Albinoni: Concertos, Op 10 Nos 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

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

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

Ciao members have rated this review on average not helpful

Advantages: Everything you could ever want from a classical CD
Disadvantages: none

...I have purchased and listened to many types of music and as a classical pianist always like to explore new CD's. This album has so many classics on it and is delightful to listen to. Did you know that opening music in 2001 - A Space Odyssey was from Also Sprach Zarathustra by Strauss or that the background music in the British Airways TV commercial was the Flower Duet from the opera Lakme? This compilation album is perfect whether you are a lover of classical music or just interested to find out what it is all about. The track listing shows what can be expected on this wonderful CD. 1. Canon and Gigue in D Composed by Johann Pachelbel 2. 12 Concertos for Violin and Strings Composed by Antonio Vivaldi 3. Adagio in G minor Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni 4. Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral' in F Composed by Ludwig van... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful