Movie Adagios (CD)

Customer Review: Of course, I'm nuts for classical music and classic movies, so this compilation of music featured in some of the most famous movies ever made is an absolutely ideal CD.

Filmmakers have been raiding the classical music files since the days of the silents in order to heighten the mood of a scene and provide a greater emotional impact. Barber's Adagio for Strings has been used not only in "Platoon", as this CD lists, but also in "The Elephant Man". While there's only a small snippet of Rachmininoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 here, it's worth remembering that the entire piece is used throughout the magnificent "Brief Encounter" to heighten the impact of the romance. Mozart's Trio (Cosi fan tutte) was brilliantly used in "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" to comment on a complex romantic triangle.

There are also 5 pieces written directly for the screen, two by Ennio Morricone (the haunting Gabriel's Oboe from "The Mission" and the exquisite Nuovo Cinema Paradiso from "Cinema Paradiso"), two by John Barry (a lovely version of We Have All the Time in the World from the James Bond classic "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and the elegiac John Dunbar Theme from "Dances With Wolves") and one by Michael Nyman (The heart asks pleasure first from "The Piano").

I love this CD, to relax with, to read with, and just immerse myself in the spectacular sounds of genius.

UPC: 028946850626
Manufacturer: Decca

Tracks:
Adagio for Strings [From Platoon] - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K 467 Ut Majeur C-Dur Andante ... - English Chamber Orchestra, Radu Lupu
O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi) [From A Room with A View] - Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Renata Tebaldi
Warsaw Concerto [From Dangerous Moonlight]
John Dunbar Theme [From Dances with Wolves] - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana) [From Raging Bull/Godfather III] - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Ut Mineur C-Moll Adagio Sostenuto ... - Cleveland Orchestra, Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Gabriel's Oboe [From the Mission] - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Heart Asks Pleasure First [From The Piano] - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Romance [From the Gadfly] - Alexander Kerr, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Serenade in B Flat Major, K 361 "Gran Partita" Si Bémol Majeur ... - Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Soave Sia il Vento (Trio) (Così Fan Tutte) [From Sunday, Bloody Sunday] - Tom Krause, Lucia Popp,
Ebben? ... Ne Andrò Lontana (La Wally) [From Diva] - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056 Fa Mineur F-Moll ... - Chamber Orchestra of Europe,
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2 ... - Vladimir Ashkenazy
String Quintet in C Major, D 956 Ut Majeur C-Dur Adagio (Excerpt) ...
Lacrimosa (Requiem, Compl. Süssmayr) [From Amadeus] - John Alldis, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Scène (Opening of Act 2) (Swan Lake) [From Billy Elliot]
Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann) [From Life Is Beautiful] - L'Orchestre de La Suisse romande
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major ("Emperor"), Op. 73 Adagio un ... - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Cleveland Orchestra
Cello Concerto, Op. 85 Adagio - Moderato (Excerpt) [From Hilary ...] - Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K 622 la Majeur A-Dur Adagio [From ...] - Jack Brymer, London Symphony Orchestra
Concerto in D Minor for 2 Violins, BWV 1043 Ré Mineur D-Moll Largo ... - Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, , Neville Marriner, Henryk Szeryng
Clair de Lune [From Frankie and Johnny] - Frederick Fennell
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso [From Cinema Paradiso] - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphony No. 5 Adagietto [From DeAth in Venice] - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 Ré Majeur D-Dur Air [From Seven Brides - Karl Münchinger,
Che Soave Zeffiretto (Letter Duet) (The Marriage of Figaro) [From ...] - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucia Popp, Kiri Te Kanawa
Bel Dì (Madama Butterfly) [From Fatal Attraction] - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Canon in D Major [From Ordinary People] - Karl Münchinger,
Cello Sonata in G Minor, BWV 1029 Sol Mineur G-Moll Adagio ...
Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2 Ut Dièse Mineur Cis-Moll ... [Mix - Vladimir Ashkenazy
We Have All the Time in the World [From on Her Majesty's Secret ...] - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Release Date: 2001-10-09
Label: Decca

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Movie Adagios (CD)

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