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As its title implies, Heavenly Adagios is a collection of slow, reflective pieces of an inspirational nature, though it is not limited to sacred works. The two discs offer a sampling of religious music, excerpts from symphonic movements, intermezzos from operas, and orchestral arrangements of piano pieces, all of which are presented with an emphasis on beauty and tranquility. The quality of the performances is high, and Decca's roster of artists is stellar, with many great conductors, soloists, and orchestras turning in good work. While some of the arrangements will not satisfy purists -- the Bach chorales and Handel's Ombra mai fu are too lush -- the playing is polished and consistent with the album's generally romantic tone. Another concern is the variability of recording quality between the tracks, which is noticeable on a superior sound system. As is sometimes the case with such compilations, the dynamic range and variety of ensembles may be problematic for the listener, calling for occasional volume adjustments. There are a few jarring surprises, such as the great crescendos in Walk to the Paradise Garden by Delius and the fortissimo passages in Fauré's Pavane and Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending. However, if played at a moderately low level, this album works fairly well as music for contemplation.
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Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - James Mallinson, Producer - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Karl Münchinger, Conductor, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
Thaïs / Acte Deux (Jules Massenet)
James Mallinson, Producer - Jules Massenet, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nigel Kennedy, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Stanley Goodall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anatole France, Author, Original Text Author - Louis Marie Alexandre Gallet, Author
℗ 1984 Decca Music Group Limited
Requiem, Op. 48 (Gabriel Fauré)
Traditional, Author - Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Charles Dutoit, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, Orchestra, MainArtist - Anonymous, Author - Paul Myers, Producer - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Choeur de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 1988 Decca Music Group Limited
Gymnopédie No.1 (Erik Satie)
Claude Debussy, Arranger, Orchestrator - Erik Satie, Composer - Charles Dutoit, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Myers, Producer - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1989 Decca Music Group Limited
Lakmé / Act 1 (Léo Delibes)
John Mordler, Producer - Léo Delibes, Composer - Philippe Gille, Author - Edmond Gondinet, Author - Jane Berbie, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Decca Music Group Limited
Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125 (Camille Saint-Saëns)
John Mordler, Producer - CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, Composer - Jascha Silberstein, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marie Goossens, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 ('Sleepers, awake') (Johann Sebastian Bach)
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Michael Williamson, Producer, Recording Producer - Granville Bantock, Arranger, Work Arranger - Raymond Agoult, Conductor, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited
Madama Butterfly / Act 2 (Giacomo Puccini)
Herbert Von Karajan, Conductor, MainArtist - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Author - Giuseppe Giacosa, Author - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christopher Raeburn, Producer - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer - Jack Law, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1974 Decca Music Group Limited
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma" (Edward Elgar)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Edward Elgar, Composer - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
A Village Romeo and Juliet / Scene 5 (Frederick Delius)
Sir Charles Mackerras, Conductor, MainArtist - Chris Hazell, Producer - Frederick Delius, Composer, Author - Simon Eadon, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Jelka Delius, Author
℗ 1990 Decca Music Group Limited
Pavane, op. 50 (Gabriel Fauré)
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Charles Dutoit, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Myers, Producer - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Choeur de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Choir, MainArtist - Robert De Montesquiou-Fézensac, Author
℗ 1988 Decca Music Group Limited
Panis Angelicus (César Franck)
Traditional, Author - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cesar Franck, Composer - Julian Lloyd Webber, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Cullen, Arranger, Work Arranger - James Judd, Conductor, MainArtist - Martha de Francisco, Producer - Hermine Sterringa, Producer
℗ 1999 Universal International Music B.V.
Serse / Act 1 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Daniel Phillips, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Chris Hazell, Producer - English Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Eadon, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nicolò Minato, Author, Original Text Author - Anthony Way, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Page, Conductor, MainArtist - Silvio Stampiglia, Author, Original Text Author
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
The Lark Ascending (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Sir Neville Marriner, Conductor, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Iona Brown, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Bremner, Producer - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stanley Goodall, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited
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Suite bergamasque, L.75 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Pascal Rogé, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, Cantata BWV 208 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - James Mallinson, Producer - John Dunkerley, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Karl Münchinger, Conductor, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Salomo Franck, Author
℗ 1978 Decca Music Group Limited
Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" (Henryk Gorecki)
Henryk Gorecki, Composer - Kazimierz Kord, Conductor, MainArtist - Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Joanna Kozlowska, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 Universal International Music B.V.
Stabat Mater (Jacopone da Todi)
Judith Raskin, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maureen Lehane, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Composer - Jacopone da Todi, Author - Franco Caracciolo, Conductor, MainArtist - Erik Smith, Producer - Maffeo Zanon, Contributor, Revision - Orchestra Rossini Di Napoli, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Decca Music Group Limited
Ave Maria (Giulio Caccini)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julian Lloyd Webber, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giulio Caccini, Composer - David Cullen, Arranger, Work Arranger - James Judd, Conductor, MainArtist - Martha de Francisco, Producer - Hermine Sterringa, Producer
℗ 1999 Universal International Music B.V.
String Quintet in C, D.956 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Miklós Perényi, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Decca Music Group Limited
Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Anonymous, Author - Peter White, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Guest, Conductor, MainArtist - Alan Reeve, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harley Usill, Producer - The Choir of St John’s Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
JAMES BROWN, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Conductor, MainArtist - Erik Smith, Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act 2 (Raniero da Calzabigi)
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Karl Münchinger, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Haas, Producer - Ranieri de' Calzabigi, Author - Stanley Goodall, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rien de Reede, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1985 Decca Music Group Limited
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World" (Antonín Dvořák)
Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Vittorio Negri, Producer - Cees Heijkoop, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ko Witteveen, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Universal International Music B.V.
Wiegenlied, op. 49 n° 4 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Chris Hazell, Producer, Recording Producer - Simon Eadon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Georg Scherer, Author - Marisa Robles, Arranger, Harp, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Pinder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Mariinsky Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Valery Gergiev, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 1994 Universal International Music B.V.
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Sir Neville Marriner, Conductor, MainArtist - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Michael Bremner, Producer - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Orchestra, MainArtist - Stanley Goodall, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Decca Music Group Limited
Albumbeschreibung
As its title implies, Heavenly Adagios is a collection of slow, reflective pieces of an inspirational nature, though it is not limited to sacred works. The two discs offer a sampling of religious music, excerpts from symphonic movements, intermezzos from operas, and orchestral arrangements of piano pieces, all of which are presented with an emphasis on beauty and tranquility. The quality of the performances is high, and Decca's roster of artists is stellar, with many great conductors, soloists, and orchestras turning in good work. While some of the arrangements will not satisfy purists -- the Bach chorales and Handel's Ombra mai fu are too lush -- the playing is polished and consistent with the album's generally romantic tone. Another concern is the variability of recording quality between the tracks, which is noticeable on a superior sound system. As is sometimes the case with such compilations, the dynamic range and variety of ensembles may be problematic for the listener, calling for occasional volume adjustments. There are a few jarring surprises, such as the great crescendos in Walk to the Paradise Garden by Delius and the fortissimo passages in Fauré's Pavane and Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending. However, if played at a moderately low level, this album works fairly well as music for contemplation.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 27 track(s)
- Total length: 02:32:01
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Klassiek
- Collection: Adagios
© 2003 Decca Music Group Limited This Compilation ℗ 2003 Decca Music Group Limited
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