Diamond Music

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Diamond Music

Studio album by Karl Jenkins
Released	1996
Recorded	Angel 1995
Genre	Classical
Length	51:45
Label	Sony Classical
Producer(s)	Karl Jenkins, Helen Hodkinson
Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary (1995)	Diamond Music (1996)	Adiemus II: Cantata Mundi (1997)

Released in 1996, Diamond Music is an album by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins.

Perhaps one of Jenkins most recognized works is the first movement of the "Palladio" suite, inspired by sixteenth-century architect Andrea Palladio. This piece, in varying arrangements, has served as the music for DeBeers television advertisements since the company's "A Diamond is Forever" campaign in the mid 1990s. For this reason, the album is titled Diamond Music and the cover art features shadowed figures and photographs of diamonds much like the imagery used in the ad campaign.

Jenkin's compositions in this album encompass a broad polystylistic range, contrasting delicate pieces written for string quartet with the broad sound of a string orchestra. "String Quartet No. 2" includes movements in the Baroque style of Antonio Vivaldi ("The Fifth Season") as well as a tango, waltz, hoedown, and others. The four "Adiemus Variations" are reworkings of Jenkin's own piece "Adiemus" from Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary. Additionally, the second movement of "Palladio" served as the theme for "Cantus Insolitus" also heard on Songs of Sanctuary.