Adagios for Organ

Intermediate and experienced organists will prize this appealing original collection of organ works in slow tempo. Its forty-three adagios range from the Baroque era to modern times, offering a tremendous variety of pieces for public and private performance.

Highlights include works by such celebrated composers for organ as Johann Sebastian Bach ("Hark! A Voice Saith, All Are Mortal," BWV 643), Alexandre Guilmant (Méditation and Adagio, from Sonata No. 6, Op. 86), Louis Vierne (Prélude Funèbre, Op. 4), and Charles-Marie Widor (Adagio from Symphonie No. 5, Op. 42-1). Other pieces include the popular Largo from Handel's 1738 opera, Xerxes; Liszt's tribute to his friend, "At the Grave of Richard Wagner"; and pieces by Brahms, Couperin, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schumann, Saint-Saëns, and others. Editor Rollin Smith provides notes on the music, with background information on each piece. - See more at:

Adagietto Op.16 No.11 [Boellmann, Leon]
Adagio [Albinoni, Tomaso]
Adagio [Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel]
Adagio From Concerto For Oboe In D Minor [Marcello, Alessandro]
Adagio From Fantasie In C [Franck, Cesar]
Adagio From Sonata In F Minor [Mendelssohn, Felix]
Adagio From Sonata No.6 Op.86 [Guilmant, Alexandre]
Adagio From Symphonie No.5 [Widor, Charles-Marie]
Adagio From Symphony No.3 In C Minor [Saint-Saens, Camille]
Adagio K.356 [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Adagio Non Troppo [Boely, Alexandre]
Ah, Holy Jesus [Brahms, Johannes]
Antiphon III [Dupre, Marcel]
Aria From Orfeo Ed Euridice [Gluck, Christoph Willibald]
At The Grave Of Richard Wagner [Liszt, Franz]
Canon In B Major [Schumann, Robert]
Do With Me God, According To Your Goodness [Karg-Elert, Sigfrid]
Elegy [Chadwick, George Whitefield]
Hark! A Voice Saith, All Are Mortal [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
In Summer [Stebbins, Robert]
Larghetto [Tournemire, Charles]
Larghetto From Voluntary In G Minor [Wesley, Samuel]
Larghetto In F# Minor [Wesley, Samuel]
Largo [Vivaldi, Antonio]
Largo From Symphonic Fantasy For The Aeolian Organ [Herbert, Victor]
Largo From Xerxes [Handel, George Frideric]
Meditation [Dupont, Gabriel]
Meditation From Sonata No.6 Op.86 [Guilmant, Alexandre]
Melodia [Reger, Max]
Offertoire [Poniridy, Georges]
Oriental Sketch No.2 In F Minor [Bird, Arthur]
Prelude [Samazeuilh, Gustave]
Prelude Funebre [Vierne, Louis]
Preludio [Bolzoni, Giovanni]
Priere Op.64 No.5 [Alkan, Charles-Valentin]
Sarabande [Couperin, Louis]
Solemn Melody [Davis, Henry Walford]
Three Versets Op.34 [Batiste, Edouard]
Trio In Canon From Orgelschule [Merkel, Gustav]
Trio On O Sacred Head Surrounded [Thomas, Gustav Adolph]