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Adagio for Strings

Tiësto

BPM
140
Key
3ABb minor
DJ sets
1086

Adagio for Strings by Tiësto is a Trance & Psytrance track at 140 BPM in 3A (Bb minor). It was found in 1086 recorded DJ sets.

From the Trance & Psytrance list2004, Barber's string piece turned into the most-played trance record there is.

BPM and key are estimates from ReccoBeats, the same ones your DJ app would find. Check them on your decks.

Tiësto – Adagio for Strings
On this page
  1. Who plays it
  2. Mixes well with
  3. Remixes and versions
  4. Credits
  5. More by Tiësto

Who plays it

Found in 1086 recorded DJ sets, counted the way the Trance & Psytrance list counts them.

  • Tiësto12 setsTiësto Live @ Creamfields - Steel Yard, United Kingdom 2026-08-30; Tiësto @ Hangar Invites Live @ Atomium Open Air, Brussels - 2026-07-31; Tiësto - Live @ We Belong Here, Virginia Key Beach Park Miami, FL - 2026-03-01; and 9 more
  • Interplanetary Criminal5 setsInterplanetary Criminal - 17 September 2025; Interplanetary Criminal - 07 March 2025; Interplanetary Criminal with Osmosis Jones - 05 July 2024; and 2 more
  • Kettama3 setsKETTAMA with Closet Yi - 13 July 2022; Mall Grab b2b KETTAMA - 07 July 2021; KETTAMA @ District X 2024
  • Eli Brown2 setsEli Brown LIVE @ EDC Las Vegas 16.05.2025; Eli Brown Live @ Audioriver 2026
  • Ferry Corsten2 setsFerry Corsten @ Luminosity Beach Festival 2026; Ferry Corsten - Luminosity Beach Festival 2025
  • Richie Hawtin2 setsRichie Hawtin - The Beams - London 2022; Richie Hawtin - Shelter - Amsterdam, Netherlands 17.10.2021
  • ANNA1 setmul/ANNA b2b Teqmun at Draaimolen Festival 2024
  • Ben Klock1 setBEN KLOCK B2B MARCEL DETTMANN ▪ 909 FESTIVAL 2024
  • Main Phase1 setMain Phase b2b DJ Spit at RSO, July 18th 2026
  • Markus Schulz1 setMarkus Schulz - New Yaer's Eve Live from Avalon, Los Angeles 2026
  • Reinier Zonneveld1 setAwakenings Festival 2020 lineup release - Reinier Zonneveld (Live)
  • Seth Troxler1 setSeth Troxler B2B Skream @ Kappa FuturFestival 2024

From the big DJs' own recorded sets on set79 (their newest 30 sets each), one line per DJ.

Mixes well with

Tracks in the same or the next key on the Camelot wheel, within 6% of its 140 BPM, from Trance & Psytrance and the styles next to it.

1
Veracocha – Carte Blanche
Same key · same BPM
2
Armin van Buuren & Martin Garrix – Sleepless Nights (feat. Libby Whitehouse)
Same key · −2 BPM
3
Tiësto – Flight 643
Same key · −3 BPM
4
Aly & Fila & Plumb – Somebody Loves You
Relative major · same BPM
5
Rank 1 – Such Is Life
Key +1 · +1 BPM
6
Paul Oakenfold – Full Moon Party (Liquid Soul & Zyce Remix)
Relative major · −2 BPM
Above & Beyond – No One On Earth (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)
Key +1 · −2 BPM
8
John O'Callaghan & Bryan Kearney – Exactly
Relative major · +2 BPM

Remixes and versions

The Extended Mix, the remixes the big DJs play and the official versions. Press a track to hear its 30-second preview.

1
Tiësto – Adagio For Strings (BYØRN Hard Techno Remix)
Played by Alignment, Eli Brown (2 sets)
2
Tiësto – Adagio For Strings (Danjo & Styles Remix)
Played by Tiësto (1 set)
3
Tiësto – Adagio For Strings (Original LP Version)
9:33
4
Tiësto – Adagio for Strings (Blasterjaxx Remix)
6:53
5
Tiësto – Adagio For Strings (Jack Eye Jones Festival Mix)
4:36
6
Tiësto – Adagio For Strings (Fred Baker Remix)
7:11
7
Tiësto – Adagio For Strings (Phynn Remix)
8:19
8
Tiësto – Adagio For Strings (ASOT 1000)
5:49
9
Tiësto – Adagio For Strings (WYM264)
6:21

Credits

Artists
Tiësto
Written by
Samuel Barber
Label
Armada Music Albums
Release
A State Of Trance - 15 Years · album · September 30, 2016
ISRC
NLE710582353

From Deezer and MusicBrainz.

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