Meyer/John Nelson/Ensemble Orchestral de Paris)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20, K.466 - II. Romanze (excerpt) (Pletnev/Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie)
Mozart: Serenade in G 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' K.525 - II. Romanze (Warren-Green/London Chamber Orchestra)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22, K.482 - II. Andante (Annie Fischer/Sawallisch/Philharmonia Orchestra)
Mozart: Symphony No. 40, K.482 - II. Andante (Menuhin/Sinfonia Varsovia)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23, K.488 - II. Adagio (Pletnev/Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24, K.491 - II. Larghetto (Pletnev/Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie)
Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music, K.477 (Norrington/London Classical Players)
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, K.491 - II. Larghetto (Sabine Meyer/Members of the Vienna String Sextet)
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 8, K.310 - II. Andante cantabile con espressione (excerpt) (Jean-Bernard Pommier)
Mozart: Flute and Harp concerto, K.299 - II. Andantino (Samuel Coles/Naoka Yoshino/Menuhin/English Chamber Orchestra)

Music CD 3

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 'Moonlight' - I. Adadio sostenuto (Duchable)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' - II. Marcia funebre (excerpt) (Norrington/London Classical Players)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 - II. Andante con moto (Melvyn Tan/Norrington/London Classical Players)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 'Pathetique' - II. Adagio Cantabile (Duchable)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor' - II. Adagio un poco mosso (Melvyn Tan/Norrington/London Classical Players)
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F - III. Poco allegretto (Harding/Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 - III. Andante (excerpt)(Stephen Hough/Timoth Hugh/Sir Andrew Davis/BBC Symphony Orchestra)
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Nocturne (Mackerras/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment)
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished' - II. Andante con moto (excerpt) (Mackerras/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment)
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 'Death and the Maiden' - II. Andante con moto (excerpt) (Hungarian Quartet)
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 'Great' - II. Andante con moto (excerpt) (Mackerras/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment)
Schubert: Piano Trio no. 2 - II. Andante con moto (excerpt) (Frank Braley/Renaud Capucon/ Gautier Capucon)
Schumann: Traumerei (Weissenberg)
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 'Rhenish' - IV. Feierlich (Eschenbach/Bamberger Symphoniker)
Strauss: Morgen! (Gundula Janowitz/Manning/Stamp/Academy of London)
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (excerpt) (Janowski/Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France)
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 - IV. Adagietto (excerpt)(Saraste/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht - Grave (Nash Ensemble)

Music CD 4

Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals - Aquarium (Nash Ensemble)
Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals - The Swan (Nash Ensemble)
Debussy: Claire de lune (Kun-Woo Paik)
Debussy: Des pas sur la neige (from Preludes, Book I) (Jean-Bernard Pommier)
Debussy: La Catherale engloutie (from Preludes, Book I) (Jean-Bernard Pommier)
Faure: Elegie (Paul Tortelier)
Faure: Pavane (Paul Tortelier/English Chamber Orchestra)
Faure: Requiem - Introit (excerpt) (Corboz/Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne)
Poulenc: Concerto for two pianos - II. Larghetto (Pommier/Queffelec/Hickox/City of London Sinfonia)
Poulenc: Concert champetre - II. Andante (Maggie Cole/Hickox/City of London Sinfonia)
Satie: Gnossienne No. 1 (Anne Queffelec)
Satie: Gymnopedie No. 3 (Anne Queffelec)
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G - II. Adagio (excerpt) (Andrew Litton/ Pesek/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)
Ravel: Vocalise en forme de habanera (Arleen Auger/Pesek/Philharmonia Orchestra)
Ravel: Pavane de la Belle au Bois dormant (from Ma Mere l'Oye) (Saraste/Scottish Chamber Orchestra)
Ravel: Le Jardin feerique (from Ma Mere l'Oye) (Saraste/Scottish Chamber Orchestra)
Ravel: Pavane pour une Infante defunte (Saraste/Scottish Chamber Orchestra)

Music CD 5

Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2 - Waltz (Jarvi/Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France)
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Barcarolle (Norman/Murray/Cambreling/Choeurs et Orchestre Symphonique de l'Opera du Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels)
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole - IV. Andante (Tetzlaff/Pesek/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra)
Massenet: Meditation (from Thais) (Renaud Capucon/Harding/Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen)
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Il vecchio castello (Mackerras/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 - II. Adagio sostenuto (excerpt) (Pommier/Foster/Halle Orchestra)
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 - III. Adagio (excerpt) (Litton/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
Rachmaninov: Vocalise (Dessay/Schonwandt/Berliner Philharmoniker)
Stravinsky: Pulcinella - Serenata (Martyn Hill/Hickox/City of London Sinfonia)
Chopin: Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp, Op. 15 No. 2 (Pletnev)
Chopin: Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. posth. (Duchable)
Chopin: Prelude No. 4 in E minor (Duchable)
Chopin: Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor - III. Funeral March (excerpt) (Andsnes)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 - II. Andantino semplice (excerpt) (Pommier/Foster/Halle Orchestra)
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto - II. Canzonetta (Augustin Dumay/Emil Tchakarov/London Symphony Orchestra)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique' - IV. Adagio lamentoso (Litton/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)

Music CD 6

Barber: Adagio for Strings (Saraste/Scottish Chamber Orchestra)
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance, Op. 72 No. 2 (excerpt)(Maazel/Berliner Philharmoniker)
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance, Op. 46 No. 2 (excerpt)(Maazel/Berliner Philharmoniker)
Dvorak: Silent Woods (Timothy Woods/Pesek/Royal Liverpool Orchestra)
Grieg: Peer Gynt - The Death of Ase (Jarvi/Estonian National Symphony Orchestra)
Grieg: Peer Gynt - Morning (Jarvi/Estonian National Symphony Orchestra)
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor - II. Adagio (Andsnes/Kitaenko/Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra)
Grieg: Air (from Holberg Suite) (Jarvi/Estonian National Symphony Orchestra)
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela (excerpt) (Jarvi/Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra)
Sibelius: Valse triste (Jarvi/Estonian National Symphony Orchestra)
Liszt: Consolation No. 3 (Duchable)
Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3 (Duchable)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves (Warren-Green/London Chamber Orchestra)
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 - Aria (Hendricks/Batiz/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
Villa-Lobos: Sentimental Melody (Isbin)
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez - II. Adagio (excerpt) (Isbin/Foster/Lausanne Chamber Orchestra)

100 Best Adagios

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