Albinoni: Concerti a cinque, Op. 9

On this CD:

1. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 9 (T. 9) Book 1, No1 in B flat major with violin
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Alfredo Bernardini, Budapest Concerto Armonico, Paolo Grazzi, Peter Szuts

2. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 9 (T. 9) Book 1, No 2 in D minor with oboe
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Alfredo Bernardini, Budapest Concerto Armonico, Paolo Grazzi, Peter Szuts

3. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 9 (T. 9) Book 1, No 3 in F major with 02 Oboes
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Alfredo Bernardini, Budapest Concerto Armonico, Paolo Grazzi, Peter Szuts

4. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 9 (T. 9) Book 1, No 4 in A major with violin
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Alfredo Bernardini, Budapest Concerto Armonico, Paolo Grazzi, Peter Szuts

5. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 9 (T. 9) Book 1, No 5 in C major with oboe
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Alfredo Bernardini, Budapest Concerto Armonico, Paolo Grazzi, Peter Szuts

6. Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 9 (T. 9) Book 1, No 6 in G major with 02 Oboes
Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Performed by Alfredo Bernardini, Budapest Concerto Armonico, Paolo Grazzi, Peter Szuts

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Albinoni: The Complete Concertos Op. 9; Adagio For Organ And Strings
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outstanding oboe concerti

best Albinoni ever

I Musici di Roma, Stradivarius, and Italian Baroque Is Divine Perfection

Not very "Baroque" and not my taste

Albinoni: The Complete Concertos Op. 9; Adagio For Organ And Strings

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Tracks:

No.1 In B-flat For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.1 In B-flat For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.1 In B-flat For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.2 In D Minor For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro e non presto
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.2 In D Minor For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.2 In D Minor For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.3 In F For 2 Oboes, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.3 In F For 2 Oboes, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.3 In F For 2 Oboes, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.4 In A For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.4 In A For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.4 In A For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 5 in C For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 5 in C For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 2, Adagio
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 5 in C For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.6 In G For 2 Oboes, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.6 In G For 2 Oboes, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.6 In G For 2 Oboes, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro

Tracks:

Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.7 In D For Violin, Stings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.7 In D For Violin, Stings, And Continuo - 2. Andante e sempre piano
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.7 In D For Violin, Stings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 8 In G Minor For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 8 In G Minor For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 8 In G Minor For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.9 In C For Violin, 2 Oboes, String And Continuo - 1. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.9 In C For Violin, 2 Oboes, String And Continuo - 2. Adagio
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.9 In C For Violin, 2 Oboes, String And Continuo - 3, Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.10 In F For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.10 In F For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.10 In F For Violin, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.11 In B-flat For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 1. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.11 In B-flat For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 2. Adagio
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No.11 In B-flat For Oboe, Strings, And Continuo - 3. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 12 In D For Violin, 2 Oboes, Strings And Continuo - 1. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 12 In D For Violin, 2 Oboes, Strings And Continuo - 2. Adagio
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: No. 12 In D For Violin, 2 Oboes, Strings And Continuo - 3. Allegro
Concerti a cinque, Op.9: Adagio In G Minor For Strings And Organ

Customer Reviews:

pristine.......2007-03-04

I Musici is rivaled perhaps only by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields when it comes to predictably crystalline performances of the Baroque masters. When I Musici, Felix Ayo, Heinz Holliger, and Maurice Bourge turn to Albinoni's concerto repertoire, the outcome is never in doubt.

Let me clarify that these comments do not in any way suggest that this Philips two-disk set is 'standard' in any pedantic way. Emphatically, it is not.

Rather, the artists team with Philips' Duo Series to render access to a masterful rendering of one of Early Baroque's unsung great ones affordable to the masses, of which this reviewer is a card-carrying member.

One can only say 'Bravo!'.

outstanding oboe concerti.......2007-01-25

This is a re-issue of recordings made in the mid 1960s, so they are 40 years old; however the sound, while not as good as one can expect from a current CD, is quite good. Albiboni's Opus 9 is a set of 12 concertos, 4 for violin, four for oboe and four for two oboes with orchestra. They are in 5 parts, and rather simple when compared with Bach, for example. They are not written for virtuoso soloists, rather for oboe with orchestra. In my opinion the violin concertos, while pleasant enough, do not compare with those of his contempories, such as vivaldi and Bach. However the oboe concertos are outstanding, and while I could nominate the odd baroque 0boe concerto that is as good or better, the set of six stand alone.
The 12 concertos are played by I Musici, a long established modern instrument group that specialises in music of this period, the violin solo is by Felix Ayo, their first violin, and the oboes are played my the great Heinz Hollinger and Maurice Bourgue. So I can find little to criticise with the performance, I Musici and Hollinger were/are world class. Deciding on a rating was not easy, but taking the recording of Opus 9 as a whole I gave it 4 and feel a little mean, the 6 oboe concertos alone would get 5.

best Albinoni ever.......2007-01-10

Tomaso Albinoni is best known for his Adagio, that is actually an arrangement by Giazzoto. His real masterpieces are the Concertos Opus 9(recorded here by I Musici). The sound of this recording is very good considering its age (mid 1950s and 1960s). The Concerto Op. 9/2 is the most beautiful oboe concerto ever composed. Heinz Holliger is explendid as soloist. If you like baroque music played in a old-fashioned way (rather romantic), it's for you. If you like baroque music played accordind "authentic baroque techniques it's not for you.

I Musici di Roma, Stradivarius, and Italian Baroque Is Divine Perfection.......2005-10-09

I wish to start my review by warning Amazon shoppers about two previous and seemingly 'knowledgeable' reviews commenting on I Musici's qualifications for playing Baroque and not playing on traditional instruments as a discouragement in buying their performances as they are somewhat slanderous. Their comments actually make me laugh and question their range of listening experience in traditional Baroque techniques and instruments or knowledge of anything dealing with classical music at all since I Musici has not only been the most acclaimed Baroque ensemble in Italy and the entire world for over 50 years praised by legends such as Toscanini for being 'The best chamber orchestra in the world', the main reason its musicians and strings outmatch every other traditional Baroque group in the world is precisely because they masterfully perform on the most prized of all period string instruments in existence! String instruments that most professional violinists, cellists, etc., can only dream of ever playing in their lifetimes! A string instrument that only the most competent of players can master to bring out its fluid range and sound! I Musici performs all of their pieces almost exclusively on Stradivarius string instruments! Although other traditional ensembles do use traditional period instruments, few if any of them play on Stradivari, and if they do it will probably be just the lead violin as Stradivari are simply too rare to be played in unison by most professional groups. A Stradivarius is an instrument in and of itself and other traditional string instruments don't even come close to sounding like one. A Stradivarius is nothing less than divine in its sound as one can hear with I Musici as they play plenty of them. And so although I can understand the aesthetics of such listeners/reviewers for other performers, please, don't tell others that I Musici isn't playing authentic instruments when you can't even recognize a Stradivarius playing in your ear! You are simply embarassing yourselves. Or, for that matter, don't say that they can't competently play 'traditional' Italian Baroque when they're the best group from Italy, comprised of experts in the Italian Baroque and Romantic traditions, virtuously playing on many Stradivari, and have been acclaimed as one of the best Italian Baroque groups in the world by reknown classical experts and laypersons alike for over five decades! As for this recording and others in general, some reviewers have also complained that I Musici's somewhat more romantic interpretations of Baroque don't work with Albinoni's music such as his Adagio and so are not 'traditional' enough in comparison to other performances. Traditional interpretation of Albinoni's 'Adagio' would be absurd since Albinoni's original 'Adagio' is a horribly deficient piece of which there are no real performances that I can think of as a result. What is ironic then is that this model of Albinoni's 'traditionalism' such reviewers are referring to can only be Remo Giazotto's popular 19th Century Romantic revision of the 'Adagio' being presently used as the standard of every single Baroque or Romantic period performance available on the market today.

I have heard various renditions of Albinoni's Concertos, Op. 9 and, besides a few other performances by Baroque groups, I have not heard many that even compare to I Musici in performing Albinoni or Italian Baroque generally. Don't be deceived into buying other performances even if they are by great conductors and symphonies such as Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic or Solti and the Chicago/London Symphonies. And Karajan's orchestral rendition is indeed a very moving one but orchestral ensembles are generally too large for chamber pieces and most of the instruments used are modern which changes many important aspects of the piece. They are also recorded in too large of spaces so the performances sound like Beethoven's 9th instead of a chamber piece. There are other groups and recordings that are more faithful to Baroque techniques and traditional interpretations such as those directed by Hogwood but they have various problems as well. Individual violinists such as Manze mentioned by the previous reviewer tend to be overly rigid and lifeless in their interpretations as they are more founded in musicological disciplines on ancient instruments and techniques as opposed to professional performance. This can be problematic especially with interpreting Italian Baroque which is always more freely expressive in mood than German Baroque. This results in clumsy and lifeless performances where each musician painfully over-accentuates the proper techniques throughout the entire piece so that it comes out sounding as a tedious cacophony instead of a symphony. Like Jack says in the 'Witches of Eastwick' to Susan Sarandon playing her cello, "You kill the passion!" by such emphasis. Hogwood's musical background is also founded more in the German Baroque tradition of Bach and Handel and not Italian Baroque and so turns the piece into more of a mechanical movementby Bach from his direction on the harpsichord which is always the meter in all Italian concerti. I Musici is comprised of some of the finest classical musicians alive today who emphasize more on a passionate Italian Romantic interpretation in their performances instead of a rigid Baroque one and the results are most delightful to the ears. That perhaps is the only flaw in its interpretation of the often over-methodical Italian Baroque style for the concerti grossi. Although I Musici usually tends to again use a more fluid Italian Romantic style rather than a strict Baroque one, their shortcomings in that field are hardly a defect in their performances or this recording: on the contrary, they enhance them! These slight shortcomings are more than compensated for by I Musici performing with some of the best classical musicians exclusively on original Stradivarius string instruments. Such groups also tend to use traditional stringing and playing techniques that limit the range of the instrument which is not always what the composer desired such as Mozart and Beethoven who were forced to accept the limited range and tonality of the piano forte in performing their compositions but who actually composed them with a yet non-existant Steinway in mind. I Musici in a sense compliments such limitations with some Romantic techniques in the style of Paganini but following the Baroque concerti grossi tradition with period instruments and in remaining within the size of a small Baroque chamber orchestra. Also, the musical cohesion and caliber of the performers in I Musici is such that they do not use an overt conductor even at the harpsichord: they therefore have no need of one such as Hogwood to lead them and the performances have less hesitations as a result. Lastly, I Musici di Roma is also known for having some of the best sound engineering and mixing for its recordings than any other chamber group and this also applies to the earliest recordings. The recording quality for their performances is so rich and clear for each instrument being played that you actually feel as if you are at a live performance each time you hear them.

I Musici di Roma is unequivocally one of the best, if not the best, performing groups for Baroque music and you won't go wrong buying any of their performances no matter whether the composers are from the Italian or German Baroque period. I certainly haven't heard any single group or orchestra even come close to matching their 1982 performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Pina Carmirelli. This particular recording with Garatti and Ayo is probably not with one of the best violinists to have performed Italian Baroque with them such as Carmirelli or Acardo but it is accompanied with some of the best musicians in their class such Hollinger. It is a great buy!

Not very "Baroque" and not my taste.......2001-06-28

This may be good for some people but I really didn't like it:

I thought it was not played in the Baroque style. I personally hate vibrato and this had a lot of it. It made it the slow movements very annoying for me to listen to. I admit I might be a little obsessed but vibrato really ruins a performance for me.

It was played with "heavy fingers" especially on the violins. This was a very "romantic" interpertaion for me.

Tracks:

Concerto In C Major, Op. 9 No. 5: Allegro
Concerto In C Major, Op. 9 No. 5: Adagio (non troppo)
Concerto In C Major, Op. 9 No. 5: Allegro
Concerto In F Major, Op. 9 No. 3: Allegro
Concerto In F Major, Op. 9 No. 3: Adagio (non troppo)
Concerto In F Major, Op. 9 No. 3: Allegro
Concerto In D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: Allegro e non presto
Concerto In D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: Adagio
Concerto In D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: 3. Allegro
Concerto In B Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 11: 1: Allegro
Concerto In B Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 11: Adagio
Concerto In B Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 11: Allegro
Concerto In G Minor, Op. 9 No. 8: Allegro
Concerto In G Minor, Op.9, No.8: Adagio
Concerto In G Minor, Op. 9 No. 8: Allegro
Concerto In C Major, Op. 9 No. 9: Allegro
Concerto In C Major, Op. 9 No. 9: Adagio (non troppo)
Concerto In C Major, Op. 9 No. 9: Allegro

Customer Reviews:

Sheer enjoyment and all in good taste.......2004-08-08

Tomaso Albinoni was a contemporary of Vivaldi in Venice, and his Concerti a cinque opus 9, published in 1722, provide ample evidence of his felicity in composition. His wife was a well-known opera singer, and his oboe concertos sound like wonderfully cantabile instrumental da capo arias: first there is an energetic fast movement, then a lyrical slow movement, followed by another fast movement that once again takes up themes from the first movement. The music is contrapuntal, harmonious, balanced and, to put it blankly, full of sheer enjoyment.

Deliberating on this review, I had to decide whether to give this CD four or five stars. In the end, I opted for four. Before I explain why, I should like to say why five was an option. Although Anthony Camden, Julia Girdwood and the London Virtuosi under the leadership of John Georgiadis play on modern instruments, they have obviously learned a good deal from developments in the area of historical performance practice. Their disposition for these concertos is just about what Albinoni would have had in mind: four each of first and second violins, three violas, two cellos, a double bass and a harpsichord, this last played with tremendous gusto by Paul Nicholson. In fact, the performance of the London Virtuosi is one of the best features of this CD, and the Naxos engineers have made sure that one can really hear the good stuff that is going on behind the soloists. (I found that listening via good headphones was even more convincing than in front of loudspeakers.) The soloists themselves, Anthony Camden alone in four concerts and together with Julia Girdwood in two others, give a marvellous performance, combining high technical skills with sheer good taste. In all except one concerto, the tempi are relatively fast, which does these energetic concertos good. This is most enjoyable music, exquisitely performed.

So why only four stars? I think three reasons can be adduced. One is in the nature of a personal preference: After all the commotion of the Early Music movement, I just do not see why early 18th century music should be performed on modern instruments. The slightly metallic sound of the Howarth oboes used here, lovely as it is, does not for my mind quite match up to the woody warmth of period instruments. One could make similar strictures on the other instruments employed here. In particular, the use of a double bass instead of a violone tends to overdo the bass line a little.

A second reason is that four of the concertos on this CD have been recorded by Han de Vries and the ensemble Alma Musica Amsterdam under the leadership of Bob van Asperen on EMI, re-released on Virgin Veritas Albinoni · Telemann - Concertos and Sonatas for oboe / Han de Vries · Alma Musica Amsterdam · Bob van Asperen. The Dutch team uses historical instruments, replacing the double bass with a violone, and the result is, for my ears, slightly more convincing, despite the fact that the analogue recorded sound is not quite so good as that of the Naxos CD. In particular, I happen to love the sound of Han de Vries' historic oboe, mechanical noises and all, and I wanted to award the Virgin CD one star more for that reason.

The third reason for giving only four stars is John Georgiadis' choice of tempo for Opus 9, No. 2, the most famous concerto on this disc. Perhaps led astray by Albinoni's "Allegro e non presto", Georgiadis puts the brake on a little and takes over a minute and a half longer for the concerto than van Asperen (and the whole piece is only about 11 minutes long). Particularly the gorgeous second movement suffers from this: Camden/Georgiadis turn adagio almost into largo; in comparison, de Vries/van Asperen sound much more convincing.

Despite these criticisms, this CD is excellent value for money and offers sheer delights of entertainment. You could do worse than follow my footsteps and purchase both Camden on Naxos and de Vries on Virgin.

If you like Vivaldi, get this!.......2003-03-27

Listen to these works without looking at the name of the composer, and you may think "Vivaldi." But if you were to look at the name, it's "Albinoni." Many of us who heard of that name would think of his famous "Adagio" (arr. Giazotto). These Oboe Concertos by Albinoni are well performed. Besides the performance, the sound is very good. It's worth more than the cheap price. I don't know what else to say but "Go get it!"

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Authenticity can sound great as well!
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Wonderful relaxing music.
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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
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A Lover's Duel: Overture From La Madrilena - Vicente Martin Y Soler
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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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Bach: 3 Oboe Concertos
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Italian Oboe Concertos
Cimarosa's Oboe Concerto; Concerti by Albinoni, Marcello & Vivaldi
The Art of the Oboe

ASIN: B0000040YT
Release Date: 1987-11-23

Tracks:

Concerto in d for ob, strs, and bc: Andante e spiccato
Concerto in d for ob, strs, and bc: Adagio
Concerto in d for ob, strs, and bc: Presto
Concerto in D for ob, strs, and bc: Allegro
Concerto in D for ob, strs, and bc: Adagio
Concerto in D for ob, strs, and bc: Allegro
Concerto a cinque in g, Op.9 No.8 for ob, strs, and bc: Allegro
Concerto a cinque in g, Op.9 No.8 for ob, strs, and bc: Adagio
Concerto a cinque in g, Op.9 No.8 for ob, strs, and bc: Allegro
Concerto in A for ob, strs, and bc: Allegro
Concerto in A for ob, strs, and bc: Affettuoso
Concerto in A for ob, strs, and bc: Allegro
Concerto in C for ob, strs: Introduzione (Larghetto)
Concerto in C for ob, strs: Allegro
Concerto in C for ob, strs: Siciliana
Concerto in C for ob, strs: Allegro giusto

Customer Reviews:

light and subtle.......2005-03-25

I love Holliger's playing. Although an advocate of period instruments and Baroque orchestras, and a gambist, harpsichordist, and recorder player myself, Holliger's recordings are wonderful and I recommend this disc and his recording "3 Oboe Concertos" of Bach very highly.

He plays with a good, flexible tone and plenty of nuance. The orchestra sounds great. I only gave the disc 4 instead of 5 starts because not all the rep is exceptional. but there are some good works on here, and I believe an oboe d'amore concerto which is lovely.

Mad about Marcello.......2004-11-12

Bought this one for the "disturbingly modern" sounds of Marcello's Oboe Concerto in D, but the rest of it is a great deal of fun, too. Get this disc to prove to yourself that the oboe is one of the more expressive instruments in the orchestra's repertoire, and that it laughs and cries along with you as it takes you along on its magical journey.

The Instrument That Sings.......2003-01-29

Here is the consummate oboeist, Holliger, playing the richness of late Baroque concerto for oboe.

Holliger aptly serves these compositions with his senitive phrasing and tone. Backed ably by unidentified strings and continuo, the selections from Marcello, Sammartini, Albiononi, Lotti and Cimarosa are marvelous.

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

Tomaso Albinoni: Concerti A Cinque Op. 9

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Tomaso Albinoni: Concerti A Cinque Op. 9

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000004126
Release Date: 1990-01-11

Tracks:

Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 1 In B Flat: Allegro
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 1 In B Flat: Adagio
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 1 In B Flat: Allegro
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 4 In A: Allegro
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 4 In A: Adagio
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 4 In A: Allegro
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 6 In G: Allegro
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 6 In G: Adagio
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 6 In G: Allegro
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 7 In D: Allegro
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 7 In D: Andante e sempre piano
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 7 In D: Allegro
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 10 In F: Allegro
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 10 In F: Adagio
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 10 In F: Allegro
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 12 In D: Allegro
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 12 In D: Adagio
Concerti a cinque Op. 9: Concerto No. 12 In D: Allegro

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Albinoni: Concerti a cinque, Op. 9

Manufacturer: Arts Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000006BZC
Release Date: 1996-06-18

Tracks:

Con No.1 in B flat: I. Allegro
Con No.1 in B flat: II. Adagio
Con No.1 in B flat: III. Allegro
Con No.2 in d: I. Allegro Non Presto
Con No.2 in d: II. Adagio
Con No.2 in d: III. Allegro
Con No.3 in F: I. Allegro
Con No.3 in F: II. Adagio
Con No.3 in F: III. Allegro
Con No.4 in A: I. Allegro
Con No.4 in A: II. Adagio
Con No.4 in A: III. Allegro
Con No.5 in C: I. Allegro
Con No.5 in C: II. Adagio
Con No.5 in C: III. Allegro
Con No.6 in G: I. Allegro
Con No.6 in G: II. Adagio
Con No.6 in G: III. Allegro

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

Adagio & Concerti
Lucerne Festival Strings
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tomaso Albinoni: Baroque, Volume 1: Concertos & Sonatas
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ASIN: B00004Z1BQ
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

Amazon.com

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.

Albinoni: Double Oboe Concertos & String Concertos, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005X12
Release Date: 1998-01-20

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.

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