Tomaso Albinoni: Concerti, Op. 7 & Sonatas, Op. 2

On this CD:

1. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 7 (T. 7) No. 1 in D for strings & continuo
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Musici with Federico Agostini, Maurice Bourgue, Claudio Buccarella, Claudio Capponi, Maria Teresa Garatti, Massimo Paris, Francesco Strano, Klaus Thunemann, Luciano Vicari

2. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 7 (T. 7) No. 2 in C for 2 oboes, strings & continuo
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Musici with Federico Agostini, Maurice Bourgue, Claudio Buccarella, Claudio Capponi, Maria Teresa Garatti, Massimo Paris, Francesco Strano, Klaus Thunemann, Luciano Vicari

3. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 7 (T. 7) No. 3 in B-Flat for oboe, strings & cont
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Musici with Federico Agostini, Maurice Bourgue, Claudio Buccarella, Claudio Capponi, Maria Teresa Garatti, Massimo Paris, Francesco Strano, Klaus Thunemann, Luciano Vicari

4. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 7 (T. 7) No. 4 in G for strings & continuo
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Musici with Federico Agostini, Maurice Bourgue, Claudio Buccarella, Claudio Capponi, Maria Teresa Garatti, Massimo Paris, Francesco Strano, Klaus Thunemann, Luciano Vicari

5. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 7 (T. 7) No. 5 in C for 2 oboes, strings & continuo
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Musici with Federico Agostini, Maurice Bourgue, Claudio Buccarella, Claudio Capponi, Maria Teresa Garatti, Massimo Paris, Francesco Strano, Klaus Thunemann, Luciano Vicari

6. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 7 (T. 7) No. 6 in D for oboe, strings & continuo
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Musici with Federico Agostini, Maurice Bourgue, Claudio Buccarella, Claudio Capponi, Maria Teresa Garatti, Massimo Paris, Francesco Strano, Klaus Thunemann, Luciano Vicari

7. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 7 (T. 7) No. 7 in A for strings & continuo
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Musici with Federico Agostini, Maurice Bourgue, Claudio Buccarella, Claudio Capponi, Maria Teresa Garatti, Massimo Paris, Francesco Strano, Klaus Thunemann, Luciano Vicari

8. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 7 (T. 7) No. 8 in D for 2 oboes, strings & continuo
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Musici with Federico Agostini, Maurice Bourgue, Claudio Buccarella, Claudio Capponi, Maria Teresa Garatti, Massimo Paris, Francesco Strano, Klaus Thunemann, Luciano Vicari

9. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 7 (T. 7) No. 9 in F for oboe, strings & continuo
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Musici with Federico Agostini, Maurice Bourgue, Claudio Buccarella, Claudio Capponi, Maria Teresa Garatti, Massimo Paris, Francesco Strano, Klaus Thunemann, Luciano Vicari

10. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 7 (T. 7) No. 10 in B flat for strings & continuo
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Musici with Federico Agostini, Maurice Bourgue, Claudio Buccarella, Claudio Capponi, Maria Teresa Garatti, Massimo Paris, Francesco Strano, Klaus Thunemann, Luciano Vicari

11. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 7 (T. 7) No. 11 in C for oboe, strings & continuo
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Musici with Federico Agostini, Maurice Bourgue, Claudio Buccarella, Claudio Capponi, Maria Teresa Garatti, Massimo Paris, Francesco Strano, Klaus Thunemann, Luciano Vicari

12. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 7 (T. 7) No. 12 in C for oboe, strings & continuo
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Musici with Federico Agostini, Maurice Bourgue, Claudio Buccarella, Claudio Capponi, Maria Teresa Garatti, Massimo Paris, Francesco Strano, Klaus Thunemann, Luciano Vicari

13. Concerto, for 2 violins, 2 violas, cello & continuo No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 2/6 (T. 2/6) No 6 in G minor
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Musici with Federico Agostini, Maurice Bourgue, Claudio Buccarella, Claudio Capponi, Maria Teresa Garatti, Massimo Paris, Francesco Strano, Klaus Thunemann, Luciano Vicari

