Escala - Adagio for Strings

[keithslist]

Beautiful music done beautifully by beautiful women... Beautiful!!

[jamesbpl123]

This music became more well known some years ago when it was played at the funeral service of HSH Princess Grace of Monaco

[Yashpar1]

@jamesbpl123 I don't think that's related...

[YoungWolfMaster]

so cooooooooooooooool X)

[galderton]

This is an amazing version of this song! I love the percussion at the end.....really helps the musical climax!! Never heard of this group till now..but will be going to get their album on iTunes

[sa65cn1]

Adagio, slowly with sadness. Nailed it!!!

[Manizki07]

I like how they may all wear something similar,but never the exact same :D

[OnCloudNine62]

my favorite string composition

[MsDeadbitch]

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[bikehunter82]

........well, gonna start drinking again.

[richarddunnify]

This was played in the Elephantman at at the end when John Merrick died, a beautiful film about a lfe of a man with severe deformaties who had a love of the arts and music but was treated like an animal.

[hilzanne47]

This song is so beautiful, but I think this arrangement is just too fast. This song is best when it is played ADAGIO. duh.

[krthorpe32]

This breathtaking song was played in an academy award winning movie. The characters were played by Johnny Depp, Willeam Dafoe, Tom Berringer, Forest Whitaker, Keith David, Kevin Dillion, and Charlie Sheen. The movie was called PLATOON.

[Damien3210]

@krthorpe32 It was also played at the final scene of the final episode in one of the best British comedies ever. The characters were played by Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Robert Llewellyn and Danny John-Jules. This comedy was called RED DWARF

[LenardraBlackhorse]

@krthorpe32 Johnny Depp was in the movie for about 30 seconds, lol.

[BooletBoolet123]

This song was played at my mums funeral. it still reminds me of all the good times i had with her and of all the memories. I love you so much mum

[XxMrNe0xX]

@BooletBoolet123 All my condolences, I know exactly how you feel..

[OnCloudNine62]

@BooletBoolet123 I'm so sorry for your loss. I can relate : (

[666999harry]

great sound

[folkflutist]

wow, I played the original version of this in my orchestra, and what they added to it, wow, that makes a whole lot of difference.

[Kaldhore]

This music is time Immoria, it's endless

[adrianatacion]

fantastic!



[Symcurl]

my mum used to listen to this song

[6breedlover]

Platoon OST :)

<3

[akgvega8000]

lol?, people really think tiesto made this! xD!!!

[butterskullz]

fucken awesome i first heard this song dj by tiesto

[MuseDuCafe]

Listen to the original for string quartet or the later string orchestra version. This is a pop-bastardized version, killed by unnecessary added lines, synths and drums: adding false drama to real drama negates the real drama. Take away the music flash and the glittery dresses, and you've got a less than top-notch classical quartet marketing themselves to a lower level than should be. Dreadful

[Hudolus]

@MuseDuCafe you kiss your mother with that mouth?

[wadesworld2112]

@MuseDuCafe They're well-trained musicians likely exposing more people to classical than all the traditional string quartets combined. I appreciate traditional classical music, but you can't fault these girls for thinking outside the box and marketing themselves well. Snobbery won't make the masses appreciate classical. There's room for both.

[LittleLadyhawke2]

@wadesworld2112 Well said.

[KamInkorporate]

@MuseDuCafe dont forget though, while this original style is amazing, the club version offers a healthy compromise between two very good and opposite genres of music, and that the club version is better in diffrent ways.

[sneekz07]

@MuseDuCafe Don't be such a snob. These girls are giving this song great exposure to what some people wouldn't have been familiar with. How can you fault that.

[god0bless0the0uk]

This is a fine work of art reborn.

[maranello2022]

The saddest song ever written.

[Dilynrae]

@maranello2022 I almost cried -.-

[0username0invalid0]

Bond or Escala?



[DrkGK]

@0username0invalid0 I was confused too, Escala's just a bond clone - their members are younger

[MrCKiwi]

I remember this song from Kevin and Perry, lolz.

[ChloePeacer]

is this in harry potter six? when dumbledore dies? :)

[MrDirtyHamster]

@ChloePeacer I THINK SO DX

[memyselfandhereiam]

@ChloePeacer Lol. That's a really nice spoiler you gave there, I must say.

