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]