A. Marcello - Oboe Concerto in D Minor - Mov. 1/3

ALESSANDRO MARCELLO (1684-1750)

Concerto for oboe, strings and basso continuo in D minor

1. Andante e spiccato

Performed by Concerto Italiano
Directed by Rinaldo Alessandrini

*Alessandro Marcello was an Italian nobleman and dilettante who dabbled in various areas, including poetry, philosophy, mathematics and, perhaps most notably, music.

A slightly older contemporary of Antonio Vivaldi, Marcello held concerts at his hometown of Venice. He composed and published several sets of concertos, including six concertos under the title of La Cetra (The Lyre), as well as cantatas, arias, canzonets, and violin sonatas. Marcello often composed under the pseudonym Eterio Stinfalico, his name as a member of the celebrated Arcadian Academy (Pontificia Accademia degli Arcadi).

Although his works are infrequently performed today, Marcello is regarded as a very competent composer. His La Cetra concertos are "unusual for their wind solo parts, concision and use of counterpoint within a broadly Vivaldian style," according to Grove, "placing them as a last outpost of the classic Venetian Baroque concerto."

Alessandro's brother was Benedetto Marcello, also a composer.

**This concerto is part of Marcello's "concerti a cinque" published in 1716. It is one of the most performed oboe concertos in the oboe repertory. In the past, and continuing to the present, it has been mistakenly attributed to both Benedetto Marcello and Antonio Vivaldi. J.S. Bach made the piece famous by writing a transcription of the piece in C minor for Harpsichord (BWV974).

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• baroque
• classical

[HARMONICO101]

"The metres used in the baroque era were much slower than they are now"

That's just flat out untrue. It is the opposite in fact.

[HARMONICO101]

"more appropriate interpretation... "

According to who exactly? If we are thinking about what is "appropriate", one thing this has over Albrecht Mayer's is that this group is a period instrument ensemble.

[lonely270]

@shariotoflove I think so. His younger brother, Bendetto, lived from 1686 to 1739, at least I think so.

[discomaimoprank]

im playing this on my oboe! yay

[SecondAgeOfReason]

@XEA6L Look at many baroque pieces, the 1st prelude from Bach's cello suites, the 1st prelude from the Well-tempered Clavier, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, and the first movement of the B minor mass for example. Modern performances are almost always slower than actual tempos. CPE Bach even said that his father liked fast tempos, which really means something for that time.

[st3alth12345]

@XEA6L yeah i have to approve what harmonico says about the tempo

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[VelikyUstyug1]

@pemmett0 Absolutely nothing to be sorry about, My Dear Pemmett... as quite a few prefer to dunk their cookies in milk to make them soggy before eating. I don't like my cookies soggy and limp until they are in my belly )Ö!Ö)

[pemmett0]

@VelikyUstyug1 Sorry, I have always loved this piece and really enjoyed this recording. I remember first learning the Bach transcription.

[shariotoflove]

isnt Marcello from 1669 to 1747?

[Emperadorpriego]

Cierto, los tiempos en el barroco son mucho más rápidos en mi opinión que ahora. Al menos lo veo así en los conciertos de Brandemburgo de Bach. En el concierto de Albinoni en Re menor para Oboe, en la versión más actual es mucho más lento. Todo, de todas formas, depende de qué versiones haya escuchado. Ya tenía ganas de ver este concierto en versión histórica pues la música barroca está "antropofagocitada"