Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

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About Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

"Adagio for Strings" was written by American composer Samuel Barber. It is Barber's best-known composition although it was not one of his Pulitzer Prize winners. The Adagio is a re-arrangement of the slow second movement of Barber's "String Quarter, Op. 11." Barber was only 26 when the Adagio was to performed, in 1938, by Arturo Toscanini's famed NBC Symphony Orchestra. At the end of the first rehearsal, Toscanini remarked, "Simple & beautiful!" This was especially amazing because he rarely conducted pieces by American composers. .

From the album: Classical for Cats

Waltz of the Flowers by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra , Ondrej Lenard ,
No. 1, Kaddisch by Maurice Ravel , Duo Sonidos ,
III. Adagio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Bläsersolisten der Deutschen Kammerphilharmonie ,
II. Adagio cantabile by Ludwig van Beethoven , Boris Giltburg ,
Andante by Felix Mendelssohn , Maria Kliegel , Kristin Merscher ,
Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45 by Frédéric Chopin , Idil Biret ,
No. 17 in E-Flat Major by Niccolò Paganini , Ilya Kaler ,
Barcarolle (Arr. for Piano) by Jacques Offenbach , Péter Nagy ,
II. Romance by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Capella Istropolitana , Wolfgang Sobotka ,
Frühlingslied, Op. 62 No. 6, MWV U 161 by Felix Mendelssohn , Péter Nagy ,
Nimrod by Edward Elgar , Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra , George Hurst ,
II. Andantino by Franz Schubert , Jenő Jandó ,
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber , Royal Scottish National Orchestra , Marin Alsop ,
I. Allegro moderato by Joseph Haydn , Jenő Jandó ,
II. Larghetto by Ludwig van Beethoven , Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia , Béla Drahos ,
Pavane, Op. 50 by Gabriel Fauré , Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra , Keith Clark ,
No. 3, Trallerliedchen (Humming Song) by Robert Schumann , Rico Gulda ,
XIII. The Swan (Arr. P. Vidal for Cello & Orchestra) by Camille Saint-Saëns , Gabriel Schwabe , Malmö Symphony Orchestra , Marc Soustrot ,
I. Andante by Clara Schumann , Yoshiko Iwai ,
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Variation 18 (Arr. F. Kreisler for violin and piano) by Sergei Rachmaninoff , Jenő Jandó , Takako Nishizaki ,
Sicilienne, Op. 78 (version for piano) by Gabriel Fauré , Simon Crawford-Phillips ,
II. Air ("On the G String") by Johann Sebastian Bach , Capella Istropolitana , Jaroslav Dvořák ,
No. 2 in E-Flat Major by Frédéric Chopin , Idil Biret ,
Sicilienne (Arr. D. Sosin) by Maria Theresia von Paradis , Nora Shulman , Judy Loman ,
I: Volksliedchen by Robert Schumann , Rico Gulda ,
No. 9, Schafe können sicher weiden (Transcr. L. Stokowski) by Johann Sebastian Bach , Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra , José Serebrier ,
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": II. Largo by Antonín Dvořák , Peter Breiner ,
No. 1, Lento, ma non troppo by Frederick Delius , English Chamber Orchestra , Julian Lloyd Webber ,
No. 1 in E Major, Op. 19/1 by Felix Mendelssohn , Péter Nagy ,
Chiquilin de Bachin (The Little Beggar Boy) [arr. J. Lenehan for 2 cellos and piano] by Astor Piazzolla , Julian Lloyd Webber , Jiaxin Lloyd Webber , John Lenehan ,
No. 2, Innig by Robert Schumann , Boris Giltburg ,