14. Sonata (Sinfonie) à cinque, for violin, 2 violas & continuo No. 3 in A major, Op. 2/5 (T. 2/5) No 5 in D
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Musici with Federico Agostini, Maurice Bourgue, Claudio Buccarella, Claudio Capponi, Maria Teresa Garatti, Massimo Paris, Francesco Strano, Klaus Thunemann, Luciano Vicari

Tracks:

An Untold Story: Assaggio No.1 In G Minor - Johann Helmich Roman
The Legend Of Casanova: Tambourins I/II From Daro - Jean-Philippe Rameau
I Yield To Love: Cello Concerto No.3 In D Minor - Leonardo Leo
Eternal Damnation: Overture From Les Fetes De Polymnie/Overture From Platee/Overture From Zoroastre - Jean-Philippe Rameau
The Doge's Decree: Concerto In C Major - Antonio Vivaldi
A Venetian Virgin - Alexandre Desplat
San Cremori At Dawn: Concerto In C Major For Harpsicord And Strings - Giovanni Paisiello
A Lover's Duel: Overture From La Madrilena - Vicente Martin Y Soler
A Terrible Mistake: Concerto A 5, Op.9, No.4 - Tomaso Albinoni
A Secret Lover?: Sinfonia From The Opera Farnace - Antonio Vivaldi
Marriage Is A Safe Haven: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 - Tomaso Albinoni
Trailing Guardi: Sonata For Violin And Bassocontinuo, Op.5 No.11 In E Minor - Arcangelo Corelli
The Noble Pig: Concerto Per Quartetto No.8 - Francesco Durante
Paprizzio's Arrival: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.2 In D Minor - Tomaso Albinoni
Inquisitor Pucci - Alexandre Desplat
: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 - Tomaso Albinoni
A Big Idea: Harpsicord Concerto In B Flat Major - Francesco Durante
A Nom De Plume/Carnivale!: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.6 In G Major/Bouree From Les Plaisirs Champetres - Tomaso Albinoni
The Plume's Nom Is Casanova! - Sonny Kompanek
Dancing At The Doge's Ball: Riguadon From Water Music Suite, No.3 In G Major/Bouree From Music For Royal Fireworks/Loure From Tafelmusik1 - George Frideric Handel
One Step Closer To Heaven: Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 In A Major - Tomaso Albinoni
Casanova's Confession: Sonata Op.5 No.7 In D Minor - Arcangelo Corelli
The Hanging: Violin Concerto 'Il Cimento Dell'Armonia E Dell'INvenzione' Op.8 No.11 In D Major - Antonio Vivaldi
A Great Escape: Overture From Zais/Overture From Nais/Overture From Achante Et Cephise Ou La Sympathie - Jean-Philippe Rameau
My Place Is With Casanova: Overture From Le Temple De La Gloire/Overture From Zais/Sonata For Violin And Bassocontinuo, Op.5 No.7 In D Minor - Arcangelo Corelli
All's Well...:Concerto A 5, Op.9 No.4 In A Major - Tomaso Albinoni

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The action in this tale about the 18th century adventurer and (at least in popular lore) seducer is set in Cassanova's native Venice in the mid-1700s, so it makes sense that the soundtrack would be loaded with Baroque pieces. The Venice-based Tomaso Albinoni is featured prominentaly, along with heavyweights such as Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Baptiste Rameau, and George Frideric Handel, and lesser-known composers such as Arcangelo Corelli, Francesco Durante, and Alexandre Desplat. Er, actually Desplat is a contemporary French film composer who also released his score for the couldn't-be-more-different Syriana shortly after Casanova came out. Of the two pieces he penned here, "A Venetian Virgin" is in pure Baroque style, while "Inquisitor Pucci" betrays a more modern film-music vibe. Meanwhile, orchestrator Sonny Kompanek rearranged a couple of the tracks and authored the tense "The Plume's Nom Is Casanova," which doesn't sound embarrassing sandwiched between pieces by Albinoni and Handel. Overall, it would have been nice to get longer excerpts from the pieces--many feel chopped into too-small fragments--but the music's innate grace and elegance can't be beat for a period film. Or for any film, really: Vivaldi's Concerto in C Major ("The Doge's Decree") will be familiar to buffs, who will remember it featuring prominently in the Dustin Hoffman-¬Meryl Streep showdown Kramer vs. Kramer back in 1979. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Sheer Beauty for the Ears.......2006-07-25

For those that purchased this CD, I need not get into how masterfully infectious the movie was. After the first viewing, I found it charming, but after the second, I was hooked by the witty, clever story holding fun twists all along the way. So while I could go on and on about the movie and all of its wonderful aspects, the score was simply priceless. Apt in every scene, and all done with incredible baroque music that I had never had the opportunity of hearing before the film.

