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Adagio: A Windham Hill Collection
by (Performer: Patrick O'Hearn) (Performer: Michael Manring) (Performer: Paul Baker) (Performer: Martha Reikow) (Composer: Tomaso Albinoni) (Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach) (Composer: Samuel Barber) (Composer: Johannes Brahms) (Composer: Charles Gounod) (Composer: Edvard Grieg) (Composer: George Frederick Handel) (Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo) (Composer: Antonio Vivaldi) (Performer: Dean Taba) (Performer: Jeff Olson) (Performer: Paul McCandless) (Performer: Brian Dunning) (Performer: Thea Suits) (Performer: Thea Suits-Silverman) (Performer: Robert Ward [Horn Player])
Product Group: Music
Studio: RCA
ISBN: B000089YAX
EAN: 0019341164821
UPC: 019341164821
Audio CD
Original Release Date: 2003-03-04
Release Date: 2003-03-04
SKU: 07120143
Condition: Like New Like New
Comments: Audio CD in like new condition with no scratches. Very nice jewel case with like new art work and labels.
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Editorial Reviews
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Amazon.com
Adagio follows in the rosin-dusted footsteps of The Impressionists, A Different Mozart, and A Different Prelude. As with those releases, it was produced by Dawn Atkinson and features many of the same artists. The results are as varied as the musicians. Violinist Tracy Silverman cuts one of his patented echo-delayed pizzicato violin arrangements of a Bach arioso, while Patrick O'Hearn drapes a somber keyboard shroud around the Adagio from Rodrigo's Fantasy for a Gentleman. Jeff Johnson and Brian Dunning find the Celtic air in the Adagio from Handel's Sonata in G, while Philip Aaberg discovers infinity between the notes of Barber's ubiquitous Adagio for Strings. He stretches the melody across his piano in finely drawn lines, subtlety filled out with synthesizer undertones. Subtlety is a casualty on Philipe Saisse's bongos, bells, and synth arrangement of Bach's Air on a G String. It's also sacrificed in a corny confection of Handel's Sarabande by Paul Schwartz. His ham-fisted electronic keyboards would've sounded dated even before Switched-On Bach. But Adagio features plenty of musicians who are willing to surrender themselves to their elegiac themes, including guitarist Steve Erquiaga, Mike Marshall, and Edgar Meyers. --John Diliberto
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Customer Reviews
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Good Contemporary Arrangements!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-03-24
I am a lover of classical music from my earliest days. I play the piano and have played in high school bands and briefly a college ensemble as a bassonist. Just a two Christmases ago I discovered Windhill's Christmas collection and fell in love with the different arrangements that are not traditional. I enjoy the jazz elements that weave through the classical. Music from Windhill requires a musically mature and open mind. Good Stuff!!!
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Disappointing
Rating  (1)
Date: 2007-09-09
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Adagio: A Windham Hill Collection appears to be a collection of pieces just barely off key with a back ground beat that has little to do with the music itself. I was very disappointed since I have collected and enjoyed Windham Hill offerings for years.
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Simply Gorgeous !
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-10-05
30 out of 30 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is the first Windham Hill compilation I've purchased in a long, long time, and I am thrilled with the music.
The artistry is stunning, the artists bring themselves to the music while at the same time maintaining the integrity of the original piece.
My favorite is Grieg's Nocturne, arranged and performed by Steve Erquiaga. I have been in love with his music from the moment
I heard his CD "Cafe Paradiso" (Imaginary road Records). It is absolutely stunning!
When I saw that he was on "Adagio" I went for it. I'm so happy that I did ...
Other hightlights for me are Philip Aaberg's "Adagio for Strings", Tracy Silverman's "Arioso" ..... they're all beautiful.
Thank You for this wonderful music.
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