Meisterwerke für das Klavier, auch Pianoforte
(leise-laut) genannt. Hier überwiegt das Piano.
CD 2 wieder stärker ins 20. Jahrhundert führend.
the project
Classical music is hot. In fact, it is probably the
biggest story of the l990s in the recording industry. Classical
crossover
hits like
Nigel Kennedy's recording of
Vivaldi's
The Four Seasons,
Henryk Gorecki's
Symphony
no. 3, the Gregorian Chant album by the monks of Silo, and
Michael Nyman's score for the
Jane Campion
film
The Pianoto name just a fewhave broken
out of classical music's traditional bounds and hit the pop charts.
Suddenly, a classical recording that sells 10,000 units is no longer
pushing the envelope; today's top classical releases are reaching
sales heights formerly reserved for pop icons like
Madonna
and the
Rolling Stones.
This stunning turnaround in classical music's marketing
power did not come out of nowhere, though. Celestial Harmonies helped
set the stage for it with its Adagio (Complete Edition) (19908-2)
series. Since 1981, long before the current interest in classical
music began, Celestial Harmonies' compilations have been used worldwide
for relaxation, meditation and even music therapy. And in a stunning
reversal of music industry rules, absolutely no advertising or promotion
was needed to achieve substantial sales figures. And while the rest
of the classical world scurries around looking for the next big hit,
Celestial Harmonies has released an updated digital version of an
already proven winner: The Adagio series, a total
of seven doubleCDs. With sales of over 300,000 units in the
past decade, the reason for the series' success is no mystery. As
modern life has become increasingly complex and stressful, listeners
have turned to music as a source of reliefespecially the timeless,
contemplative sounds of classical music. It seems that as the pace
of our lives gets progressively faster, the music that many listeners
are seeking is increasingly slow. The Adagio series,
presents over seventeen hours of the world's finest slow music, making
it the largest such collection anywhere.
the music
Classical music enthusiasts will be delighted to find
impressionist, atmospheric excerpts from Federico Mompou's
Impresiones Intimas and Leos Janácek's
On the Overgrown Path in the Largo compilations;
but even classical music newcomers will be able to hum along to Debussy's
Clair de lune and Chopin's Nocturne
in B Flat Minor. Largo I (14056)
is slightly more impressionist or atmospheric, featuring works by
Debussy, Ravel, and Skryabin.
Largo II contains some of the beautifully distilled, elegant
classicism of Erik Satie, Chopin,
and Beethoven.
the musicians
These compilations were put together by Celestial
Harmonies' President,
Eckart Rahn, and
Sister
Marie Therese Levey, RSJ, of Australia. They drew upon a
vast repertoire of classical and sacred music recordings, from some
of the most talented orchestras, chamber ensembles, and soloists in
Europe. The
Largo compilations feature the worldclass
talents of
Jen? Jandó,
Peter Nagy,
and
Idil Biret. Several of these groups and soloists are among
the most widely recorded artists in the classical music world.
tracklist
|
Disk 1: |
|
1 |
Arietta No. 1 Op. 12 by Edvard
Grieg |
1'07" |
2 |
Intermezzo No. 1 in E Flat Major
Op. 117 by Johannes Brahms |
5'14" |
3 |
Consolation No. 4 by Franz Liszt
|
2'26" |
4 |
Sarabande from English
Suite No. 2 in A Minor BWV 807 by Johann Sebastian Bach |
3'18" |
5 |
Der Müller und der Bach
(arr. Liszt) by Franz Schubert |
4'31" |
6 |
Romance No. 2 Op. 28 by Robert
Schumann |
2'48" |
7 |
Epilogo from Escenas
Romanticas by Enrique Granados |
1'58" |
8 |
Au Lac de Wallenstadt from
Années de Pèlerinage (Première année-Suisse)
by Franz Liszt |
2'44" |
9 |
Arioso from Italian Concerto
in F Major BWV 971 by Johann Sebastian Bach |
5'06" |
10 |
Prelude No. 6 in B Minor Op.
28 by Frederic Chopin |
2'00" |
11 |
Consolation No. 1 by Franz Liszt
|
1'06" |
12 |
Szene am Bach: Andante molto
from Symphony No. 6 in F Major Op. 68 (Pastorale) by
Ludwig van Beethoven |
13'31" |
13 |
Adagio from Sonata No.
17 in D Minor Op. 31/2 (Tempest) by Ludwig van Beethoven |
8'10" |
14 |
Adagio, ma non troppo from
Sonata No. 31 in A Flat Major Op. 110 by Ludwig van Beethoven
|
10'35" |
15 |
Adagio molto e cantabile from
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor Op. 125 by Ludwig van Beethoven
|
13'37" |
|
Total Time: |
79'39" |
|
Disk 2: |
|
1 |
Bagatelle in E Flat Op. 126
No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven |
2'39" |
2 |
Nocturne in B Flat Minor Op.
9 No. 1 by Frederic Chopin |
4'57" |
3 |
Intermezzo in B Flat Minor Op.
117 No. 2 by Johannes Brahms |
4'46" |
4 |
Andante sostenuto from
Sonata in B Flat Major D. 960 by Franz Schubert |
9'49" |
5 |
Nocturne in E Minor Op. 72 No.
1 by Frederic Chopin |
4'34" |
6 |
Intermezzo in B Minor Op. 119
No. 1 by Johannes Brahms |
4'05" |
7 |
Second movment from Sonata
No. 1 Op. 6 by Alexandre Skryabin |
4'13" |
8 |
La Fille au cheveux de lin from
Préludes, Book 1 No. 8 by Claude Debussy |
1'59" |
9 |
Gymnopédie No. 1 by Erik
Satie |
2'37" |
10 |
La Vallée des Cloches
from Miroirs by Maurice Ravel |
4'52" |
11 |
Guirlandes Op. 73 No. 1 by Alexandre
Skryabin |
3'22" |
12 |
Prelude in G Flat Major Op.
23 No. 10 by Sergey Rakhmaninov |
4'04" |
13 |
4éme Nocturne by Erik
Satie |
2'51" |
14 |
Fragilité Op. 51 No.
1 by Alexander Skryabin |
2'08" |
15 |
Elégie by Leopold Godowsky |
2'10" |
16 |
Gnossienne No. 4 by Erik Satie |
2'53" |
17 |
Regarde du Pére from
Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant Jesus by Olivier Messiaen |
7'17" |
|
Total Time: |
70'55" |
the series
Adagio I: A Special 2 ½
Hour Collection of Orchestral Classics |
(14050-2) |
Adagio II: A Special 2 ½ Hour Collection
of Orchestral Classics |
(14052-2) |
Andante: A Special 2 ½ Hour Collection
of Chamber Music Classics |
(14054-2) |
Largo I: A Special 2 ½
Hour Collection of Piano Classics |
(14056-2) |
Largo II: A Special 2 ½ Hour Collection
of Piano Classics |
(14058-2) |
Magnum Mysterium I: A Special 2 ½ Hour
Collection of Sacred Music Classics |
(14060-2) |
Magnum Mysterium II: A Special 2 ½
Hour Collection of Sacred Music Classics |
(14062-2) |