The disc walks you through the movie with no changes that I could tell from the original score. The only omission I found was that the song dubbed "Casanova's Theme" is played in much greater length in the closing credits, and that didn't seem to make it to the CD. Not a terrible loss.

Authenticity can sound great as well!.......2006-07-11

As an avid baroque music listener and performer, I can attest to the delightfully pleasing performances on the soundtrack as well as the painstakingly accurate performance practices utilized in the recording of this soundtrack.

The producers of this film fortunately went to the trouble of hiring some of the top period performance musician-specialists in the country (perhaps in the entire world) to record the soundtrack to Casanova. I know, because several of them were faculty members of the Oberlin Conservatory Baroque Performance Institute who went AWOL to Hollywood in June 2005 for the recording sessions. We all forgave them, and were actually quite excited that period music performance was having its day on the silver screen.

Do not miss this exquisite potpourri of wonderful baroque composers' works performed as closely as humanly possible to the way that they heard their works during their lifetimes! The film may not have been intended to be historically accurate (part of the fun), but the music certainly ended up that way. Not only that, but it sounds heavenly (unlike Casanova's antics) and up-to-date, not musty and old as if it were sealed in a museum case.

a little world of baroque sound.......2006-02-26

Lots of interesting baroque music unknown to me and
put together in dramatic sequences that add zest and
class to the listening experience. Also wonderful to
play in auto while driving thru boring country or in
slow moving traffic!
This CD will get a lot of play from me.
5 Stars!

Wonderful relaxing music........2006-02-25

Saw the movie and had to have the soundtrack. Great music to relax by. When you need to get away from the cares of the day the classics can't be beat. The producers of this movie certainly chose wonderful music to accompany it.

-.......2006-02-18

Good music but each is too short.
The original version of each may be better.

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Tomaso Albinoni
Albinoni: Oboe Concerti, Vol. 2 ~ Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Everything is recommendable.

Albinoni: Oboe Concerti, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Naxos
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Release Date: 1995-12-12

Tracks:

Sinf in G: Allegro - Anthony Camden/Alison Alty
Sinf in G: Adagio - Anthony Camden/Alison Alty
Sinf in G: Allegro - Anthony Camden/Alison Alty
Con in C, Op.7 No.2: Allegro - Anthony Camden/Alison Alty
Con in C, Op.7 No.2: Adagio - Anthony Camden/Alison Alty
Con in C, Op.7 No.2: Allegro - Anthony Camden/Alison Alty
Con in B flat, Op.7 No.3: Allegro - Anthony Camden
Con in B flat, Op.7 No.3: Adagio - Anthony Camden
Con in B flat, Op.7 No.3: Allegro - Anthony Camden
Con in D, Op.7 No.8: Allegro - Anthony Camden/Alison Alty
Con in D, Op.7 No.8: Largo - Anthony Camden/Alison Alty
Con in D, Op.7 No.8: Allegro - Anthony Camden/Alison Alty
Con in F, Op.7 No.9: Allegro - Anthony Camden
Con in F, Op.7 No.9: Adagio - Anthony Camden
Con in F, Op.7 No.9: Allegro - Anthony Camden
Con in D, Op.7 No.1: Allegro - Anthony Camden
Con in D, Op.7 No.1: Adagio e staccato - Anthony Camden
Con in D, Op.7 No.1: Allegro assai - Anthony Camden
Con in G, Op.9 No.6: Allegro - Anthony Camden/Alison Alty
Con in G, Op.9 No.6: Adagio non troppo - Anthony Camden/Alison Alty
Con in G, Op.9 No.6: Allegro - Anthony Camden/Alison Alty

Customer Reviews:

Tomaso Albinoni.......2006-08-18

This was my first CD of music produced by Albinoni, and I was quite pleased. I first discovered Albinoni while listening to my local classical station. After hearing a fantastic Baroque piece, I jotted down the name of the composer and looked him up later. Albinoni's music is wonderful, especially if you are a fan of the classic Baroque style (as I am). This CD contains a superb collection of oboe concerti which rival any oboe pieces I have ever heard. Wonderful in your car, at the office, or just relaxing at home with a good book. Very nice collection!

