CD 1: MOSTLY BAROQUE

ALBINONI
1. Adagio extract (arr. Giazotto)
   English Chamber Orchestra / Ian Watson (P)1991
   

PACHELBEL
2. Canon in D
   Taverner Players / Andrew Parrott (P)1988
   

ALLEGRI
3. Miserere - extract
   Taverner Consort / Andrew Parrott (P)1984


VIVALDI
4. Flute Concerto Op.10 ‘La notte’ – II. Largo
   Taverner Players / Andrew Parrott (P)1988

The Four Seasons
5. Concerto No.1 ‘Spring’ – II. Largo e pianissimo
6. Concerto No.2 – ‘Summer’ – II. Adagio
7. Concerto No.3 – ‘Autumn’ – II. Adagio molto
8. Concerto No.4 ‘Winter’ – II. Largo
   London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green (P)1989
   
9. Mandolin Concerto in C - II. Largo


J. S. BACH
10. Harpsichord Concerto in A – II. Larghetto
    Melante Amsterdam / Bob van Asperen (P)1993
11. Harpsichord Concerto in F minor – II. Largo
    Melante Amsterdam / Bob van Asperen (P)1993
12. Concerto for two violins in D minor - II. Largo ma non tanto
    Jonathan Rees & Jane Murdoch violins
    Scottish Ensemble (P)1991
13. Orchestral Suite No.1 – IV. Sarabande
    English Chamber Orchestra / Philip Ledger (P)1991
14. Air ‘on the G string’ (Orchestral Suite No.3)
    English Chamber Orchestra / Philip Ledger (P)1991
15. Cello Suite No.5 – IV. Sarabande
    Ralph Kirshbaum cello (P)1994


HAYDN
16. Symphony No.88 in G – II. Largo extract
    La Petite Bande / Sigiswald Kuijken (P)1992


PERGOLESI
17. Stabat mater - opening
    Véronique Gens soprano • Gérard Lesne alto
    Il seminario musicale (P)1997 EMI France


MOZART
18. Ave verum corpus K622
    London Classical Players • Schutz Choir of London
    Sir Roger Norrington (P)1992


HANDEL
19. Ombra mai fù (Serse)
    David Daniels counter-tenor
    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
    Sir Roger Norrington (P)1992


PÄRT
20. Solfeggio
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Tonu Kaljuste (P)1997


TAVENER
21. The Protecting Veil - conclusion
    Steven Isserlis cello
    London Symphony Orchestra / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (P)1992

MOZART
1. Piano Concerto No.21 K467 – II. Andante
   Diana Ambache piano / Ambache Chamber Orchestra (P)1991


2. Clarinet Concerto K621 – II. Adagio
   Paul Meyer clarinet
   Ensemble Orchestral de Paris / John Nelson (P)2005


3. Piano Concerto No.20 K466 – II. Romanze extract
   Mikhail Pletnev piano /
   Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie (P)1996


4. Serenade in G ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ K525 - II. Romanze
   London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green (P)1991
   
5. Piano Concerto No.22 K482 – II. Andante
   Annie Fischer piano
   Philharmonia Orchestra / Wolfgang Sawallisch
   (P)1959 EMI Records Ltd
   
6. Symphony No.40 K550 – II. Andante
   Sinfonia Varsovia / Yehudi Menuhin (P)1990
   
7. Piano Concerto No.23 K488 – II. Adagio
   
8. Piano Concerto No.24 K491 – II. Larghetto
   Mikhail Pletnev piano / Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie (P)1993
   
9. Masonic Funeral Music K477
   London Classical Players / Sir Roger Norrington (P)1992
   
10. Clarinet Quintet K491 – II. Larghetto
    Sabine Meyer clarinet
    Members of the Vienna String Sextet
    (P)1988 EMI Electrola GmbH
    
11. Piano Sonata No.8 K310 -
    II. Andante cantabile con espressione (extract)
    Jean-Bernard Pommier piano (P)1982
    
12. Flute and Harp Concerto K299 – II. Andantino
    Samuel Coles flute • Naoko Yoshino harp
    English Chamber Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin (P)1992
    

