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. .

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Cavatina by Stanley Myers , Craig Ogden ,
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air by Johann Sebastian Bach , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra ,
Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 1, Larghetto in B-Flat Minor by Frédéric Chopin , Vitaly Margulis ,
Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2, Andante in E-Flat Major by Frédéric Chopin , Axel Gillison ,
Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune (Arr. for Orchestra) by Claude Debussy , Ilmar Lapinsch , Mostar Symphony Orchestra ,
Una Mattina by Ludovico Einaudi , Johannes Bornlöf , Ludovico Einaudi , Ludovico Einaudi ,
Symphony No. 5, Pt. 3: IV. Adagietto by Gustav Mahler , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra ,
Pavane, Op. 50 by Gabriel Fauré , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra ,
Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven , Henrik Måwe ,
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra ,
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco moto by Ludwig van Beethoven , Richard Hickox , Cristina Ortiz , City of London Sinfonia ,
Any Other Name by Thomas Newman , Johannes Bornlöf ,
Adagio in G Minor by Remo Giazotto , Ilmar Lapinsch , Mostar Symphony Orchestra ,
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: I. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen by Robert Schumann , Axel Gillison ,
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei by Robert Schumann , Sylvia Capova ,
Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le Cygne by Camille Saint-Saëns , Stockholm Chamber Duo ,
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Helmut Müller-Brühl , Evgeni Koroliov , Cologne Chamber Orchestra ,
Sleeping Lotus by Joep Beving , Johannes Bornlöf ,
Cavalleria Rusticana: Symphonic Intermezzo by Pietro Mascagni , Heribert Beissel , Bonn Classical Philharmonic ,
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto by Ludwig van Beethoven , Henrik Måwe ,
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: IV. Solveigs Song by Edvard Grieg , Christian Ehwald , Kosice Philharmonic Orchestra ,
Nocturnes, Op. 32: No. 1, Andante sostenuto in B Major by Frédéric Chopin , Vitaly Margulis ,
River Flows in You by Yiruma , Johannes Bornlöf ,
Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 by Maurice Ravel , Arpad Joo , London Symphony Orchestra ,
Thaïs, Act II: Méditation by Jules Massenet , David Parry , Pieter Schoeman , London Philharmonic Orchestra ,
Rêverie, L. 68 by Claude Debussy , Axel Gillison ,
Messe à trois voix in A Major, Op. 12: V. Panis Angelicus (Poco lento) by César Franck , Ilmar Lapinsch , Latvian Philharmonic Orchestra , Riga Radio Choir ,
Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": II. Lento e Largo - Tranquillissimo by Henryk Górecki , Werner Stiefel , Teresa Erbe , Baden-Baden Symphony Orchestra ,
3 Gymnopédies: I. Lent et douloureux by Erik Satie , Finghin Collins ,
Songs Without Words, Op. 30: No. 6, Allegretto tranquillo in F-Sharp Major "Venezianisches Gondellied" by Felix Mendelssohn , Sylvia Capova ,
The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace by Gustav Holst , George Hurst , Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ,
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: II. Largo by Ludwig van Beethoven , Anton Nanut , Dubravka Tomšič , RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra ,
Deux arabesques, L. 66: No. 1, Andantino con moto in E Major by Claude Debussy , Peter Schmalfuss ,
Lyric Pieces, Op. 47: III. Melody by Edvard Grieg , Axel Gillison ,
6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: V. Adagio sostenuto in D-Flat Major by Sergei Rachmaninoff , Andrea Kauten ,
Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, B. 49 (Lento con gran espressione) by Frédéric Chopin , Henrik Måwe ,
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Neithard Bethke , Elisabeth Ganter , Pilsen Radio Symphony Orchestra ,
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest": II. Adagio by Ludwig van Beethoven , Herbert Waltl ,
Orpheus and Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act II: Dance of the Blessed Spirits by Christoph Willibald Gluck , Hanspeter Gmür , Gernot Woll , Munich Chamber Orchestra ,
Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 1, Morning Prayer by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Axel Gillison ,
Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 2, Lento sostenuto in D-Flat Major by Frédéric Chopin , Vitaly Margulis ,
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: II. Romance by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Gerard Oskamp , Roberte Mamou , Berliner Symphoniker ,
Gnossiennes: I. Lent by Erik Satie , Axel Gillison ,
Préludes, Op. 28: No. 15, Sostenuto in D-Flat Major "Raindrops" by Frédéric Chopin , Peter Schmalfuss ,
14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise (Lentamente) by Sergei Rachmaninoff , Markus Stocker , Viktor Yampolsky ,
The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance by Dmitri Shostakovich , Ivan Marinov , Ivan Peev , Sofia Symphony Orchestra ,
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo by Antonín Dvořák , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra ,