Albinoni: Concerti, Op 9/1-6

Advantages: Relaxing, serene, dreamy
Disadvantages: The first track is not actual Albinoni

...is a compilation of Albinoni’s slower movements released on the Elektra label on the 24th August 1999. It has a running time of 1 hour 15 minutes and costs £6.99. I purchased my copy from Borders but the CD should be available at most good music shops. The Composer Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni was born on 8th June 1671 in Venice Italy, the eldest son of a wealthy paper merchant. A renowned violinist and composer, he preferred to work “dilettante” rather than seek employment with the church or court. Albinoni married an opera singer, Margherita Raimondi. Apart from this, not much more is actually known of Albinoni's life. In all Albinoni composed 81 operas, 99 sonatas, 59, concertos and 9 sinfonias. However, so much of his musical work has been lost particularly during the latter years of World War II and the bombing of the Dresden State library... Read review

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Advantages: Good tuba muisc
Disadvantages: None

...The tuba has generally been ignored as a solo instrument, and although it enjoyed some success in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique and the operas of Wagner, it didnt really emerge as a solo instrument until the 20th century. However, recently the tuba's potential as a soloist has been realised through the children's tale, Tubby the Tuba, where the whole point of the story is to highlight the fact that most peoploe would not think the tuba of being capable in taking a soloistic role, but the fact that it can take this role, and take it extremely successfully is shown here in this CD with these four Tuba Concerti, that were all written in the years after Tubby the Tuba. The first Tuba Concerto on the CD is Tuba Concerto (1978) by Edward Gregson. 1 - Allegro deciso 2 - Lento e mesto 3 - Allegro giocoso This concerto begins with a fanfare... Read review

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Advantages: everything
Disadvantages: nothing

...Conductor Iain Sutherland Conductor Bryden Thomson Conductor Sir Neville Marriner Conductor Pierre Dervaux Conductor Alberto Lysy Conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk Conductor Tracklist Disc 1 76:32 1 Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D major for strings & continuo 4:59 2 Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria (Goldberg Variations, BWV 988) 4:45 3 Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni: Adagio in G minor 5:48 4 Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria (Goldberg Variations, BWV 988) 3:02 5 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio (Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major, K. 622) 6:35 6 Ludwig van Beethoven: Allegretto (Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral") 6:41 7 Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings op.11 6:20 8 Sergei V. Rachmaninoff: Adagio sostenuto (Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18) 4:29 9 Max Bruch: Adagio (Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op... Read review

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