Violin Adagios

Overview

Continuing their Adagios series, the folks at Decca have combed the archives once again and assembled another soothing collection of beautiful melodies, Violin Adagios. This time the soulful sound of the violin takes center stage in a program of the most memorable slow-paced music written for the instrument. Opening with Kennedy's rendition of Massenet's mournful "Meditation" from Thaïs, the double-disc set continues with performances by legends like Arthur Grumiaux and Henryk Szeryng, along with newly minted stars such as Joshua Bell, Kyung-Wha Chung, and Leila Josefowicz. And all the essential composers -- from Bach to Beethoven to Brahms -- are represented, too, on this album in celebration of the violin, that most lyrical of instruments.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/20/2001
Label:	Decca
UPC:	0028946767528
catalogNumber:	467675
Rank:	26535

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera "Thäis")  (05:42)

2. Violin Concerto No.1, in G minor, Op. 26: Adagio

   2. Adagio  (08:43)

3. Violin Concerto ("L'inverno", The Four Seasons), for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("Il cimento" No. 4) Op. 8/4, RV 297: Largo

   3. Largo  (02:24)

4. Concerto for 2 violins & strings in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043: Largo, ma non tanto

   4. Largo, ma non tanto  (06:32)
5. Adagio for violin & orchestra in E major, K. 261  (06:45)
6. Vocalise, instrumental arrangement, Op. 34/14  (05:30)

7. Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77: Adagio

   7. Adagio  (09:12)

8. Violin Concerto, Op. 14: Andante

   8. Andante  (08:49)
9. Mélodie (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) for violin & piano (transcriptin of Gluck's Lento from Orfeo ed Euridice)  (02:49)

10. Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 in F major ("Spring") Op. 24: Adagio molt espressivo

    10. Adagio molt espressivo  (06:29)

11. Violin Concerto, for violin & orchestra (or violin & piano) in D major, Op. 35: Canzonetta: Andante

    11. Canzonetta: Andante  (07:01)
12. Songs my mother taught me (Als die alte Mutter), song for voice & piano (Gypsy Melodies), B. 104/4 (Op. 55/4)  (02:11)
13. None but the lonely heart, song for voice & piano, Op. 6/6  (03:28)

14. The Gadfly, suite from the film score, Op. 97a (assembled by Atovmyan): Romance

    14. Romance  (03:49)

Disc 2

1. Romance for violin & orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50  (07:52)

2. Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042: Adagio

   2. Adagio  (06:36)
3. Salut d'amour, for violin & piano, Op. 12  (02:58)
4. Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)  (04:15)

5. Double Violin Concerto, for 2 violins, strings & continuo in A minor (L'estro armonico No. 8), Op. 3/8, RV 522: Larghetto

   5. Larghetto  (04:33)

6. Violin Sonata in D major, Op.1/13, HWV 371: Larghetto

   6. Larghetto  (02:33)

7. Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216: Adagio

   7. Adagio  (07:37)
8. Liebesleid "Love's Sorrow" for violin & piano  (03:44)

9. Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: Andante

   9. Andante  (07:23)

10. Souvenir d'un lieu cher, for violin & piano (or orchestra), Op. 42: Mélodie

    10. Mélodie  (03:39)

11. Violin Concerto, for violin & orchestra in D minor, Op. 47: Adagio di molto

    11. Adagio di molto  (08:12)

12. Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35: Romance: Andante

    12. Romance: Andante  (08:56)
13. Ständchen ("Leise flehen meine Lieder"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/4  (02:40)
14. Estrellita for voice & piano (or orchestra)  (03:05)

15. Suite for orchestra No 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air on a G String

    15. Air on a G String  (05:12)