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Janos Starker, Julian Lloyd Webber, Jack Brymer, Richard Addinsell, Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, John Barry, Ludwig van Beethoven, Alfredo Catalani, Claude Debussy - Movie Adagios

Janos Starker, Julian Lloyd Webber, Jack Brymer, Richard Addinsell, Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, John Barry, Ludwig van Beethoven, Alfredo Catalani, Claude Debussy - Movie Adagios

Band: Janos Starker, Julian Lloyd Webber, Jack Brymer, Richard Addinsell, Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, John Barry, Ludwig van Beethoven, Alfredo Catalani, Claude Debussy Title: Movie Adagios Rating: Release Date: 09 October, 2001 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Platoon: Adagio For Strings - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman 2: Elvira Madigan: Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 - Radu Lupu/English Chamber Orchestra/Uri Segal 3: A Room With A View: O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi) - Renata Tebaldi/Orch Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Lamberto Gardelli 4: Dangerous Moonlight: Warsaw Concerto - Cristina Ortiz/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Moshe Atzmon 5: Dances With Wolves: John Dunbar Theme - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/John Mauceri 6: Raging Bull/Godfather III: Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana) - National Philharmonic Orchestra/Gianandrea Gavazzeni 7: Brief Encounter: Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor: Adagio Sostenuto (Excerpt) - Jean-Yves Thibaudet/The Cleveland Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy 8: The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe - Prague Philharmonia/Nick Ingman 9: The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First - Jean-Yves Thibaudet 10: The Gadfly: Romance - Alexander Kerr/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly 11: Amadeus: Serenade In B Flat Major, K.361 'Gran Partita': Adagio - Members Of The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields/Neville Marriner 12: Sunday, Bloody Sunday: Soave Sia Il Vento (Trio) (Cosi Fan Tutte) - Lucia Popp/Brgitte Fassbaender/Tom Krause/Vienna Haydn Orchestra/Istvan Kertesz 13: Diva: Ebben?...Ne Andro Lontana (La Wally) - Renee Fleming/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Mackerras 14: Hannah And Her Sisters: Keyboard Concerto No.5 In F Minor, BWV 1056: Largo - Andras Schiff/Chamber Orchestra Of Europe 15: Immortal Beloved: Piano Sonata No.14 In C Sharp Minor 'Moonlight': Adagio Sostenuto - Vladimir Ashkenazy 16: Carrington: String Quintet In C Major, D956: Adagio (Excerpt) - Weller Quartet 17: Amadeus: Lacrimosa (Requiem) - John Alldis Choir/BBC Symphony Orchestra/Colin Davis 18: Billy Elliot: Scene (Opening Of Act 2) (Swan Lake) - Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal/Charles Dutoit 19: Life Is Beautiful (La Vita E Bella): Barcarolle (The Tales Of Hoffmann) - L'Orchestra De La Suisse Romande/Richard Bonynge 20: Dead Poets Society/Picnic At Hanging Rock: Piano Concerto No.5 In E Flat Major, Op.73 'Emperor'... - Vladimir Ashkenazy/The Cleveland Orchestra 21: Hilary And Jackie: Cello Concerto, Op.85: Adagio - Moderato (Excerpt) - Julian Lloyd Webber/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Yehudi Menuhin 22: Out Of Africa: Clarinet Concerto In A Major, K.622: Adagio - Jack Brymer/London Symphony Orchestra/Colin Davis 23: Children Of A Lesser God: Concerto In D Minor For 2 Violins, BWV 1043: Largo, Ma Non Tanto - Henryk Szeryng/Maurice Hasson/Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields/Neville Marriner 24: Frankie And Johnny: Clair De Lune - Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra/Frederick Fennell 25: Cinema Paradiso: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso - Prague Philharmonia/Nick Ingman 26: Death In Venice: Symphony No.5: Adagietto - Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Sir Georg Solti 27: Seven: Suite No.3 In D Major, BWV 1068: Air - Stuttgarter Kammerorchestra/Karl Munchinger 28: The Shawshank Redemption: Che Soave Seffiretto (Letter Duet) (The Marriage Of Figaro) - Kiri Te Kanawa/Lucia Popp/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Georg Solti 29: Fatal Attraction: Un Bel Di (Madama Butterfly) - Renee Fleming/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Mackerras 30: Ordinary People: Canon In D Major - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester/Karl Munchinger 31: Truly, Madly, Deeply: Cello Sonata In G Minor, BWV 1029: Adagio (Excerpt) - Janos Starker/Gyorgy Sebok 32: Shine: Prelude In C Sharp Minor, Op.3 No.2 - Vladimir Ashkenazy 33: On Her Majesty's Secret Service: We Have All The Time In The World - Prague Philharmonia/Nick Ingman

