Album lyrics The 99 Most Essential Adagios by Johann Sebastian Bach

The 99 Most Essential Adagios

Johann Sebastian Bach

2011 52 songs

1. Histoire du Tango: II. Café 1930

2. Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ, "Albinoni's Adagio"

3. Cavalleria Rusticana: Symphonic Intermezzo

4. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a

5. Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

6. Romance No. 2 in F Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 50

7. Thaïs: Méditation

8. Concerto No. 23 in A Major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 488: II. Adagio

9. Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19: III. Andante

10. Sonata No. 5 in F Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 24, "Spring": II. Adagio molto espressivo

11. Concerto a cinque No. 2 in D Minor for Oboe and Strings, Op. 9: II. Adagio

12. Concerto No. 21 in C Major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 467: Andante

13. Adagio in E Major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 261

14. Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77: II. Adagio

15. String Quartet No. 53 in D Major, Hob. III:63, Op. 64:5, "The Lark": II. Adagio cantabile

16. String Quartet No. 62 in C Major, Op. 76:3, "Emperor": II. Poco adagio: Cantabile

17. Requiem, K. 626: Lacrimosa dies illa

18. Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga"

19. Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act 2: "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix"

20. Xerxes, HWV 40, Act 1: "Ombra mai fu": Largo

21. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to a Faun's Afternoon), L 86

22. Spartacus: Adagio

23. Waldesruhe (Silent Woods) for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68: Lento e molto cantabile

24. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, "From the New World": Largo

25. Suite bergamasque, L 75: Clair de lune

26. Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann): Barcarolle

27. Concerto in D Minor for Oboe and Strings, Op. 1: II. Adagio

28. Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio

29. Baal Shem for Violin and Piano, "Three Pictures of Chassidic Life", (1923): II. Nigun (Improvisation): Adagio non troppo

30. Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique": IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso - Andante

31. Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto

32. String Sextet in D Minor, Op. 70, "Souvenir de Florence": II. Adagio cantabile e con moto

33. L'estro armonico, Op. 3 - Concerto No. 6 in A Minor for Violin and Strings, RV 356: II. Largo

34. Ave Maria for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 61

35. Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60: II. Adagio

36. Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor for Piano, Op. 27:2, "Moonlight Sonata": Adagio sostenuto

37. Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47 (Adagio after Hebrew melodies)

38. Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: II. Adagio ma non tanto

39. Concerto in G Major for Piano and Orchestra, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

40. Symphony No. 3 for Soprano and Orchestra, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" (1976): II. Lento e Largo - Tranquillissimo

41. String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno

42. L'estro armonico, Op. 3 - Concerto No. 9 in D Major for Violin and Strings, RV 230: II. Larghetto

43. Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra: II. Adagio

44. Sonata No. 8 in C Minor for Piano, Op. 13, "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile

45. L'estro armonico, Op. 3 - Concerto No. 8 in A Minor for Two Violins and Strings, RV 522: II. Larghetto e spiritoso

46. String Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Hob. III:1, Op. 1, "Hunting": III. Adagio

47. La Mer (The Sea), L 109: I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer (From Dawn to Noon on the Sea)

48. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral": III. Adagio molto e cantabile

49. Sonata No. 12 in F Major for Piano, K. 332: II. Adagio

50. Préludes, Book I, L 117: X. La Cathédrale Engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral): Profondément calme

51. Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425, "Linz": II. Poco adagio

52. Concerto No. 10 in D Minor for Organ and Orchestra, HWV 309, Op. 7: I. Adagio

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