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Adagio in G minor
The Adagio in G minor for violin, strings and organ continuo, is a neo-Baroque composition popularly attributed to the 18th-century Venetian master Tomaso Albinoni, but composed by the 20th-century musicologist and Albinoni biographer Remo Giazotto and based on the disputed discovery of a manuscript fragment from Albinoni.
Uses in popular culture
Popular music
The piece was used in pop music by :
- Renaissance, in their song "Cold Is Being" on the album Turn of the Cards (1974). Also recorded by frontwoman Annie Haslam as "Save Us All" on her second solo album Still Life (1985)
- The Doors, in "Feast of Friends" on the album An American Prayer (1978) & as a 40th anniversary bonus track on the album Waiting for the Sun (1968)
- Yngwie Malmsteen, in Icarus Dream Suite Op. 4 (1984)
- Sarah Brightman has a vocal version, "Anytime, Anywhere" on the album Eden (1998) This was then covered by Will Martin in 2007.
- In 1999, Lara Fabian recorded a crossover in both English and Italian, named "Adagio" (later coved by Il Divo).
- In 2011, Russian singer Vitas covered an Italian version of "Adagio" for his new program Say You Love.
