Tiësto - Adagio For Strings

Asteroid · #1 (**permalink**) Apr 27, 04

Quality track, remix rather of an old William Orbit classical piece of music now released under Tiësto's own name. It crosses the boundaries between trance and classical music. In an interview Tiesto mentioned it's one of his dreams to play with an orchestra but he doesn't have enough time make it come true...It also puts Corsten's effort to shame.

ppcock · #2 (**permalink**) Apr 27, 04

why bother playing with an orchestra? you're going to edit the sounds anyway. Might as well use various mods or applications.

dj_skratch_1 · #3 (**permalink**) Apr 27, 04

Wicked track, been obessed with it for a few months.......judging from the sounds, sounds like he produced it with Logic. A definate Huge Ch00n!

johnnyfever · #4 (**permalink**) Apr 28, 04

why bother playing with an orchestra???? are ya kiddin me, can you imagine the power and ahhhhh of a fulll on orchestra and the best trance guy around, that would be amazing, it would be a dying wish for myself, to play with a full set and range of instruments.........amazing, I tell ya, and adagio for strings, and tiesto have always sound similar to me........honestly the reason that tiesto year in and out is up there so high in the world rankings is that he is so 'musical', his trance doesn't get you down, it is really kind of an inspirational sound for the most part....... and for those of you that have never picked up any William Orbit, .......it would probably be a very wise investment, one of the best producers in contemporary history, behind many many mainstream artists.....and amazing to listen to in the right environment, ..........take a pill and listen to that with someone you want to fall in love with.........................it just might happen. :)p

Sean · #5 (**permalink**) Apr 28, 04

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Originally Posted by ppcock

why bother playing with an orchestra? you're going to edit the sounds anyway. Might as well use various mods or applications.

Lol you have to be kidding me. The sort of creative power an orchestra would allow you would be absolutely unmatched; try working with one of those 4000 dollar sample libraries and see how much creativity it allows you.

Sykonee · #6 (**permalink**) Apr 28, 04

Using a full orchestra (not sampled like Hybrid does it) would be very amazing to see. Heck, how many live instruments does Herbert or Groove Armada use and their tunes sound much more vibrant than many standard EDM tracks.

Heck again. Look at what a full orchestra did for Metallica songs.

ppcock · #7 (**permalink**) Apr 29, 04

^sent them in the shitter for a few years?

mikefasssy · #8 (**permalink**) Apr 29, 04

Very nice track.

I wouldn't say it puts Corsten's efforts to shame. Corsten's remix is a number of years old during a time when trance was in a completely different era. Both renditions are fantastic, they are just two different stylistic approaches.

Akeel · #9 (**permalink**) Apr 29, 04

I remember this.

The original classical piece is William Barber's - Adagio For Strings, then William Orbit did a remix that had a breakdown going into the original classical track. Came out in 2000 or 01 i think.

no one ask me why i know this.

cheebus420 · #10 (**permalink**) Apr 29, 04

I'll agree it's a wicked track ... but puts "corsten" to shame? I don't think anything could do that, the man has too much talent.

dj_skratch_1 · #11 (**permalink**) Apr 29, 04

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Originally Posted by Sykonee

Using a full orchestra (not sampled like Hybrid does it) would be very amazing to see. Heck, how many live instruments does Herbert or Groove Armada use and their tunes sound much more vibrant than many standard EDM tracks.

Heck again. Look at what a full orchestra did for Metallica songs.

Yeah, thatd be awesome, string patches are soooooo cheesy. Only one strings patch comes to mind which is the strings patch in the orchestra sound back in Native Instruments Absynth 2. Its not great, but its the closest thing I've heard to an authentic strings sound. As far as recording live instruments, I think the music industry, especially the dance genre is starting to see more and more of it. Even if you do want the drums to sound electronic, Id just assume record drums live, and then filter or sound replace them, tweak them, and boom done, huge drum tracks. A lil off topic but I had to get my two cents in as well :)

PS: S&M was one of the most well recorded live pieces of music I have heard. Lets see if people (engineers and producers) follow suit.

Mirka Cerny · #12 (**permalink**) May 02, 04

coming soon to a boomtown near you ;)

dj_skratch_1 · #13 (**permalink**) May 02, 04

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Originally Posted by butterfly

coming soon to a boomtown near you ;)

NICE!

Asteroid · #14 (**permalink**) May 04, 04

the reaction of the irish crowd to this tune is overwhelming!!!

Adagio For Strings part 1

Adagio For Strings part 2

DJDeeb · #15 (**permalink**) May 04, 04

Been listening to this for a while.........Love it.....

such a good track:y:

butterfly: When do you think this track will arrive??