Famous Adagios torrent

1. Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor (11:27)

Composer Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1750)

Conductor Richard Edlinger

Performer Pavel Bogacz (Violin)

Genre Baroque Period

Ensemble Capella Istropolitana

Period Baroque
Country Venice, Italy
Recording Studio
Venue Slovak Philharmonic Hall, Bratislava

Recording Date 3/1986
Notes This work was reconstructed by Remo Giazotto in 1945 from a fragment by Albinoni.
2. Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042: 2nd movement, Adagio (7:20)

Composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Conductor Oliver Dohnanyi

Performer Takako Nishizaki (Violin)

Genre Baroque Period / Concerto

Date Written 1717-1723
Ensemble Capella Istropolitana

Period Baroque
Country Cöthen, Germany
Recording Studio
Venue Slovak Philharmonic Hall, Bratislava

Recording Date 1989
3. Concertos à cinque (12), Op. 9: no 2 for Oboe in D minor - 2nd movement, Adagio (5:19)

Composer Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1750)

Conductor John Georgiadis

Performer Anthony Camden (Oboe)

Genre Baroque Period / Concerto

Date Written 1722
Ensemble London Virtuosi

Period Baroque
Country Venice, Italy
Recording Studio
Venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London

Recording Date 10/1992
4. Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216: 2nd movement, Adagio (8:24)

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Conductor Stephen Gunzenhauser

Performer Takako Nishizaki (Violin)

Genre Classical Period / Concerto

Date Written 1775
Ensemble Capella Istropolitana

Period Classical
Country Salzburg, Austria
Recording Studio
5. Concerto for Oboe in D minor: 2nd movement, Adagio (4:15)

Composer Alessandro Marcello (1669 - 1747)

Performer Jozsef [oboe] Kiss (Oboe)

Genre Baroque Period / Concerto

Date Written by 1717
Ensemble Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra

Period Baroque
Country Italy
Recording Studio
Venue Reformed Church, Budapest

Recording Date 1991
6. Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488: 2nd movement, Adagio (6:24)

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Conductor Matyas Antal

Performer Jeno Jando (Piano)

Genre Classical Period / Concerto

Date Written 1786
Ensemble Concentus Hungaricus

Period Classical
Country Vienna, Austria
Recording Studio
Venue Italian Institute, Budapest

Recording Date 1989
7. Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26: 2nd movement, Adagio (8:05)

Composer Max Bruch (1838 - 1920)

Conductor Stephen Gunzenhauser

Performer Takako Nishizaki (Violin)

Genre Concerto / Romantic Period

Date Written 1868
Ensemble Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Period Romantic
Country Germany
Recording Studio
Venue Slovak Phil Concert Hall, Bratislava

Recording Date 5/1989
8. Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622: 2nd movement, Adagio (7:16)

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Conductor Johannes Wildner

Performer Ernst Ottensamer (Clarinet)

Genre Classical Period / Concerto

Date Written 1791
Ensemble Vienna Mozart Academy

Period Classical
Country Vienna, Austria
Recording Studio
9. Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar: 2nd movement, Adagio (10:21)

Composer Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)

Conductor Nicholas Ward

Performer Norbert Kraft (Guitar)

Genre 20th Century Period / Concerto

Date Written 1939
Ensemble Northern Chamber Orchestra

Period 20th Century
Country Spain
Recording Studio
Recording Date 10/1992
10. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (7:45)

Composer Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)

Genre 20th Century Period

Date Written 1936
Ensemble Capella Istropolitana

Period 20th Century
Country Rome, Italy
Recording Studio