Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni or most correctly Tomaso Albinoni (June 8, 1671, V… Read Full Bio ↴Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni or most correctly Tomaso Albinoni (June 8, 1671, Venice, Italy – January 17, 1751, Venice) was a Venetian baroque composer. While famous in his day as an opera composer, he is mainly remembered today for his instrumental music, some of which is regularly recorded. Famous “Albinoni Adagio in G minor”, which is one of the most frequently recorded pieces of Baroque music, actually was composed by the 20th-century musicologist and Albinoni biographer Remo Giazotto and based on the disputed discovery of a manuscript fragment from Albinoni.
Born to Antonio Albinoni (1634–1709), a wealthy paper merchant and nobleman in Venice, he studied violin and singing. Relatively little is known about his life, especially considering his contemporary stature as a composer and the comparatively well-documented period in which he lived. In 1694 he dedicated his Opus 1 to the fellow-Venetian Pietro, Cardinal Ottoboni (grand-nephew of Pope Alexander VIII); Ottoboni was an important patron in Rome of other composers, such as Arcangelo Corelli.
Albinoni was employed in 1700 as a violinist to the Fernando Carlo, Duke of Mantua, to whom he dedicated his Opus 2 collection of instrumental pieces. In 1701 he wrote his hugely popular suites Opus 3, and dedicated that collection to Grand Duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany.
In 1705 he was married; Antonino Biffi, the maestro di cappella of San Marco was a witness, and evidently was a friend of Albinoni's. Albinoni seems to have no other connection with that primary musical establishment in Venice, however, and achieved his early fame as an opera composer at many cities in Italy, including Venice, Genoa, Bologna, Mantua, Udine, Piacenza, and Naples.
During this time he was also composing instrumental music in abundance: prior to 1705, he mostly wrote trio sonatas and violin concertos, but between then and 1719 he wrote solo sonatas and concertos for oboe.
Unlike most composers of his time, he appears never to have sought a post at either a church or court of nobility, but then he was a man of independent means and had the option to compose music independently. Then, in 1722, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, to whom Albinoni had dedicated a set of twelve concertos, invited him to direct the Elector's operas.
In 1742 a collection of Albinoni's violin sonatas was published in France as a posthumous work, and scholars long presumed that meant that Albinoni had died by that time. However it appears he lived on in Venice in obscurity; a record from the parish of San Barnaba, where he was born, indicates a Tomaso Albinoni died in 1751, "age 84" (presumed to be a mistake), of diabetes.
Born to Antonio Albinoni (1634–1709), a wealthy paper merchant and nobleman in Venice, he studied violin and singing. Relatively little is known about his life, especially considering his contemporary stature as a composer and the comparatively well-documented period in which he lived. In 1694 he dedicated his Opus 1 to the fellow-Venetian Pietro, Cardinal Ottoboni (grand-nephew of Pope Alexander VIII); Ottoboni was an important patron in Rome of other composers, such as Arcangelo Corelli.
Albinoni was employed in 1700 as a violinist to the Fernando Carlo, Duke of Mantua, to whom he dedicated his Opus 2 collection of instrumental pieces. In 1701 he wrote his hugely popular suites Opus 3, and dedicated that collection to Grand Duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany.
In 1705 he was married; Antonino Biffi, the maestro di cappella of San Marco was a witness, and evidently was a friend of Albinoni's. Albinoni seems to have no other connection with that primary musical establishment in Venice, however, and achieved his early fame as an opera composer at many cities in Italy, including Venice, Genoa, Bologna, Mantua, Udine, Piacenza, and Naples.
During this time he was also composing instrumental music in abundance: prior to 1705, he mostly wrote trio sonatas and violin concertos, but between then and 1719 he wrote solo sonatas and concertos for oboe.
Unlike most composers of his time, he appears never to have sought a post at either a church or court of nobility, but then he was a man of independent means and had the option to compose music independently. Then, in 1722, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, to whom Albinoni had dedicated a set of twelve concertos, invited him to direct the Elector's operas.
In 1742 a collection of Albinoni's violin sonatas was published in France as a posthumous work, and scholars long presumed that meant that Albinoni had died by that time. However it appears he lived on in Venice in obscurity; a record from the parish of San Barnaba, where he was born, indicates a Tomaso Albinoni died in 1751, "age 84" (presumed to be a mistake), of diabetes.
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Oboe Concerto No. 2 Op. 9: Adagio
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni Lyrics
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@keithnaylor1981
So beautiful!
Here's my choice of 50 of the best music pieces ever composed (in no particular order). Most can be found on Youtube BUT as of June-July 2020 Youtube are changing the way videos are listed by grouping videos together in large batches making it time-consuming and almost impossible to locate any particular video quickly and easily. So good luck.
'MODERN' classical -
KARL JENKINS, Benedictus
MORRICONE,
Gabriel's Oboe and
Once Upon a Time in the West
CHARLOTTE CHURCH
(not composer)
Pie Jesu and
Panis Angelicus
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS:
ALBINONI, Adagio, Oboe Concerto in D minor (playing)
BINGE, The Elizabethan Seranade
PACHELBEL, Canon in D
BACH, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
HANDEL, Largo from Xerxes
MASCAGNI, Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
KAPSBERGER, Canario
BACH, Sheep May Safely Graze
RACHMANINOV, 18th Variation on a Theme of Paganini
To be continued...
KAN 7.20 UK
@thomasmcentee4247
Finally. I found a version that is the right pace. So many of the other recordings of this piece move too quickly. This one is just right.
@nick1065
Indeed- this tempo really allows the exquisite melody to flow. I always come back to this version.
@jraldne1
Absolutely...anything under 5:00 simply will not do!!!....
@charliefarley7950
It's definitely a great one, totally agree. I found this one, though, which is my #1 for flow and tempo.... https://youtu.be/UxL2NTzrvHU
@thomasmcentee1057
@Charlie Farley Great recommendation. Thanks for pointing it out.
@chrystianpereira12
Perfect 😊
@user-wt4nb4zc8d
W U N D E R S C H Ö N , es geht so tief ins Herz!!! Was hat man damals doch einzigartig schön komponiert!!! Ich kann Charles und Camilla verstehen, ich liebe dieses Adagio auch.❤❤
@annieh.8175
Oh what heavenly music...so peaceful and soothing. I can see myself, after a hard day, sitting down and closing my eyes and just give myself up to this music. Thank you Thomas Albinoni
@davidtapp3950
Tommaso Albinoni please?
@francoissmeets1506
I N D E E D !!!