CHROMALUME I: Adagio for Strings and Singers (Samuel Barber)

Composer: Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Music: Adagio for Strings, Agnus Dei for Double Choir
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I mixed together recordings of the instrumental and vocal versions of Barber's famous Adagio from his String Quartet. It was a good amount of work to get the recordings to line up, and for some sections I actually would play with an antiphonal quality that I had already used in my own composition KYRIE for Double Choir.

I do think an organ+choir+strings version with a bit of antiphony could actually really elevate this work. It takes on a transcendent quality when these soaring falling lines start into counterpoint. Hope you enjoy this version.

This was a fun project and a good learning experience for my fledgling baby audio mixing/video creating skills!