Well, this is the best melody i have ever hear, it's completly transcendental, i cried listening to this the first time (it was in the Homeworld soundtrack)
So..i want the complete listing of covers of this one..i have these:

Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei (the original)
William Orbit - Adagio For Strings (mixes)
Skip Raiders - Another Day
Delerium - Eternal Oddyssey

i don't remember if i have others too..
do you guys know any others?

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Minimalistix did one last year - I think it was just called "Adagio for Strings"

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Adagio
The melody is played by the chinese stringed instrument - the Er-Hu. It gives the melody a more tangible and expressive feel to it. Backed up with the piano (with Sakamoto himself playing?), it truely is an unique rendition.
This can be found on he's album "Beauty" which is VERY rare.

Being a very mainstream piece, it is without a doubt that there are practically hundreds of arrangements from jazz to new age to ambient and to even heavy metal. It's just a matter of finding them

Cheers
Andrew

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Originally posted by fridgefan Minimalistix did one last year - I think it was just called "Adagio for Strings"

yes it was just one of the remixes. Scot Bond played it for a bit. fecking awful