Albinoni: Oboe Concerti, Vol. 2 ~ Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni.......2005-03-18

Albinoni was a contemporary of the better known JS Bach and in my opinion he is not as good as Bach but compared to modern composers he is quite accomplished. The oboe is a very sensual instrument and when one hears this it can easily lead to various states of emotionality. Albinoni does this quite well and the Naxos recording does this masterfull composer justice with a quite accomplished recording. Anthony Camden is a very skilled oboist and he brings the music to life and is an interesting read from what I read in the well-written booklet that comes with the music. This is a recording that I highly recommend and it is truly a pleasure to listen and experince should a fine recording.

Everything is recommendable........2004-03-02

Those who want to hear what other composers were doing during Bach and Handel's time should snap up some of the many CDs featuring the works of Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni in the Naxos catalogue. His oboe concerti are collected on three Naxos CDs. The works are charming, mellifluous and engaging. They are also amongst the first extended series of concerti written for oboe soloist with orchestra.

Tracks:

Concerto Op. 9 No. 12 In D Major For 2 Oboes: Allegro
Concerto Op. 9 No. 12 In D Major For 2 Oboes: Adagio
Concerto Op. 9 No. 12 In D Major For 2 Oboes: Allegro
Concerto Op. 7 No. 12 In C Major: Allegro
Concerto Op. 7 No. 12 In C Major: Adagio
Concerto Op. 7 No. 12 In C Major: Allegro
Concerto Op. 7 No. 4 In G Major: Allegro
Concerto Op. 7 No. 4 In G Major: Adagio
Concerto Op. 7 No. 4 In G Major: Allegro
Concerto Op. 7 No. 5 In C Major For 2 Oboes: Allegro
Concerto Op. 7 No. 5 In C Major For 2 Oboes: Adagio
Concerto Op. 7 No. 5 In C Major For 2 Oboes: Allegro
Concerto Op. 7 No. 6 In D Major: Allegro
Concerto Op. 7 No. 6 In D Major: Adagio
Concerto Op. 7 No. 6 In D Major: Allegro
Concerto Op. 7 No. 11 In C Major For 2 Oboes: Allegro
Concerto Op. 7 No. 11 In C Major For 2 Oboes: Adagio
Concerto Op. 7 No. 11 In C Major For 2 Oboes: Allegro

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refreshing & delightful

Albinoni: 12 Concerti, Op. 7

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Customer Reviews:

refreshing & delightful.......2007-07-04

Albinoni's opus 7 concertos, which are "for, with and without oboe," are less well known than the opus 9 concertos, but they are in no way to be considered "poor relations." Indeed, I hesitated before buying this set, wondering how much Albonini I really needed, thinking that there might be a "sameness" to all this music. Prospective buyers shouldn't worry though. While these concertos are not quite up to the very high level of Albinoni's famous opus 9, baroque music lovers will not be at all disappointed. Each op. 7 concerto is relatively brief - No. 1, which is the shortest, clocks in at less than four minutes - but packs a delightful punch. The playing by Italian Baroque experts, I Musici, along with oboists Heinz Holliger & Maurice Bourge, is inspired & the 1990/1991 digitally recorded sound is superb.

Some may quibble about the fact that this two cd set, reissued in 2006 as part of the Philips "Originals" series, contains only 94 minutes of music, a mere 14 minutes more than can be squeezed on one cd, however, that was not an issue for me. I prefer having this album as it was originally conceived rather than stuffed with miscellenous pieces added simply to fill up all of the available disc space. Supplemental material has been a long term beef of mine, especially on jazz recordings where numerous (& maddening) alternative takes have been added simply so that buyers won't feel short changed by a 40 minute album.