Customer Reviews If You Love Classical Music, This CD Is For You . This compilation of movie themes is one of the most pleasurable CD's you'll ever own. Probably Decca's best "Adagios" set I've only bought a few of these "Adagios" sets because, looking over the track listings of so many, there's just so much overlap. I say "probably," since it's hard to outdo its "Beethoven Adagios" set. Here, you get the best single collection of the bunch. Here, I was introduced to Addinsell's "Warsaw Concerto," and for that alone it was worth the price. But let's not forget a significant number of other gorgeous classic adagios: Beethoven's "Emperor" concerto (used in a gorgeous film, "Picnic at Hanging Rock"), Bach's "Air on a G String," Mahler's Adaghietto from Symphony no. 5, some obligatory Mozart, the Barber adagio, Debussy's Claire de lune, and - oh lovely! - Schubert's String Quintet in C. Then there are much-appreciated entries (Cinema Paradiso, Gabriel's Oboe) from a personal favorite composer, Ennio Morricone, one of the actual official film composers (as distinct from long-dead composers whose music was used in film) used for this collection, along with a couple from another personal favorite, John Barry. (You'd really need to get Barry's own set of "adagios," titled "Moviola," to get his best, e. g. , the title theme to "Out of Africa" and to "Somewhere in Time. " For Morricone, the master of the romantic adagio in the past century, go with "Itinerary of a Genius" or individual soundtracks like "Legend of 1900," "Lolita," "Once Upon a Time in America," "Once Upon a Time in the West," and others. ) A couple drawbacks to this set: (1) The adagio from Rachmaninov's 2nd is truncated to a mere 4 minutes. For this, one is well advised to purchase a CD with the entire concerto, or get a full version of just the adagio elsewhere (Decca does include a full version on its "Romantic Adagios" collection). (2) So much from so many composers is included, that there is too little room for more Beethoven. I'd prefer the adagio from the "Pathetique" sonata to the "Moonlight" one which was included here. For Beethoven adagios, you need the "Beethoven Adagios" set as an accompaniment (where you get, among other things, adagios for the op. 130 string quartet, the 6th symphony, the violin concerto, piano concerto no. 3, the 7th symphony, and the romance for violin no. 2, op. 50). If you're a fan of Mozart music often used in the movies, there's the "Mozart Adagios" set and/or the "Amadeus" soundtrack. I'm a "purist" as to a few works; I'd rather hear the entirety of the "Emperor" concerto than merely the adagio, for instance. In plenty of other cases, an adagio movement is heard just fine as a stand-alone work; plenty of the most beautiful music is used for adagio movements, as these sets make clear enough. . One of the best CDs you'll ever own I listen to it every chance I get. This is an excellent selection of music. It is great just to put in your CD player on "repeat" and allow it to soothe and inspire you for a few hours, for an evening, or an for entire day. One reason I chose it was that I was looking for music that could simply be a nice background noise for when I'm working on things that require reading and concentration. I wanted music that would not be a distraction, and this does a good job. It is also great to listen to when doing almost anything, like even cleaning the house or doing laundry. I will admit though, that listening to the selection from Swan Lake might make you want to dance around the living room. Also, besides the obvious ones that everybody knows (Beethoven's 5th, or Canon in D, etc. ) I do not know enough to distinguish specific songs from their composers, which is why I was hesitant to buy a classical CD soley of one artist because once I got it I may not have liked it or been familiar with any of the songs. That is why I picked Movie Adagios because I knew it would be a selection of some of the best classical music from the movies, which it is. . You can see a complete list of all Janos Starker, Julian Lloyd Webber, Jack Brymer, Richard Addinsell, Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, John Barry, Ludwig van Beethoven, Alfredo Catalani, Claude Debussy discography, or go back to the Janos Starker, Julian Lloyd Webber, Jack Brymer, Richard Addinsell, Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, John Barry, Ludwig van Beethoven, Alfredo Catalani, Claude Debussy tabs