Samuel Barber's Adagio

[skeptic]

This is not a recommendation for a specific recording. There is a fascinating discussion of Samuel Barber's Adagio currently on the BBC program called Masterpiece. You can hear a rebroadcast of the program by clicking on this hot link and then clicking on "listen to masterpiece" icon. This is one of the best pieces of music ever written by an American composer. If you listen to the program, you will understand exactly why.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/masterpiece.shtml