One additional note - if you want the I Musici readings of both Albonini's op. 5 & op. 7, be sure to buy this set & the I Musici recording of op. 5 separately, instead of the Philips Duo set which includes the Berlin Chamber Orchestra reading of Op 5 & the I Musici performance of op 7.

Cimarosa's Oboe Concerto; Concerti by Albinoni, Marcello & Vivaldi

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Five times Five Stars
Venetian Oboe Concertos
The magic of Anderson strikes again.

Cimarosa's Oboe Concerto; Concerti by Albinoni, Marcello & Vivaldi

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Release Date: 1995-10-03

Tracks:

Concerto In C Minor: Introduzione. Larghetto
Concerto In C Minor: Allegro
Concerto In C Minor: Siciliana
Concerto In C Minor: Allegro giusto
Concerto In B Flat, Op. 7 No. 3: Allegro
Concerto In B Flat, Op. 7 No. 3: Adagio
Concerto In B Flat, Op. 7 No. 3: Allegro
Concerto In D Major, Op. 7 No. 6: Allegro
Concerto In D Major, Op. 7 No. 6: Adagio
Concerto In D Major, Op. 7 No. 6: Allegro
Concerto In D Minor: Andante e Spiccato
Concerto In D Minor: Adagio
Concerto In D Minor: Presto
Concerto In D Major F VII 10 (RV 453): Allegro
Concerto In D Major F VII 10 (RV 453): Largo
Concerto In D Major F VII 10 (RV 453): Allegro
Concerto In F Major F VII 2 (RV 455): Allegro giusto
Concerto In F Major F VII 2 (RV 455): Grave
Concerto In F Major F VII 2 (RV 455): Allegro
Concerto In A Minor F VII 5 (RV 461): Allegro non molto
Concerto In A Minor F VII 5 (RV 461): Larghetto
Concerto In A Minor F VII 5 (RV 461): Allegro

Customer Reviews:

Five times Five Stars.......2006-10-17

I first heard this disk on my car radio while driving on a California freeway. I was so "jazzed" that I pulled off at the next exit to write down the details for ordering it, something I've never done before or since. This is artful, sensuous music played with stunning virtuosity. Don't miss it!

Venetian Oboe Concertos.......2001-06-01

Here the Venetian composers of some great oboe concertos with the addition of Benjamin's rearrangement of Cimarosa's keyboard sonatas for Barvirolli's oboe shine.

Oboeist Anderson is consistent in exquisite performance. Wright's able conducting of the Philharmonia Orchestra provides a glorious backdrop to the solo pieces.

Especially fond of Cimarosa/Benjamin's Concerto and Albioni's Concerto in B flat.

Besides these, there are wonderful concertos by Vivaldi and Marcello.

This is marvelous addition to growing oboe collection.

The magic of Anderson strikes again........1999-03-10

I never cease to be amazed by this player. And this CD is no exception. John Anderson undertakes some of the most breathtaking and exciting performances of what are now mainstays of the Oboe repetoire, breathing total new life into concertos that have, in some cases been played many times before on CD. Including a solo which was used for the film 'The Firm.' He is well supported by Simon Wright, and the String section of the Philharmonia Orchestra, with their ever glorious tone. This CD is a must for anyone who has a love for a particular composer on the disc, or the oboe itself. To put it simply, this CD is a masterpiece.

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Decent Mix of "old style" vs. "new style" albinoni

Adagio & Concerti
Lucerne Festival Strings
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Release Date: 2001-06-12

Tracks:

