For years, I’ve been fascinated by Tomaso Albinoni, the Baroque composer whose presence in the public “eye” is tied almost exclusively to a single piece: the bleak and ubiquitous Adagio in G minor, ...

Albinoni was a Baroque composer who had a financially rather well-cushioned life, thanks to the shares he inherited in his father’s stationery firm, which manufactured playing cards, among other ...

A classic of film scores, Albinoni’s Adagio isn’t a lost baroque masterpiece; it’s a spoof composed by his biographer in the 1950s. Harmless fun, asks Phil Hebblethwaite, or a savage exposé of ...

Lucie Skeaping profiles the life and music of the Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni, whose output included not only a large number of oboe concertos, but also a vast amount of choral, ...

Sometimes things are not quite what they seem. Take the case of the composer who was so successful in his day that he had an impostor, yet he's best remembered now for things he didn't actually write.

Albinoni's Oboe: Tomaso Albinoni (toh-MAH-soh ahl-bee-NOH-nee) had a knack for writing for the oboe. He included it in many of his compositions. From a concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan, we'll hear the ...

Donald Macleod examines the few known facts of Albinoni's life, most of which was spent in his native Venice. Despite the lack of biographical information, the composer is an interesting and rather ...

Film soundtracks from Flashdance to Gallipoli have called upon the stately spare sadness of Albinoni’s Adagio, so much so that it has been denuded of meaning. The work itself isn’t even authentic.

(12) Trio Sonatas Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Composer Federico Guglielmo, Violin (L')Arte dell'Arco Albinoni published these trio sonatas in 1694; that’s 14 years before Corelli’s own Op 1 Trio Sonatas ...

Oboe: Lee Sung Ji (이성지) I. Allegro e non presto II. Adagio III. Allegro Nouvel ensemble & Philharmonie Youth Music Concert (청소년음악회) Concerto’s ...