Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

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Tomaso Giovanni 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. His “Adagio in G minor”, actually a later reconstruction, is one of the most frequently recorded pieces of Baroque music.

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. (read more)

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Add this track to your playlist Adagio full track	5:16	30,193	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Adagio in G minor full track	8:16	15,042	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Double Oboe Concerto No. 11, Op. 7: Adagio full track	2:52	2,206	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist I. Allegro e non presto full track	4:32	2,152	Buy mp3

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Adagio full track	729
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1	4	Add this track to your playlist Adagio For Strings	133
1	5	Add this track to your playlist Adagio g-moll	122
8	6	Add this track to your playlist Double Oboe Concerto No. 3, Op. 9: Adagio non troppo full track	59
1	7	Add this track to your playlist Oboe Concerto No. 11, Op. 9: Adagio full track	56
2	8	Add this track to your playlist Adagio non troppo full track	52
1	8	Add this track to your playlist Allegro full track	52
4	8	Add this track to your playlist Double Oboe Concerto No. 11, Op. 7: Adagio full track	52
11	11	Add this track to your playlist Oboe Concerto No. 2, Op. 9: Adagio full track	50
3	12	Add this track to your playlist I. Allegro e non presto full track	46
1	13	Add this track to your playlist III. Allegro full track	43
19	14	Add this track to your playlist Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op. 9, No. 2 full track	42
1	14	Add this track to your playlist Adagio, G minor full track	42
9	16	Add this track to your playlist Allegro e Non Presto	41
4	16	Add this track to your playlist Double Oboe Concerto No. 9, Op. 9: Adagio non troppo full track	41
6	16	Add this track to your playlist Sinfonia for Two Oboes: Adagio full track	41
5	16	Add this track to your playlist Oboe Concerto No. 4, Op. 7: Adagio full track	41
28	20	Add this track to your playlist Oboe Concerto No. 9, Op. 7: Adagio full track	40

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Adagio full track	12,050
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Adagio in G minor full track	9,526
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Adagio For Organ & Strings	3,683
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Adagio For Strings	3,246
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Adagio g-moll	3,194
1	6	Add this track to your playlist Double Oboe Concerto No. 11, Op. 7: Adagio full track	1,288
1	7	Add this track to your playlist I. Allegro e non presto full track	1,276
–	8	Add this track to your playlist Oboe Concerto No. 2, Op. 9: Adagio full track	1,244
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Allegro e Non Presto	1,216
2	10	Add this track to your playlist Allegro full track	1,215
1	11	Add this track to your playlist III. Allegro full track	1,192
1	12	Add this track to your playlist Adagio, G minor full track	1,162
–	13	Add this track to your playlist Oboe Concerto No. 4, Op. 7: Adagio full track	1,126
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–	15	Add this track to your playlist Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op. 9, No. 2 full track	1,046
2	16	Add this track to your playlist Double Oboe Concerto No. 3, Op. 9: Adagio non troppo full track	1,031
–	17	Add this track to your playlist Sinfonia for Two Oboes: Adagio full track	1,012
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Double Oboe Concerto No. 9, Op. 9: Adagio non troppo full track	991
–	19	Add this track to your playlist Adagio In G Minor (Gallipoli) full track	979
2	20	Add this track to your playlist Oboe Concerto in B flat major, Op. 9, No. 2: II. Adagio full track	956
–	21	Add this track to your playlist Adagio non troppo full track	954
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2	23	Add this track to your playlist Oboe Concerto No. 8, Op. 9: Adagio full track	932
3	25	Add this track to your playlist Oboe Concerto No. 1, Op. 7: Adagio e staccato full track	925
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5	27	Add this track to your playlist II. Adagio (non troppo) full track	912
1	28	Add this track to your playlist Oboe Concerto No. 12, Op. 7: Adagio full track	909
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