Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 a song by Samuel Barber on Foxsoundi
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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About this song
- Credited to
- Samuel Barber, David Parry, London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Album
- The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music · Track 4 of 50
- Released
- November 23, 2009
- Duration
- 8:22
- Ranking
- #1 most played Samuel Barber track on Foxsoundi
- On Last.fm
- 196,348 listeners on Last.fm
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The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro by Antonio Vivaldi , Pieter Schoeman , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Die Walkürie, WWV 86b, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2, Andante in E-Flat Major by Frédéric Chopin , Finghin Collins , -
Canon and Gigue in D Major, P. 37: I. Canon by Johann Pachelbel , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Carmina Burana: O Fortuna by Carl Orff , London Philharmonic Choir , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
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The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity by Gustav Holst , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune by Claude Debussy , Finghin Collins , -
Nabucco, Act III: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, "Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate" by Giuseppe Verdi , London Philharmonic Choir , The London Chorus , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Finghin Collins , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro by Johann Sebastian Bach , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Thaïs, Act II: Méditation by Jules Massenet , Pieter Schoeman , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
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The Blue Danube, Op. 314 by Johann Strauss II , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5, Allegro in F-Sharp Minor by Johannes Brahms , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Swan Lake, Op. 20a: No. 1, Scène by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
3 Gymnopédies: I. Lent et douloureux by Erik Satie , Finghin Collins , -
Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: III. Sequenz, No. 6, Lacrymosa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Andrej Kucharsky , Catherine Bremen , Elisabeth Santi , Todd Donovan , London Philharmonic Choir , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven , Finghin Collins , -
Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39: No. 1, March in D Major by Edward Elgar , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Carmen Suite No. 2: II. Habanera by Georges Bizet , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Presto "Ode to Joy" by Ludwig van Beethoven , London Philharmonic Choir , The London Chorus , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act III: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour "Barcarolle" (Instrumental Version) by Jacques Offenbach , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Adagio in G Minor by Remo Giazotto , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Serenade in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture by Gioachino Rossini , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
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String Quintet in E Major, G. 282: III. Minuetto - Trio by Luigi Boccherini , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Allegro molto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
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Egmont, Op. 84: Overture in F Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
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Concerto Grosso No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 6, "Christmas Concerto": Allegro by Arcangelo Corelli , David Parry , London Philharmonic Orchestra , -
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