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 (US composer & conductor) (on 1971-01-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1971)
recorded at:David Geffen Hall (Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) in Upper West Side, New York, New York, 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)
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)