Adagio for Strings, op. 11a

Name: Adagio for Strings, op. 11a
Duration: 8 min 23 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.4	Adagio for Strings	8:23	Samuel Barber	The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music	London Philharmonic Orchestra	Album + Compilation	XW2009-11-23	X5 Music Group	X517500
1.16	Adagio for strings, Op. 11a	8:22	Samuel Barber	The 100 Most Essential Pieces of Classical Music	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2010-06-22	X5 Music Group
1.19	Adagio for Strings, op. 11a	8:23	Samuel Barber	The 99 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XW2010-10-31	X5 Music Group
1.7	Adagio for Strings	8:23	Samuel Barber	The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music	David Parry & London Philharmonic Orchestra	Album + Compilation	XW2011-10	X5 Music Group	X5CD105
4.1	Adagio for Strings	8:22	Samuel Barber	The 50 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2011	X5 Music Group
1.23	Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a	8:23	London Philharmonic Orchestra & David Parry	The 99 Most Essential Romantic Masterpieces	Various Artists	Album	XW2011
1.4	Adagio for Strings	8:23	Samuel Barber	The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music (2019 rerelease)	London Philharmonic Orchestra	Album + Compilation	XW2019	X5 Music Group
(unknown)
1.9	Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a	8:23	London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry	The 99 Most Essential Classical Pieces in Movies	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2007	X5 Music Group

orchestra:	London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:	David Parry (conductor)

recording of:	Adagio for Strings

orchestrator:	Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1938)
composer:	Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1936)
premiered by:	NBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1938-11-05) Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (on 1938-11-05)

premiered at:	[radio broadcast] (1938-11-05)

publisher:	Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) G. Schirmer Inc.

is the basis for:	Dov’è l’amore
arrangement of:	String Quartet, op. 11: II. Molto adagio
arrangements:	Adagio (Carla Bley arrangement, from Adagio for Strings) Adagio for Strings (for organ, Strickland) Adagio for Strings (arr. Lucien Cailliet for clarinet choir) Adagio for Strings (arr. John O'Reilly for woodwind band) Adagio for Strings (catch‐all for arrangements) Adagio for Strings (Rise of the Triad: Dark War) Adagio for Strings (Bond arrangement) Adagio for Strings (arr. William Orbit) Agnus Dei (arr. Samuel Barber for chorus)