IDAGIO | Albinioni: Pimpinone - Marcello: Filetta e Spago 8007068259229

Featuring

Camilla Antonini
Carlo Torriani
Fabrizio Da Ros
Ensemble Antonio Salieri dell'Orchestra Classica Italiana
Tomaso Albinoni
Benedetto Marcello

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Composition History

Benedetto Marcello's Filetta e Spago, also an intermezzo, was uniquely not part of an opera but was inserted into an Italian translation of Corneille's tragedy Lucio Commodo.

Critical Reception

Benedetto Marcello is primarily remembered today for his satirical pamphlet 'Il teatro alla moda' rather than his compositions, despite being a prolific musician.

Composition History

Tomaso Albinoni's Pimpinone, an intermezzo, premiered in Venice in 1708 as a comic scene between acts of the opera seria Astarto.

Cultural Impact

The success of Albinoni's Pimpinone was so widespread that Georg Philipp Telemann created his own version of the libretto, premiering it in London in 1724.

Historical Context

Albinoni's Pimpinone was considered the most famous intermezzo of its time until Pergolesi's La serva padrona premiered in Naples in 1733.

Recording & Production

This recording features the first-ever recorded performance of Filetta e Spago, based on its original manuscript, and uses a baroque ensemble playing period instruments.

Composer Biography

Tomaso Albinoni, a Venetian composer, was as renowned as Vivaldi during his lifetime, despite modestly calling himself a 'Musician of the violin, a Venetian amateur'.