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"Adagio for Strings" is a track by Dutch DJ Tiësto. It was first released in January 2005 as the fourth single from the album Just Be.A Trance remake of the classical music composition by Samuel Barber, the track takes the melody of the aforementioned piece (which is in 3/4 time) and adapts it into 4/4 time.
Its reception has generally been positive, with Alexander J. Morin writing that Adagio for Strings is "full of pathos and cathartic passion" and that it "rarely leaves a dry eye". [2] The music is the setting for Barber's 1967 choral arrangement of Agnus Dei. It has been called "America's semi-official music for mourning."
All of the songs on this track are original songs composed by Tiësto except for "Adagio for Strings", which is his own remix of Samuel Barber's piece by the same name (the remix was also influenced by William Orbit's original electronic remix of the piece in 1999), and "Athena", which is also a remix of Adagio in G minor, a piece often ...
The opening movement is in sonata form, the second movement a famous adagio, and the final version of the finale, added to the second movement attacca, is shortened, lasting two minutes, and revisits themes from the opening movement, thereby creating a cyclic form for the quartet. [2]
Adagio for Strings, by Samuel Barber; Adagio in G minor, attributed to Tomaso Albinoni, composed by Remo Giazotto "Adagio" (Lara Fabian song), from the 2000 album Lara Fabian. performed by Dimash Kudaibergen; Adagio for Strings, a 2005 cover of Barber's Adagio by Tiësto "Adagio in D Minor" (John Murphy song), from the soundtrack to the 2007 ...
Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) is a choral composition in one movement by Samuel Barber, his own arrangement of his Adagio for Strings (1936). In 1967, he set the Latin words of the liturgical Agnus Dei, a part of the Mass, for mixed chorus with optional organ or piano accompaniment.
for 2 violins, viola and cello: slow movement arranged for string orchestra as Adagio for Strings (1936) Chamber music: 1941: Commemorative March: for violin, cello and piano Chamber music: 1947: String Quartet in E major, second mvt. only: for 2 violins, viola and cello: commission from Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge; 17 extant manuscript pages of ...
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