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Number of CDs: 2
Release Date: 26-10-1998
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 14052-2
Barcode: 13711405224
Musical Style: Classical
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Largo from Piano Concerto No 3 in C Minor Op 37; Ludwig Van Beethoven [09:52] | 7 | Adagio from Clarinet Concerto in A Major KV 622; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [07:16] |
| 2 | Andantino from Sonata for Strings No 2 in A Major; Gioachino Rossini [03:12] | 8 | Larghetto from Concerto No 8 in A Minor for two violins and basso continuo; Antonio Vivaldi [03:45] |
| 3 | Andantino from Sonata for Strings No 4 in B Flat Major; Gioachino Rossini [04:33] | 9 | Adagio from Cello Concerto in E Minor Op 85; Edward Elgar [05:08] |
| 4 | Largo from Viola Concerto in G Major; Georg Philipp Telemann [03:43] | 10 | Enchanted Lake Op 62; Anatoly Lyadov [07:56] |
| 5 | Adagio from Cello Concerto in C Minor RV 434; Antonio Vivaldi [03:04] | 11 | Siegfried Idyll; Richard Wagner [22:14] |
| 6 | Adagio-Allegro-Adagio from Concerto Grosso in G Minor Op 6 No 8; Arcangelo Corelli [03:33] | ||
| Disc 2 | |||
| 1 | Larghetto from Piano Concerto No 2 in F Minor Op 21; Frederic Chopin [09:22] | 5 | Adagio from Cello Concerto in B Minor Op 104; Antonin Dvorak [12:26] |
| 2 | Adagio from Violin Concerto in G Minor Op 26; Max Bruch [08:06] | 6 | Kol Nidrei Op 27; Max Bruch [10:59] |
| 3 | Adagio from Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor Op 18; Sergei Rakhmaninov [11:18] | 7 | The Lark Ascending; Williams [15:14] |
| 4 | Adagio from Piano Concerto in A Minor Op 16; Edvard Grieg [05:49] | ||
Description:
Classical music is hot. In fact, it is probably the biggest story of the l990s in the recording industry. Classical crossover hits like Nigel Kennedy's recording of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Henryk Gorecki's Symphony no. 3, the Gregorian Chant album by the monks of Silo and Michael Nyman's score for the Jane Campion film The Piano - to name just a few - have broken out of classical music's traditional bounds and hit the pop charts. Suddenly, a classical recording that sells 10,000 units is no longer pushing the envelope; today's top classical releases are reaching sales heights formerly reserved for pop icons like Madonna and the Rolling Stones. This stunning turnaround in classical music's marketing power did not come out of nowhere, though. Celestial Harmonies helped set the stage for it with its Adagio (Complete Edition) series. Since 1981, long before the current interest in classical music began, Celestial Harmonies' compilations have been used worldwide for relaxation, meditation and even music therapy. And in a stunning reversal of music industry rules, absolutely no advertising or promotion was needed to achieve substantial sales figures. And while the rest of the classical world scurries around looking for the next big hit, Celestial Harmonies has released an updated digital version of an already proven winner: The Adagio series, a total of seven double–CDs. With sales of over 300,000 units in the past decade, the reason for the series' success is no mystery. As modern life has become increasingly complex and stressful, listeners have turned to music as a source of relief - especially the timeless, contemplative sounds of classical music. It seems that as the pace of our lives gets progressively faster, the music that many listeners are seeking is increasingly slow. The Adagio series, presents over seventeen hours of the world's finest slow music, making it the largest such collection anywhere.
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