Barber's Adagio for Strings

Does anyone have any recommendations for well recorded versions of Adagio for Strings?

precbsed04-12-2002 10:18pm

duckboy Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 17 posts 04-13-2002 at 01:16am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The Greatest version I have heard is the old Toscanini version. He was able wring all the emotion out of it while keeping the pacing. If mono bothers you Bernstein with NYPO is good choice. There is also the Schippers version. But the Toscanini is in class by itself. Hope this helps.
justdan Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9 posts 04-13-2002 at 01:51am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Get the Zinman/Baltimore. You'll be rewarded with a full CD of terrific Barber performances, not merely a good "Adagio" (there are many of those). Great sound.
sugarbrie Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,854 posts 04-13-2002 at 03:59am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If you like this piece, then look for the Barber arrangement for unaccompanied chorus (acappella) recorded by Robert Shaw. This music with voices in place of strings is one of my favorites. It is titled "Agnus Dei", and is available on a Robert Shaw CD titled Evocation of the Spirit. The Tower Records link that includes samples to listen to is: http://www.towerrecords.com/product.asp?pfid=1095833 If you did not know, this adagio is originally the second movment of a String Quartet by Barber. It is also fun to listen to in its original version. I have a recording by the Emerson string quartet.