Adagio in g - Eduard Kaufmann
Con in B flat, Op.7 No.3: 1. Allegro
Con in B flat, Op.7 No.3: 2. Adagio
Con in B flat, Op.7 No.3: 3. Allegro
Con in C, Op.7 No.5: 1. Allegro
Con in C, Op.7 No.5: 2. Adagio
Con in C, Op.7 No.5: 3. Allegro
Con in D, Op.7 No.6: 1. Allegro
Con in D, Op.7 No.6: 2. Adagio
Con in D, Op.7 No.6: 3. Allegro
Con in G: 1. Allegro - Hans-Martin Linde
Con in G: 2. Adagio - Hans-Martin Linde
Con in G: 3. Presto - Hans-Martin Linde
Con in F, Op.7 No.9: 1. Allegro
Con in F, Op.7 No.9: 2. Adagio
Con in F, Op.7 No.9: 3. Allegro
Con in C, Op.7 No.11: 1. Allegro
Con in C, Op.7 No.11: 2. Adagio
Con in C, Op.7 No.11: 3. Allegro
Con in C, Op.7 No.12: 1. Allegro
Con in C, Op.7 No.12: 2. Adagio
Con in C, Op.7 No.12: 3. Allegro
Con in d, Op.9 No.2: 1. Allegro E Non Presto - David Reichenberg
Con in d, Op.9 No.2: 2. Adagio - David Reichenberg
Con in d, Op.9 No.2: 3. Allegro - David Reichenberg

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Listen to this straight through and you get a quick course in the evolution of Baroque playing styles since 1968. The opening number, Albinoni's ubiquitous Adagio, never fails to make an impression, though the Lucerne Festival Strings version here does sound heavy to ears accustomed to the lighter, sprightlier sound of period instruments, such as we hear in the final selection, the Oboe Concerto, Op. 9 No. 2, recorded in 1985 by David Reichenberg and the English Concert. In between come seven other concertos for oboe, two oboes, or flute, each of them played on modern instruments in rhythmically supple interpretations with middle-of-the-road tempos and sonorities that should please both traditionalists and period fans of Baroque music, of which Albinoni's is a source of endless pleasures. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

Decent Mix of "old style" vs. "new style" albinoni.......2003-04-12

Well, you can't beat the price of this. If you like Albinoni, and you like oboe, you'll like this.

I will say, however, it takes 1/3 of the disc to really hit its stride. The first few numbers definitely reflect an older, clunkier (circa 1960s) style of playing baroque music; this clunkiness tends to underscore Albinoni's concervatism relative to someone like Vivaldi (try Vivaldi by Europa Galante if you want to hear "state of the art" Italian baroque playing).

Farther into this disc, however, the selections get more snappier and lively, and it becomes very pleasant indeed.

One final cavil: I wish the music marketing world would STOP putting that darn adagio in g on every Albinoni disc! Who needs 7 copies of it? Its like that unwanted relative that shows up at every family function. Basta! I would rather have had another oboe concerto instead.

Albinoni: Double Oboe Concertos & String Concertos, Vol. 2
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Deserves to be reviewed.

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Tracks:

Concerto For Strings, Op. 7, No. 7 In A Major: I. Allegro
Concerto For Strings, Op. 7, No. 7 In A Major: II. Adagio
Concerto For Strings, Op. 7, No. 7 In A Major: III. Allegro
Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 7, No. 8 In D Major: I. Allegro
Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 7, No. 8 In D Major: II. Largo
Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 7, No. 8 In D Major: III. Allegro
Concerto For Strings, Op. 9, No. 7 In D Major: I. Allegro
Concerto For Strings, Op. 9, No. 7 In D Major: II. Andante e sempre piano
Concerto For Strings, Op. 9, No. 7 In D Major: III. Allegro
Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 9, No. 9 In C Major: I. Allegro
Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 9, No. 9 In C Major: II. Adagio
Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 9, No. 9 In C Major: III. Allegro
Concerto For Strings, Op. 7, No. 10 In B Flat Major: I. Allegro
Concerto For Strings, Op. 7, No. 10 In B Flat Major: II. Adagio
Concerto For Strings, Op. 7, No. 10 In B Flat Major: III. Allegro
Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 7, No. 11 In C Major: I. Allegro
Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 7, No. 11 In C Major: II. Adagio
Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 7, No. 11 In C Major: III. Allegro
Concerto For Strings, Op. 9, No. 10 In F Major: I. Allegro
Concerto For Strings, Op. 9, No. 10 In F Major: II. Adagio
Concerto For Strings, Op. 9, No. 10 In F Major: III. Allegro
Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 9, No. 12 In D Major: I. Allegro
Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 9, No. 12 In D Major: II. Adagio
Concerto With Two Oboes, Op. 9, No. 12 In D Major: III. Allegro

Customer Reviews:

Deserves to be reviewed........2007-02-26

My review of this disc is the same as Volume I. You would be equally satisfied buying either (or both) discs.

