Albinoni: Concerti a cinque, Op. 10

Featuring

Simon Standage
Collegium Musicum 90
Tomaso Albinoni

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Albinoni's Op. 10 concertos are described as 'idiosyncratic' because their melodic lines are modern for the 1730s, but their bass lines are conservative, resembling earlier works.

Historical Context

Albinoni dedicated his Op. 10 concertos to Don Luca Fernando Patiño, the Marquis of Castelar, a Spanish military commander during the War of the Polish Succession.

Recording & Production

This recording uses 24-bit technology, which offers a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings.

Performer Biography

Simon Standage, the violinist and director on this recording, was awarded the Georg Philipp Telemann Prize in 2010 for his promotion of Telemann's music.

Compositional Technique

Unlike his contemporaries, Albinoni's Op. 10 concertos are conservative in their treatment of the principal violin, with six concertos not detaching it from the orchestral first violins.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Albinoni alludes to his patron, Don Luca Fernando Patiño, in the music itself; the first movement of Concerto No. 11 evokes a flamenco style with fierce percussiveness.