All Angels All Angels All Angels are a British classical crossover group formed in 2006, consisting of Daisy Chute, Rachel Fabri, Melanie Nakhla and Charlotte Ritchie (who is also a well-known actress starring in shows such as "Fresh Meat"). The group's style is classical crossover music and close harmony arrangement, with a repertoire spanning classical, choral, opera and pop including Franz Schubert's "Ellens dritter Gesang", "Agnus Dei" (the choral arrangement of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings") and the "Sancta Maria intermezzo" from Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana", along with the "Flower Duet" from Léo Delibes' "Lakmé" and the "Barcarolle" from Jacques Offenbach's "The
Adagio for Strings alternate arrangements for "Adagio for Strings". They include: Strickland, while assistant organist at St Bartholomew's Church in New York, had been impressed by Toscanini's recording of the work and had submitted his own arrangement for organ to Schirmers. After making contact with Barber at a musical soirée in 1939, his transcription received a lukewarm response from the composer. Strickland, subsequently appointed wartime director of music at Fort Myer in Virginia, became a champion of Barber's new compositions and remained in correspondence. In 1945 Barber wrote to Strickland, expressing his dissatisfaction with previously proposed organ arrangements; he encouraged him to discuss