Trésors d’Adagios

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1Symphonie n°7: Allegretto
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
recording of:
Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: II. Allegretto
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1811 until 1812)
part of:
Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92
Ludwig van Beethoven3:05
2Clair de lune
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra
conductor:
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
recording of:
Suite bergamasque : III. Clair de lune (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
arrangement of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano)
Claude Debussy4:26
3Tristan & Isolde: Prélude de l’acte IIIRichard Wagner2:30
4Scènes d’enfants: Rêverie
piano:
Éric Le Sage (French pianist)
recording of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15: No. 7. Träumerei (Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming, original for piano)
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (in 1838)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 17)
part of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15
Robert Schumann2:44
5L’Élixir d’amour: “Una furtiva lagrima”
vocals:
Mario Lanza (tenor)
conductor:
Constantine Callinicos (Conductor and accompanist, mainly for Mario Lanza)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Romanza “Una furtiva lagrima” (Nemorino)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer) (in 1832)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Gaetano Donizetti4:12
6Spartacus: Adagio
orchestra:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Libor Pešek (conductor)
recording of:
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
composer:
Aram Khachaturian (Soviet-Armenian composer) (in 1955)
part of:
Spartacus, op. 82
Aram Khachaturian9:40
7Concerto pour piano n°23: AdagioWolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:11
8La Méditation de Thaïs
piano:
Sergei Bezrodny (Sergei Bezrodnyi)
violin:
Vladimir Spivakov (Russian violinist/conductor)
recording of:
Meditation from Thaïs (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer)
arrangement of:
Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation” (original; for solo violin and orchestra)
Jules Massenet4:05
9Les Tableaux d’une exposition: Le Vieux Château
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: II. Il vecchio castello (Pictures at an Exhibition: II. Il vecchio castello, orchestrated by Ravel)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 2 “Il vecchio castello” (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky4:16
10Miserere
choir vocals:
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
soprano vocals:
Louisa Keily (British soprano)
conductor:
Richard Marlow (English choral conductor and organist)
recording of:
Miserere mei, Deus
composer:
Gregorio Allegri (composer)
quotes lyrics from:
Miserere mei (words from Psalm 51)
Gregorio Allegri8:21
11Concerto de Aranjuez: Adagio
guitar:
Kazuhito Yamashita
orchestra:
Orchestre de chambre Jean‐François Paillard
conductor:
Jean‐François Paillard (French conductor)
recording of:
Concierto de Aranjuez
composer:
Joaquín Rodrigo (Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist) (in 1939)
Joaquín Rodrigo4:27
12Symphonie en ré mineur: Allegretto
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Pierre Monteux (conductor)
recording of:
Symphonie en ré mineur: II. Allegretto (Symphony in D minor: II. Allegretto)
composer:
César Franck (Belgian‐born French composer) (from 1886 until 1888)
part of:
Symphonie en ré mineur op. 48 (Symphony in D minor, op. 48)
César Franck1:55
13Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Anton Guadagno (conductor)
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
librettist:
Jules Barbier
part of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III (Giulietta) (alternate order)
Jacques Offenbach3:54
14Prélude en si mineur: Lento assai
piano:
Andrei Nikolski (Russian/Belgian pianist)
recording of:
Prélude no. 6 in B minor, op. 28: Lento assai
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer)
part of:
24 Préludes pour le piano, op. 28
Fryderyk Chopin1:47
15La Moldau
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
recording of:
Má vlast: II. Vltava, JB 1:112/2 (Die Moldau)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer) (from 1874-11-20 until 1874-12-08)
part of:
B. number catalogue by František Bartoš (number: B. 111)
is based on:
La Mantovana
part of:
Má vlast, JB 1:112 (My Country / My Fatherland)
Bedřich Smetana3:39
16Symphonie n°3: Lente e largo “Tranquilissimo”Henryk Mikołaj Górecki9:24
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