[TheDemis121]

I saw the girls this afternoon at the Royal Albert Hall, supporting Kerry Ellis and Brian May on the Anthems tour........ Cracking musicians, and very spectacular performace. Nuff said.

[PAULANTHONYFORT1984]

BRILLIANT QUARTET

[Hfaik]

good luck lovely girls

[tRoxurSox97]

omg they play all the songs that weve done in orchestra at my school!! I LOVE THEM!

[pantstelly93]

i swear to god the first 30 seconds are in the 5 or 6th harry potter movies

[emzyjones1]

OMG it is soo sad at the beginning

:(

[Politikfreak98]

This song is fantastic, but it's not the best version of it. You can't really perform the Adagio using just a string quartet - it's best played using a full string orchestra, with no frills. Oh and the drums at the end make me cringe every time!

[Rhynoster1]

i remember this in platoon, makes me cry every time lol

[Simmonds534]

I LOVE THIS SONG !!!

[TheSweatySack]

Anyone else notice 3:20 is in Tenacious D pick of destiny?

[swatdiver1]

Closed my eyes listening to this then realised that the pictures were as good as the music. Had to play it again :)

[400person]

wonder what brand of instraments they use.

[Weissmenchland]

So there are young people who have interest in real culture and music and not just the slum-influence junk shoveled by the pop-culture television networks!! We live in the 21st century: the object of living is to progress away from darkness and ignorance and crime and glorification of corruption and wickedness.

[TheSebMyster1]

tiesto is british isn't he? one of his adagio for string covers he has a british accent (it certainly sounds like it anyway)

[Wally773MTG]

@TheSebMyster1 he's dutch

[jsharp1701]

The first time I heard this piece about 30 years ago, I was shaken to the core. If Barber had never written anything else, this would be reason enough to hail him a legend.

[hybryd83]

The original version was also a soundtrack in the feature film Platoon.

[Benhartvids]

remember this from kevin and perry :L

[JazzieKainth]

Wow. This is amazing. It kinda allows my feelings to escape.. ^_^ xxx

[hyunsu1986]

samuel barbers adagio for string! performed the way it was written...for a string quartet NOT an orchrestra! :) beautiful piece! people at my school (manhattan school of music) are playing this! :)

[seiterarch]

@hyunsu1986 I think you may have your string quartet's a bit mixed up. The original performance was orchestrated. It was part of a string quartet (4 pieces), rather than for a string quartet (4 instruments).

[SurferBro777]

chills down my back

[forsakable123]

this is inspiring, the music i play at school is really dull and boring, but eScala makes me want to practice my violin really bad haha. unfortunatley i have no fun music to practice...

[MrSkatekidsam]

ferry corstens remix is better then tiesto's anyway....

[Aileeny66]

Can you still buy this album?? i WANTS it!! :3

[optimus83iron]

wow..this music touches the soul

[Aileeny66]

@optimus83iron it does, it really does :') i got waaaay too esatic when i heard the beginning cos iv been looking for this song for bloody ages but you cant exactly ask someone 'hey whats that tunes that does daah dah daah daaaah?' and now iv pure and simply stubbled across it im tremendously enthused....and thus feel compelled to share my story with you hahaha :D

[TorinMarch]

I keep imagining them in the 1600's. I watch too much medieval movies.

[dmvdet]

Aaaaand... Samuel Barber was an American born composer from Pennsylvania and wrote one the most beautifully orchestrated symphonies here. So any European that thinks America has no culture or sophistication can shove it!

[TheBiohurricane]

@dmvdet well i mean... we had it... for a brief time. but not anymore for the most part.

[shellearts]

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[MUSICfreak97321]

so beautiful!! it makes me wanna cry...

[CrazyBich800]

so beautiful...

[alexandrabutiri2000]

i have a new fav band :X

[TheLordManBearPig]

T--T q triste y bella esa musica TuT

[amrzar]

love the band

[AidyMelon]

does anyone know of a site i could buy this quartet music?

or somewhere i couls download it?

[fanofjapanandmusic]

@AidyMelon did you find the shet music anywhere? I realy want to play this with our quartet.

but im running out of time :

[FEARbraveheart]

didn't they play this song when Kennedy died?

[Dsnake2001]

Both Bond and Escala are a pleasure to listen to. In the end years of my life, I sit back and have peace of mind listening to their music.

