1. Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor by Tomaso Albinoni Performer: Xavier Darasse (Organ) Conductor: Louis Auriacombe Orchestra/Ensemble: Toulouse Chamber Orchestra Period: Baroque Written: Venice, Italy Notes: This selection is an ADD recording. This work was reconstructed by Remo Giazotto in 1945 from a fragment by Albinoni. 2. Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052: 2nd movement, Arioso by Johann Sebastian Bach Performer: Andrei Gavrilov (Piano) Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Period: Baroque Written: circa 1738-1739; Leipzig, Germany 3. Symphony no 36 in C major, K 425 "Linz": 2nd movement, Poco adagio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Conductor: Jeffrey Tate Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1783; Linz, Austria 4. Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral": 3rd movement, Adagio molto e cantabile by Ludwig van Beethoven Conductor: Michael Gielen Orchestra/Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1822-1824; Vienna, Austria 5. Faust: Ballet Music - Adagio by Charles Gounod Conductor: Herbert von Karajan Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1859; France Notes: This selection is an ADD recording. 6. Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor: 4th movement, Adagietto by Gustav Mahler Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1901-1902; Vienna, Austria Notes: This selection is an ADD recording. 7. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber Conductor: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra/Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1936; Rome, Italy Notes: This selection is an ADD recording. 8. Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: no 9a, Act 1 - Pas d'action "'Rose' Adagio" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Conductor: André Previn Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1888-1889; Russia Notes: This selection is an ADD recording. 9. Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6: no 8 in C minor, HWV 326 - 4th movement, Adagio by George Frideric Handel Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra/Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra Period: Baroque Written: 1739; London, England Notes: This selection is an ADD recording. 10. Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61: 3rd movement, Adagio espressivo by Robert Schumann Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle Period: Romantic Written: 1845-1846; Germany Notes: This selection is an ADD recording. |