BEETHOVEN

1. Piano Sonata No.14 ‘Moonlight’ - I. Adagio sostenuto
   François-René Duchâble piano (P)1996


2. Symphony No.3 ‘Eroica’ - II. Marcia funebre extract
   London Classical Players / Sir Roger Norrington (P)1989
   
3. Piano Concerto No.4 – II. Andante con moto
   Melvyn Tan piano
   London Classical Players / Sir Roger Norrington (P)1989


4. Piano Sonata No.8 ‘Pathétique’ - II. Adagio cantabile
   François-René Duchâble piano (P)1996


5. Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’ - II. Adagio un poco mosso
   Melvyn Tan piano
   London Classical Players / Sir Roger Norrington (P)1989
   
BRAHMS
6. Symphony No.3 in F – III. Poco allegretto
   Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Daniel Harding (P)1990


7. Piano Concerto No.2 – III. Andante extract
   Stephen Hough piano • Timothy Hugh cello
   BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (P)1990
   
   MENDELSSOHN
8. Nocturne (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
   Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
   Sir Charles Mackerras (P)1988
   
SCHUBERT
9. Symphony No.8 ‘Unfinished’ - II. Andante con moto extract
   Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
   Sir Charles Mackerras (P)1992


10. String Quartet No.14 ‘Death and the Maiden’ -
    II. Andante con moto extract
    Hungarian Quartet
    (P)1959 EMI France
    
11. Symphony No.9 ‘Great’ - II. Andante con moto extract
    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
    Sir Charles Mackerras (P)1992
    
12. Piano Trio No.2 – II. Andante con moto extract
    Frank Braley piano • Renaud Capuçon violin
    Gautier Capuçon cello (P)2007
    
SCHUMANN
13. Träumerei (Kinderszenen)
    Alexis Weissenberg piano
    (P)1979 EMI France
    
14. Symphony No.3 ‘Rhenish’ – IV. Feierlich
    Bamberger Symphoniker / Christoph Eschenbach (P)2001
    
STRAUSS
15. Morgen!
    Gundula Janowitz soprano
    Academy of London (Peter Manning solo violin)
    Richard Stamp (P)1990
    
WAGNER
16. Siegfried Idyll - extract
    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
    Marek Janowski (P)1993
    
MAHLER
17. Symphony No.5 – IV. Adagietto extract
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Jukka-Pekka Saraste (P)1991
    
SCHOENBERG
18. Verklärte Nacht – Grave
    Nash Ensemble (P)1991
    

SAINT-SAËNS
1. Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)
2. The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)
   Nash Ensemble (P)1991
   
DEBUSSY
3. Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)
   Kun-Woo Paik piano (P)1991
   
4. Des pas sur la neige (Préludes, Book I)
   
5. La Cathédrale engloutie (Préludes, Book I)
   Jean-Bernard Pommier piano (P)1995
   
FAURÉ
6. Élégie
   Paul Tortelier cello (P)1988


7. Pavane
   English Chamber Orchestra / Paul Tortelier (P)1988


8. Requiem – Introit extract
   Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne
   Michel Corboz (P)1993

POULENC
9. Concerto for two pianos – II. Larghetto
   Jean-Bernard Pommier, Anne Queffélec pianos
   City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox (P)1996
   
10. Concert champêtre – II. Andante
    Maggie Cole harpsichord
    City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox (P)1990
    
SATIE
11. Gnossienne No.1
    
12. Gymnopédie No.3
    Anne Queffélec piano (P)1998
    
RAVEL
13. Piano Concerto in G – II. Adagio extract
    Andrew Litton piano
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Libor Pes?ek (P)1989
    
14. Vocalise en forme de habanera
    Arleen Augér soprano
    Philharmonia Orchestra / Libor Pes?ek (P)1992
    
15. Ma Mère l’Oye - Pavane de la Belle au Bois dormant
    
16. Le Jardin féérique
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste (P)1989
17. Pavane pour une Infante défunte
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste (P)1989

SHOSTAKOVICH
1. Waltz (Jazz Suite No.2)
   Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Paavo Järvi (P)2004
   
