Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” is one of those works that can be fatally easy to condescend to. With its heart-on-sleeve emotionalism and its moody tonal harmonies, the piece is the go-to choice for ...

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In 2004, a competition by BBC Radio 4’s Today programme set out to find “the saddest music in the world” and was won by Barber’s Adagio for Strings – receiving 52% of the public votes, ahead of ...

Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise" Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27:2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio Sostenuto Sonata No. 5 in F Major for Violin and ...

Even the Chicago Symphony’s rangiest programs are seldom as varied as the one conductor Daniela Candillari brought to Symphony Center on Friday. The most familiar work on the program, Samuel Barber’s ...

In the second of a five-part series produced by independent producer Ben Manilla and Media Mechanics, Weekend All Things Considered looks at recordings recently selected for the Library of Congress' ...