Adagio in C major

[classicalmusicfan]

I recently got a complimentary track from classicsonline.com entitled Adagio in C major by Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev from the album Oresteya: Overture and Entr'acte / Overture in D minor / Overture on a Russian theme (Novosibirsk Academic Symphony, T. Sanderling).

Some background info...
Taneyev wrote the Adagio in C major in 1875, his final year of study at the Moscow Conservatory. The composer was very critical of his early works, only a handful of which were published during his lifetime. After his death, a large number of compositions unknown to audiences and even to his friends were discovered among his papers. One such work, the Adagio for small orchestra, was published only in 1950. Written in one of Taneyev’s favourite keys, C major, it is gentle, soothing, and peaceful in character, with soaring lyrical melodies supported by pulsating strings. Tchaikovsky’s influence can be heard here, particularly in the orchestration and harmonic language.

This piece is worth considering. Btw, the track is free for one week only.

Cheers.