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| Karajan: Adagio | 
 enlarge | Creators: Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg, Gustav Mahler, Jules Massenet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Pachelbel, Jean Sibelius, Antonio Vivaldi, Herbert Von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker, David Bell, Leon Spierer
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 64733
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 445282
UPC: 028944528220
EAN: 0028944528220
ASIN: B000001GMK
Release Date: May 16, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Symphony No. 5: Adagietto: Fourth movement | | • | Canon & Gigue In D Major: Canon | | • | The Opera: Thais: Meditation | | • | Sypmhony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90: Andante | | • | Sinfonia In B Minor, RV 169 - 'Al Santo Sepolcro': Adagio molto: First movement | | • | Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op. 46: Ases Tod - Ases's Death: Second movement | | • | Divertimento In B Flat Major, K. 287 (271H): Adagio: Fourth movement | | • | Adagio In G Minor For Strings and Organ | | • | Symphony No. 7 In A Major, Op. 92: Allegretto: Second movement | | • | Suite For Orchestra No. 3 In D Major: Air | | • | Valse Triste, Op. 44 |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Karajan Adagio December 14, 2007
This has to be one of the most beautiful CDs ever created. I never tire from listening to it.
Applause for Adagio October 22, 2007
The CD was and continues to be a great favorite of mine. All the administrative work by Amazon was flawless.
 If you're really in a hurry to get over Pachelbel's Canon May 1, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Karajan was an amazing conductor. Precise, demanding, exacting, but also emotional and deeply sensible to nuances and subtleties of the various works and comosers he conducted. He's amazing with Beethoven and Wagner, for instance.
With Pachelbel, however, something didn't click. I have at least three Karajan recordings of the Canon in D -as well as over 50 other versions- and none are as brief, "martial", cut-and-dry, hurry-up-and-leave like Karajan's. Don't ask me why, but it would seem that conducting Pachelbel was something he didn't enjoy.
The rest of the album, however, is very enjoyable, smooth, melodious, and thoroughly enjoyable and commendable.
So, in a nutshell: if you've had it with Pachelbel's Canon in D, this is a great recording for you. If, on the other hand, you really love the Canon, skip it while playing this album or, for that matter, any of Karajan's recordings of it, where you'll also find this report, as I have collected them all: my acoustical masochism knows no boundaries.
I hope this helps you in your selection. Enjoy!
A beautiful way to spend some time September 5, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Unlike some recordings of works that demand your attention, as one reviewer pointed out this can be the backdrop for romance, (dare I say) easy listening, or playing with the kids or grandkids. It is a wonderful canvas upon which to paint your day.
von Karajan and the Berliner Philharminiker are probably the only remnants of a time that shook the world, both before, during and after. They and their progeny stayed the course. The DG recording is wonderful, kind of a collection of other tracks on other recordings.
von Karajan has always worked towards the prize of achieving the most perfect musical sound. He does not fall short here. 5 Stars. Wonderful music. Larry Scantlebury
Gentle, Slow, Reflective...and Wonderful September 4, 2003
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
Karajian's Adagio is, as the title of this 1994 album culled from previous recordings of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, a CD devoted to the "adagio," a slow, gentle tempo that first became widely used in the Baroque period of music. An adagio can be either part of a greater whole (the Allegretto or 2nd Movement from Beethoven's Seventh Symphony in A major) or a complete self-contained composition (the "Valse Triste/Sad Waltz by Sibelius). The best known pieces in this collection from Deustsche Gramophon are perhaps Pachelbel's Canon in D, which features a gentle melody that is played first by one section of the orchestra, then repeated and taken up by other sections, becoming more intricate as the piece ascends to a shimmering conclusion. The other widely known composition, Tomaso Albinoni's Adagio in G minor, sounds as if it was a Baroque piece from the late 17th Century, but it was neither composed by Albinoni nor is it a Baroque-period work. It's actually a 20th Century forgery executed by Albinoni's biographer Remo Giazotto. Nevertheless, it's a powerful and deeply moving piece, marked by the somber interplay of organ and strings. (This piece was used, with great effect, in the latter section of Australian director Peter Weir's 1980 film Gallipoli.) Karajan's Adagio spans several centuries and musical eras, from the aforementioned Baroque to the post-Romantic 20th Century. In addition to Albinoni/Giazotto, Pachelbel, Sibelius, and Beethoven, listeners will find compositions by Mozart, Massenet, Vivaldi. Brahms, Grieg, Mahler, and J.S. Bach. With such a diverse group of composers, even though the pieces are leisurely and gentle, they also express a wide range of musical moods, ranging from the pathos of Grieg's Anse's Death to the pastoral tranquility of Mozart's 4th Movement from his Divertimento in B-flat major.
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