This is one of my favorite discs and it's a pity that it hasn't been reviewed yet. If you're a fan of Italian baroque instrumental music, and especially the oboe, you owe yourself to buy this cd.

It isn't St. Matthews Passion, but it's not meant to be. This is very pleasant, upbeat, and tuneful music. The conductor has mixed Albinoni's violin and double oboe concerti together - I suppose in an attempt to mix the music up a bit. I haven't checked, but I'm pretty sure that if you buy both volumes you'll be getting all of Opus 7 and 9.

The performers are excellent. I don't have any dynamic criticism as far as that goes. The different instruments have just the right presence, and are balanced very well (no single instrument is unduly pronounced or drowned out). On some recordings of period instrument music the oboe can easily get drowned out, or the baroque guitar is impossible to hear, but here (to my taste at least) everything is exactly right.

As far as recording quality goes this cd is very good. It's very clean; there isn't any sort of echo or distracting sounds that occasionally appears in some recordings.

AAM has recorded all the oboe concertos on a cd, which I have listened to, but I prefer this Collegium Musicum disc as I find the bass in the Hogwood to be a bit heavy, the violin a bit more distant, and I can't hear the guitar at all (if it's even there). Not that the AAM disc is poor, but this one just has more clarity.

While I think classical music discs on Amazon suffer from ratings inflation, this should get a deserving 5 stars.

Average customer rating:

Nice concertos

Tomaso Albinoni: Concerti per oboe

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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000E4BV
Release Date: 1988-12-01

Tracks:

Con No.5 in C: 1. Allegro - Heinz Holliger/Hans Elhorst
Con No.5 in C: 2. Adagio - Heinz Holliger/Hans Elhorst
Con No.5 in C: 3. Allegro - Heinz Holliger/Hans Elhorst
Con No.12 in C: 1. Allegro - Heinz Holliger
Con No.12 in C: 2. Adagio - Heinz Holliger
Con No.12 in C: 3. Allegro - Heinz Holliger
Con No.6 in D: 1. Allegro - Heinz Holliger
Con No.6 in D: 2. Adagio - Heinz Holliger
Con No.6 in D: 3. Allegro - Heinz Holliger
Con No.8 in D: 1. Allegro - Heinz Holliger/Hans Elhorst
Con No.8 in D: 2. Largo - Heinz Holliger/Hans Elhorst
Con No.8 in D: 3. Allegro - Heinz Holliger/Hans Elhorst
Con No.11 in C: 1. Allegro - Heinz Holliger/Hans Elhorst
Con No.11 in C: 2. Adagio - Heinz Holliger/Hans Elhorst
Con No.11 in C: 3. Allegro - Heinz Holliger/Hans Elhorst
Con No.9 in F: 1. Allegro - Heinz Holliger
Con No.9 in F: 2. Adagio - Heinz Holliger
Con No.9 in F: 3. Allegro - Heinz Holliger
Con No.3 in B flat: 1. Allegro - Heinz Holliger
Con No.3 in B flat: 2. Adagio - Heinz Holliger
Con No.3 in B flat: 3. Allegro - Heinz Holliger
Con No.2 in C: 1. Allegro - Heinz Holliger/Hans Elhorst
Con No.2 in C: 2. Adagio - Heinz Holliger/Hans Elhorst
Con No.2 in C: 3. Allegro - Heinz Holliger/Hans Elhorst

Customer Reviews:

Nice concertos.......2005-03-19

Albinoni's oboe concertos are nice and appealing. I find Albinoni to be good reading music. Melodically lovely and simple in structure, Albinoni produced volumes of very nice baroque concertos. Albinoni's concertos work really good for oboe and Holliger does a good job performing these lovely concertos.

Not as sophisticated or profound as the masters of the baroque, Albinoni was never the less a fine craftsman. A night spent listening to Albinoni will not change your life, but it will put a spring in your step and get you humming some nice melodies.

I welcome feedback on this and all reviews at wstrnlibwarrior@yahoo.com