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Number of CDs: 2
Release Date: 26-10-1998
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 14056-2
Barcode: 13711405620
Musical Style: Classical
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aria from Goldberg Variations BWV 988; Johann Sebastian Bach [03:15] | 9 | Die Friedeker Muttergottes from On The Overgrown Path; Leos Janacek [03:15] |
| 2 | Adagio cantabile from Sonata No 8 in C Minor Op 13 (Pathetique); Ludwig Van Beethoven [04:42] | 10 | Lob der Tranen; Franz Schubert [03:17] |
| 3 | Impromptu No 2 in A Flat Major Op 142; Franz Schubert [07:14] | 11 | Impromptu No 3 in G Flat Major Op 90; Franz Schubert [04:57] |
| 4 | Consolation No 3 in D Flat Major; Franz Liszt [03:25] | 12 | Etude in E Major Op 10 No 3 [Tristesse]; Frederic Chopin [04:31] |
| 5 | Adante cantabile con espressione from Sonata in A Minor KV 310; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [09:38] | 13 | La lugubre gondola (First Version); Franz Liszt [03:47] |
| 6 | Intermezzo in A Minor from Fantasias Op 116; Johannes Brahms [03:19] | 14 | Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut from Images Volume 2; Claude Debussy [04:30] |
| 7 | Nuages gris; Franz Liszt [03:15] | 15 | On Wings of Song Op 34 No 2; Felix Mendelssohn, Bartholdy & Arranged by Liszt [04:35] |
| 8 | Andante from Sonata No 25 in G Major Op 79; Ludwig Van Beethoven [02:08] | ||
| Disc 2 | |||
| 1 | Andante cantabile from Poeme No 1 Op 32; Alexander Skryabin [02:48] | 9 | Prelude in C Sharp Minor from Morceaus de fantasie Op 3; Sergei Rakhmaninov [04:39] |
| 2 | Pajaro Triste from Impresiones Intimas; Mompou [03:11] | 10 | Adagio from Sonata for Piano [From the Street]; Leos Janacek [09:39] |
| 3 | In Tranen from On the Overgrown Path; Leos Janacek [02:38] | 11 | Andante sognando from Piano Sonata No 8 in B Flat Major Op 84; Sergey Prokofiev [04:24] |
| 4 | Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque; Claude Debussy [04:13] | 12 | Traumerei from Kinderszenen Op 15; Robert Schumann [03:11] |
| 5 | Un sospiro from Etude de Concert No 3 in D Flat Major; Franz Liszt [05:02] | 13 | Modere from Scaramouche Op 165 b; Darius Milhaud [03:39] |
| 6 | Nocturne in C Minor Op 48 No 1; Frederic Chopin [05:02] | 14 | Oiseaux tristes from Miroirs; Maurice Ravel [03:10] |
| 7 | Les Larmes from Fantasie tableaux Suite No 1 Op 5; Sergei Rakhmaninov [05:32] | 15 | Voiles from Preludes Volume 1; Claude Debussy [04:35] |
| 8 | Pagodes from Estampes; Claude Debussy [04:24] | 16 | Regard du silence from Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus; Olivier Messiaen [05:58] |
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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