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Number of CDs: 2
Release Date: 19-05-2003
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 14058-2
Barcode: 13711405828
Musical Style: Classical
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arietta No 1 Op 12; Edvard Grieg [01:07] | 9 | Arioso from Italian Concerto in F Major BWV 971; Johann Sebastian Bach [05:06] |
| 2 | Intermezzo No 1 in E Flat Major Op 117; Johannes Brahms [05:14] | 10 | Prelude No 6 in B Minor Op 28; Frederic Chopin [02:00] |
| 3 | Consolation No 4; Franz Liszt [02:26] | 11 | Consolation No 1; Franz Liszt [01:06] |
| 4 | Sarabande from English Suite No 2 in A Minor BWV 807; Johann Sebastian Bach [03:18] | 12 | Szene am Bach: Andante molto moto from Symphony No 6 in F Major Op 68; Ludwig Van Beethoven [13:31] |
| 5 | Der Muller und der Bach; Franz Schubert [04:31] | 13 | Adagio from Sonata No 17 in D Major Op 31/2 (Tempest); Ludwig Van Beethoven [08:10] |
| 6 | Romance No 2 Op 28; Robert Schumann [02:48] | 14 | Adagio ma non troppo from Sonata No 31 in A Flat Major Op 110; Ludwig Van Beethoven [10:35] |
| 7 | Epilogo from Escenas Romanticas; Enrique Granados [01:58] | 15 | Adagio molto e cantabile from Symphony No 9 in D Major Op 125; Ludwig Van Beethoven [13:37] |
| 8 | Au Lac de Wallenstadt from Annees de Pelerinage (Premiere annee-Suisse); Franz Liszt [02:44] | ||
| Disc 2 | |||
| 1 | Bagatelle in E Flat Op 126 No 3; Ludwig Van Beethoven [02:39] | 10 | La Vallee Des Cloches from Miroirs; Maurice Ravel [04:52] |
| 2 | Regarde du Püre from Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant Jesus; Olivier Messiaen [04:57] | 11 | Guirlandes Op 73 No 1; Alexander Skryabin [03:22] |
| 3 | Intermezzo in B Flat Minor Op 117 No 2; Johannes Brahms [04:46] | 12 | Prelude in G Flat Major Op 23 No 10; Sergei Rakhmaninov [04:04] |
| 4 | Andante sostenuto from Sonata in B Flat Major D 960; Franz Schubert [09:49] | 13 | 4Ème Nocturne; Erik Satie [02:51] |
| 5 | Nocturne in E Minor Op 72 No 1; Frederic Chopin [04:34] | 14 | Fragilite Op 51 No 1; Alexander Skryabin [02:08] |
| 6 | Intermezzo in B Minor Op 119 No 1; Johannes Brahms [04:05] | 15 | Elegie; Leopold Godowsky [02:10] |
| 7 | Second Movement from Sonata No 1 Op 6; Alexander Scriabin [04:13] | 16 | Gnossienne No 4; Erik Satie [02:53] |
| 8 | La Fille au cheveux de lin from Preludes Book 1 No 8; Claude Debussy [01:59] | 17 | Regarde Du Père From Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant Jesus; Olivier Messiaen [07:17] |
| 9 | Gymnopedie No 1; Erik Satie [02:37] | ||
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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