Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni: Concerto for oboe solo, strings & b.c. in D major (Op. 7 n. 6)

[vdp527]

the whole thing is absolutely incredible, but i just can't get over the 2nd movement. amazingly gorgeous....

[Biribeau]

Anthony Tomassini non sa nulla di Musica.Non la conosce.Se la conoscesse, eviterebbe di fare classifiche idiote.

[wurlic300]

Is any of his music available as a keyboard reduction? Fabulous stuff.

[jvonoetinger]

The last part from 4:25 is really amazing and so nice. Really love it. I can't stop listening to it :P

[emilylamct]

Handsome painting. I'd love him to be Albinoni...

[Albertmaximus1]

Amazing and simply beautiful!

[Albertmaximus1]

Grazious!Elegant! Amazing!

[UncleBobIsAngry]

@Scottxyzabc awh gee thanks! XD

[gadiy33]

Fave composer

[arlechino2]

Delightful! And is the youth in the black hat and blue shirt not the subject of one Rosalba Carriera's inimitable pastel portraits? Looks like it to me.

[Javier141145]

¡¡¡Maravillosa interpretación!!!

[nahatsu2]

This presentation is absolutely brilliant: thank you!

[doppiostaccato]

Bravissimo Schilli...

[1369Azor]

gran obra gran compositor, que pena que gue gracias a los buenos y libertadores aliados "defensores de la cultura humana" durante el bombardeo de dresde en la segunda guerra munjdial no solo se perdieran 650.000 vidas inocentes sino tambien la mayor parte de la obra de este gran musico, que gran cultura la de estos democratas!!!!

[rotamina]

@1369Azor

That, unfortunately, is war. You think burning Albinoni was the intention of the bombing, or just another step in subduing Nazi Germany?

[KhagarBalugrak]

Why the hell isn't Albinoni considered a great composer like Bach and Mozart? This is the second piece I've heard by Albinoni, and I'm already in love with his music.

[nakedBison69]

good question. my guess is sheer volume. in other words, yes, Albinoni's music IS as beautiful as that of Vivaldi or Telemann, but perhaps he simply did not compose nearly as many such great pieces of music as did those others

[mmbmbmbmb]

@KhagarBalugrak

what makes you think ~ or say that he isn't?

He is very celebrated among music-lovers.

[KhagarBalugrak]

@mmbmbmbmb, what's worse, I go to a music school, and literally all the professors agree with Tomassini. They too celebrate German classical music as universes above the classical music of every other country. In America, where I'm from, this is for some reason a very persistent and widespread ideology: their idea that Germans are far better than anyone else at everything music-related, and the belief that none of us non-Germans will EVER come anywhere close.

[mmbmbmbmb]

@KhagarBalugrak ~ well ~ after reading your extensive response I can appreciate your outrage. However I still think the criteria lies within the music-lover. Who would listen to such nonsense A. Tomassini spreads? The sad part is, that teaching personal adapts this ridiculous attitude. Go and study music in Vienna ~ and you will not hear any of this totally uncalled for competition of who has the better composers. I commend you for speaking up ~ bravo!!!!

[KhagarBalugrak]

@mmbmbmbmb, so yes, I will say Albinoni and non-Germans in general have never been looked at, at least in America, as ever being equal to the Germans. The reason for this, I think, is that most Americans are of German ancestry, and by holding up Germans as superior, the American professors and critics are really holding up themselves as superior. It's collective narcissism on the part of these American musical ideologues.

[KhagarBalugrak]

@mmbmbmbmb, once more thing: I know Tomassini is of Italian ancestry. But he is ultra-conservative in his "musical views", and as such, has chosen to believe what every other American critic/music professor believes: the Germans have always been, and always will, be infinitely better than anyone else at everything music-related, and indeed, probably infinitely better at everything requiring craft and skill.

[KhagarBalugrak]

@mmbmbmbmb, well, recently, Anthony Tomassini, a music critic for the New York Times, gave his "list" of the top 10 composers of all time. Albinoni wasn't even mentioned as a consideration. Neither was Corelli, Palestrina, Chopin, Rachmaninov, or any composer from the before the Baroque period or the late 20th century. All of the "top" composers on the list were German, and Tomassini had the balls to declare that the Germans have dominated classical music since its inception.

[rferstahl]

I see zombies dancing around a pile of burning corpses. Beautiful!

[wimniewenhuijs]

Great performance, brilliant playing the oboe solo!

[UncleBobIsAngry]

This is a beautiful song. I think of people in the street dressed smartly and walking arm in arms with their partner and smiling at everyone.

Everyone looks happy. I see couples in the garden having a picnic and laughing merrily. I see an old man playing chase with his dog and a woman dancing with her sister.

Amazing. That was the first movement.

[LordWalnuts]

The third movement really is gorgeous. I didn't know this concerto, thank you for uploading it!

[chopint]

absolument super, merveilleusement beau

[pokemoo16]

mbmbm

[marquim196]

Lindão esse solo de OBOÉ,linda música.Parabéns!!!

[HelenicSeaways]

Eeek, learning the first and second movements for my grade 7 exam! If only my tone sounded as good as this :P thanks for uploading, though! It'll be ever so useful for me :D

[cobcon]

favourite work by this underrated illustrious composer, a perfect example of Venetian Baroque. Plus his oboe writing is some of the best of the period, conscientious of the timbre the instrument produces at various ranges in pitch. Plus the ripieno is so delicate it hardly imposes upon the solo oboe

[Neverpiefly]

So delightful!

[byf43]

It's strange how Albinoni works on me. Sometimes he's nothing special and sometimes he's fantastic! This piece lands in the latter category. Lovely fresh and happy music. I've heard Albinoni pieces on the car radio that were so wonderful only I can't remember the names of those pieces... It seems I prefer the fresh pieces and not so much the slow ones.

[pootubeftw]

i guess it also depends on the recording itself, some orchestras make pieces sound crap

[byf43]

You are right. I especially notice the difference when listening to my most favorite pieces for example by Vivaldi, Bach, Telemann or Händel. There I really hear a difference in how various orchestras play the same piece. It's nice that the music can be diversified by the individual musicians/orchestras, but as you mention it sometimes makes a good piece feel "less good" :-) This way however I have discovered great musicians that I have come to admire. At first I only concentrated on composers.

[deciomure45]

più francese che italiano; molto leggiadro!

cherno billy

[stellario82]

mica tanto francese, forse lo spirito, ma non la musica in quanto tale, i francesi musica del genere se la sognavano, Delalande, Modeville e Corrette facevano nel '700 quello che i nostri facevano un secolo prima, e con maggior successo...

[robynsalain]

un albinoni plein de finesse et d'élégance !