Adagio for Strings

~ Recording by New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

Annotation

Barber, Samuel
Adagio for Strings
Bernstein, NYP 01/12/71: NYC, Philharmonic Hall
Sony: M 30573; MG 31155; MY 38484 p MYK 38484; SFK 46715; SMK 47567; MLK 62617; SMK 63088

Annotation last modified on 2011-08-02 08:57 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Adagio for Strings, op. 1110:02Samuel BarberCBS Great Performances, Volume 92: Romantic Favorites for StringsBarber, Vaughan Williams, Tchaikovsky, Mahler; New York Philharmonic, Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
  • US1987-01-01
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)MYK 38484
1.2Adagio for Strings, Op. 1110:00Samuel BarberBernstein Favorites: The Twentieth CenturyLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
  • US1991-05-03
Sony ClassicalSFK 46715
1.8Adagio for Strings10:04Samuel BarberThe Royal Edition, Volume 39: The Planets / Adagio for Strings / Pomp and Circumstance Military March no. 1Holst, Barber, Elgar; New York Philharmonic, Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-11-17
Sony ClassicalSMK 47567
1.10Adagio for Strings: Molto adagio10:01Samuel BarberTutti Nr. 2Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
Sony Classical
4.5Adagio for Strings10:00Samuel BarberClassical Music for People Who Hate Classical MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Classical Heritage (may be a series by Intersound Records rather than an actual label)CH 1212, CH 1212A-D
2.6Adagio for stygere10:00Samuel BarberLeonard Bernstein's VerdenLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
Sony Classical9604-06
1.4Adagio for Strings10:00Samuel BarberNocturneNew York Philharmonic, Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
  • -1996
Sony ClassicalSK 62617
4.5Adagio for Strings, Op. 119:58Samuel BarberClub VerbotenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-03-18
DCC Compact ClassicsDZS(4)-135
1.1Adagio for Strings: Molto adagio10:00Samuel BarberBernstein Century: Barber: Adagio for Strings / Violin Concerto / Schuman: To Thee Old Cause / In Praise of ShahnBarber, Schuman; New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Isaac SternAlbum
  • GB1997-10-06
  • US1997-10-28
Sony ClassicalSMK 63088
3.10Adagio for Strings9:59Samuel BarberA Total Embrace: The ConductorLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
Sony Classical, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)S3K-90578
1.1Adagio for Strings10:00Samuel BarberBarber: Adagio for Strings / Violin Concerto / Schuman: To Thee Old Cause / In Praise of ShahnBarber, Schuman; New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Isaac SternAlbum
  • -2003
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)SK 90390
1.1Adagio for Strings (New York Philharmonic feat conductor: Leonard Bernstein)10:00Samuel BarberAdagio and Other Romantic Favorites for Strings (Masterworks Expanded Edition)Barber; New York Philharmonic, Leonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-07-27
Masterworks Expanded Edition92726
29.1Adagio For Strings10:01Béla BartókLeonard Bernstein Edition: Concertos and Orchestral WorksLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
Sony Classical
1.12Adagio for Strings from the String Quartet, Op. 119:58Leonard BernsteinPlay: ClassicalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2015-07-25
Masterworks
13.17Adagio for Strings Molto Adagio10:00Samuel BarberIch mag keine Klassik, aber das gefällt mirVarious ArtistsAlbum
  • DE2015-08-28
RCA Red Seal
1.22Adagio for Strings, Op. 119:58Samuel Barber50 Chefs-d'œuvre de la musique classiqueVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2016-09-09
Sony ClassicalG010003577355H
51.1Adagio for Strings from String Quartet, Op. 119:59Samuel Barber175th Anniversary EditionNew York PhilharmonicAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2017-03-17
Sony Classical88985336362
1.5Adagio for Strings9:58Samuel BarberThe Essential BernsteinLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
Sony ClassicalS2K51339
1.1Adagio for Strings9:56Samuel BarberTuTTiLeonard BernsteinAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
2.7Barber: Adagio10:04Leonard BernsteinClassics 2001Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue-over-red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only)

Relationships

producer:Richard Killough
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:New York Philharmonic (on 1971-01-12)
conductor:Leonard Bernstein (on 1971-01-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1971)
recorded at:David Geffen Hall (Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) in Upper West Side, United States (on 1971-01-12)
edits:Adagio For Strings op. 11 (opening)
recording of:Adagio for Strings (on 1971-01-12)

Related works

Adagio for Strings

orchestrator:Samuel Barber (American orchestral, choral, opera & piano composer) (in 1938)
composer:Samuel Barber (American orchestral, choral, opera & piano composer) (in 1936)
premiered by:NBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1938-11-05)
Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (on 1938-11-05)
premiered at:[radio broadcast] (1938-11-05)
publisher:G. Schirmer Inc.
is the basis for:Dov’è l’amore
arrangement of:String Quartet, op. 11: II. Molto adagio
arrangements:Adagio for Strings (for organ, Strickland)
Adagio for Strings (arr. Lucien Cailliet for clarinet choir)
Adagio for Strings (arr. John O'Reilly for woodwind band)
Adagio for Strings (catch‐all for arrangements)
Adagio for Strings (Lee Jackson arrangement)
Adagio for Strings (Bond arrangement)
Agnus Dei (arr. Samuel Barber for chorus)