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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelDca, Decca
UPC0028946019122
eBay Product ID (ePID)9046034661
Product Key Features
FormatCD
Release Year1999
GenreClassical
ArtistMozart / Bell / Hogwood / Marriner
Release TitleAdagios
Dimensions
Item Height0.40 in
Item Weight0.25 lb
Item Length5.60 in
Item Width4.90 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs2
Number of Tracks22
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Tracks1.1 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K525 1.2 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major K467 ('Elvira Madigan') 1.3 Serenade in B Flat Major K361 1.4 Clarinet Concerto in a Major K622 1.5 Concerto for Flute ; Harp in C Major K299 1.6 Piano Concerto No. 23 in a Major K488 1.7 Adagio for Violin in E Major K261 1.8 Symphony No. 40 in G minor K550 1.9 Divertimento in B Flat Major K137 1.10 Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major 'Coronation' K537 1.11 Horn Concerto No. 3 in E Flat Major K447 2.1 Piano Concerto No. 27 in B Flat Major K595 2.2 Horn Concerto No. 2 in E Flat Major K417 2.3 Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major K216 2.4 Piano Sonata in F Major K332 2.5 Symphony No. 41 in C Major 'Jupiter' K551 2.6 Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K466 2.7 Adagio in B minor for Piano K540 2.8 Sinfonia Concertante in E Flat Major K364 2.9 Clarinet Quintet in a Major K581 2.10 Serenade in C minor K388 2.11 Piano Sonata in C Major K545
NotesThis 2-CD collection offers 22 gorgeous slow movements - over 2 hours of the most beautiful and peaceful music ever written including such immortal pieces as the Romance from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, the glorious Adagio from the Clarinet Concerto (Out of Africa) and the Elvira Madigan movement from Piano Concerto No. 21. All tracks are performed by world famous artists: Vladimir Ashkenazy, Andras Schiff, Christopher Hogwood, Neville Marriner, Joshua Bell and many more.
An above-average Adagio compilation. The Mozartian melodies are sublimely beautiful. Those are a given. What makes this better than the rest is the consistency of the mood and the OK quality of the recording.
There isn't a song that suddenly jars you out of the lull you'll be in. I know they're all Adagios but I have a Vivaldi compilation that does that.
It is apparent that some/all recordings are from analog master tapes with obvious hiss or sub-bass "detail". I for one am very particular with the timbre of the violins and the recording engineers acquit themselves nicely here albeit some HF details are lost. That's due to the available technology then so no need to strike one star.