[kyle12101210]

they can play wit my violin anytime \o/

[MrsKatXIII]

The original version composed by Samuel Barber was written for a string quartet and later adapted for a full orchestra, so I feel that this version is closer to what Barber's original would have sounded like. :) yay.

[babbalui]

Where have I heard this before? A movie? A game? I know I've heard it before. I think it's a very well done remake. A friend showed me these ladies recently and I'm definitely impressed.

[choodessny]

if you've heard it anywhere it has got to be from the movie "platoon"

well, most likely.

[forgetit111]

@babbalui Sensation White, DJ Tiësto - adagio for strings

[beefpelican]

Also, it's in Homeworld, The Elephant Man, and twenty nine other things (check IMDB). It's a very popular song.

[LIZMC0000]

i think is a Tiesto introduccion song

[TheTimsResolution]

It was part of the Homeworld soundtrack.

[dhl1544]

One of my favorites

[BerlinDiva26]

@ GiovakyBond

thanks for correction.. todays people not thinking about, that something can be older as they knew ^^

[GiovakyBond]

I think some people around here need to know about MUSIC!!! This is not a song from DJ Tiesto, not from Orbit...this is Samuel Barber's song, and was composed January 1938 (wow, Tiesto was born like... 30 years after: 1969)

[angelluna97]

@Giovaky Bond

Thx for telling me that or else for my entire life, i'll think that e song originates from dj tiesto. :)

[LukeVader77]

Lol, I was thinking the same thing.

[PinkEgg88]

@GiovakyBond you are absolutely correct, however they arent called "Songs" but classical pieces. This particular piece has been used for anything and everything in the past, famous deaths, films etc but the most famous film it was used for is Platoon.

[babykill93]

another great copy from Bond!

[12fares12]

wow

very good >>i love it

[fatriono]

you should make it a more upbeat. still like it though t the end is so intense.

[DavetheIV]

Gotta listen to the CD now, excellent recording from stunning ladies.

[medieval1692]

they so dam cute ♥

[KallistiUK]

This is a nice rendition - at least with these girls you can hear them play as opposed to some of the later Bond tracks where the girls are so far down in the mix, you can barely hear them.

[AGoodmanLee]

This is an Escala track. After Bond separated a few years ago, two of the girls helped form Escala, so all of their (Escala's) stuff is newer than Bond's.

As for the mix, I think Escala is going for a more true-to-the-original-work approach than Bond did, but I may be mistaken.

Anyway, It's still really good!

[MissArielMarie]

@AGoodmanLee

I don't think you are. I just discovered both a few weeks ago. And I've listened to a lot of both. And I've noticed I enjoy eScala more because they stay truer to the piece. Bond modernized stuff too much for my liking a lot of the time so much that they lost the original essence at times.

[blitzablue]

@AGoodmanLee I think you mean Wild, not Bond...as far as I know Bond are just on hiatus.

[MissArielMarie]

@KallistiUK

Agreed.

[treatwill23]

this is how the piece should be done!!!!

[mcrrevenge]

That's def one of the hardest pieces to play.

[bktherock22]

william orbit did adagio for strings before tiesto tho

[VincentBrooke1]

@bktherock22 And better. :)

[xNYerx]

Samuel Barber wrote this beautiful piece when he was in his 20's. It was first performed in 1938 by the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Toscanini. Tiësto is a DJ in the Netherlands.

[holodock]

Correct. Apart from the choral version of this masterpiece called "Agnus Dei" (to those who are not familiar with it Yoogle it :)) this is by far my favorite classical piece. The drums at the end of it were a fine addition but somehow I think that the original was more emotional that this :) Nevertheless this is food for my hungry ears.

[stevennoyes2006]

an amazing tiesto song in it's own right preformed beautifully by Escala beautiful piece thanks XNYerX

[JohnGrogan1]

Ah, Tiesto isn't the original composer... You know that right?

[Acrimonius1408]

Yes he is!

He was called Deitrich Janus Tiesto, often abbreviated to D. J. for brevity.

...lol.

[lnZzane]

@JohnGrogan1 Man Dj isnt a composer... he's a DJ

[Leeeeeeeeigh]

5 stars :)

[franielee38]

Thank you for bringing them to my attention! I love their music! I hope they tour here in the USA!

[xNYerx]

Glad you enjoyed Franielee

XNYerX

[xNYerx]

You are BOTH welcome!

XNYerX

[Kihshdhd]

Thank you !!

[clayrene]

bravo! i love them!!!!!