OFFENBACH
2. Barcarolle (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)
   Jessye Norman soprano • Ann Murray mezzo-soprano
   Choeurs et Orchestre Symphonique de l’Opéra du Théatre
   Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels / Sylvain Cambreling
   (P)1988 EMI Records Ltd

LALO
3. Symphonie espagnole – IV. Andante
   Christian Tetzlaff violin
   Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Libor Pes?ek (P)1994


4. Méditation (Thaïs)
   Renaud Capuçon violin
   Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
   Daniel Harding (P)2001

MUSSORGSKY orch. Ravel
5. Il vecchio castello (Pictures at an Exhibition)
   Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
   Sir Charles Mackerras (P)1991
   
RACHMANINOV
6. Piano Concerto No.2 – II. Adagio sostenuto extract
   Jean-Bernard Pommier piano
   Hallé Orchestra / Lawrence Foster (P)1993


7. Symphony No.2 – III. Adagio extract
   Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton (P)1990


8. Vocalise
   Natalie Dessay soprano
   Berliner Philharmoniker / Michael Schønwandt
   (P)1998 EMI France

STRAVINSKY
9. Pulcinella – Serenata
   Martyn Hill tenor
   City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox (P)1990

CHOPIN
10. Nocturne No.5 in F sharp Op.15 No.2
    Mikhail Pletnev piano (P)1990
    
11. Nocturne in C sharp minor Op. posth.
    
12. Prelude No.4 in E minor
    François-René Duchâble piano (P)2003
    
13. Sonata No.2 in B flat minor - III. Funeral March extract
    Leif Ove Andsnes piano (P)1992

TCHAIKOVSKY
14. Piano Concerto No.1 - II. Andantino semplice extract
    Jean-Bernard Pommier piano
    Hallé Orchestra / Lawrence Foster (P)1993
    
15. Violin Concerto – II. Canzonetta
    Augustin Dumay violin
    London Symphony Orchestra / Emil Tchakarov
    (P)1988 EMI France


16. Symphony No.6 ‘Pathétique’ - IV. Adagio lamentoso
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra /Andrew Litton
    (P)1993

BARBER
1. Adagio for Strings
   Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste (P)1989

DVORAK
2. Slavonic Dance Op.72 No.2 extract


3. Slavonic Dance Op.46 No.2 extract
   Berliner Philharmoniker / Lorin Maazel
   (P)1989 EMI Records Ltd


4. Silent Woods
   Timothy Woods cello
   Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Libor Pešek (P)1994

GRIEG
Peer Gynt
5. The Death of Ase


6. Morning
   Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
   Paavo Järvi (P)2005


7. Piano Concerto in A minor - II. Adagio
   Leif Ove Andsnes piano
   Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitri Kitaenko (P)1990


8. Air (Holberg Suite)
   Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
   Paavo Järvi (P)2006

SIBELIUS
9. The Swan of Tuonela extract
   Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Paavo Järvi (P)1996


10. Valse triste
    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Järvi (P)2002

LISZT
11. Consolation No.3
    François-René Duchâble piano
    (P)1976 EMI France


12. Liebestraum No.3
    François-René Duchâble piano (P)1989

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
13. Fantasia on Greensleeves
    London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green (P)1989

VILLA-LOBOS
14. Aria (Bachianas brasileiras No.5
    Barbara Hendricks soprano
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Batiz
    (P)1986 EMI Records Ltd


15. Sentimental Melody
    Sharon Isbin guitar (P)1990

RODRIGO
16. Concierto de Aranjuez - II. Adagio extract
    Sharon Isbin guitar
    Lausanne Chamber Orchestra / Lawrence Foster (P)1991

This 6 CD set contains a collection of 100 beautiful adagio compositions, performed by some of the world’s leading artists including Véronique Gens, Sabine Meyer, François-René Duchâble, Leif Ove Andsnes, Melvyn Tan, Naoko Yoshino, Sharon Isbin, Barbara Hendricks, Augustin Dumay, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Christian Tetzlaff and conductors including Fabio Biondi, Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Andrew Davis, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and Paavo Järvi.