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Adagio For Strings (or String Quartet; Arr. From 2nd Mvt. Of String Quartet), Op. 11: Adagio For Strings
performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Features Of This Song
a Modern stylea symphony orchestra
a slow and stately tempo
an emotional aesthetic
a feeling of melancholy
These are just a few of the hundreds of attributes cataloged for this song by the Music Genome Project.
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just stunning. the sounds are no this is the sound of human emotions. our hearts sound like this
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Has it ever been used as a soundtrack for a movie? It sounds so familiar.
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I absolutely love this piece of music. I fall in love with it again every single time I listen to it. I am a ballet dancer and every time I hear this it makes me want to choreograph something just as beautiful to it. I hope I get the chance someday.
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There is an a capella choral arrangement of this piece (originally the second movement of his String Quartet No. 2) that is possibly more powerful than this version. It gets me EVERY time I listen to it.
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Love it....
Karl Jenkins with the London Philharmonic Strings did a "revamp" of this song titled "String Quartet no 2" on his "Diamond Music" cd found here: http://www.a m a z o n . c o m / K a r l - J e n k i n s - D i a m o n d - M u s i c / d p / B 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 O P Amazon's section to listen to this cd is out of order and mislabeled. I'm not sure this song is even there. Another song worth mentioning from this album..."Pas s a c a g l i a " . . . . t a l k about a song that makes me cry. (It's a memorial.) |
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I immediately recognized this piece once I heard it but didn't know the title. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra played this impromptu to honor the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster Feb. 1, 2003. Very fitting.
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This may be my favorite classical music song. I can listen to this over and over again. Such a quiet piece, but it creates such tension and emotional stir.
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This is absolutely beautiful. I did hear it in Platoon, but I also heard it much more clearly in the TV version of the book "And the Band Played On" (1993). Ironically enough, according to IMDB, the TV movie was released 9/11/1993. Here's a link to the IMDB page: http://www.i m d b . c o m / t i t l e / t t 0 1 0 6 2 7 3
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One of top 5 all-time faves. Took me years to really feel the final resolving chord. Strings need to keep fire extinguisher s handy at the top. Listen, weep, this takes you where you need to go.
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Beautiful song, I remember listening to this while watching a documentary on World Trade Center. Very sad.
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What emotion... Tears just burst from my eyes and flowed freely down my cheeks as the strings carried me to a memory I can't recall and yet has stayed with me through the times.
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I agree with all of you.....LOVE THIS PIECE!! Every time I hear it, I think of "Meet Joe Black." Was it in that movie?
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What movie has this song been played in? Does anyone have a clue? I just can't remember.
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Ever play the game HomeWorld? ...played it years ago...just found this song...it's used in the game soundtrack and I've wondered about it for a long time. Simply amazing music. The remorse is tangible.
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Sublime, to write music such as this. I believe it was used in " Death in Venice" first, a perfect choice based on the novel. Hard to believe this was written; it seems like has always been here, doesn't it?
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