Albinoni: Sinfonie a cinque, Op. 2 (Alpha Collection)

Featuring

Chiara Banchini
Ensemble 415
Tomaso Albinoni

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded in May 2008 at the Église Évangélique Allemande in Paris, France.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Albinoni is considered the initiator of a new, lively, colorful, spatial, and ambiguously emotional style that characterized the generation of Venetian composers of his era.

Critical Reception

Albinoni's music, though highly admired in his own time, is now largely forgotten, with his genuine works overshadowed by an 'Adagio' composed two centuries after his death.

Compositional Technique

In his Opera Seconda, Albinoni alternates six old-fashioned sonatas with six modern concertos to assert the emergence of a new musical language.

Composition History

Albinoni's Opera Seconda, published in Venice in 1700 by Sala, is dedicated to Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, the Duke of Mantua.

Composer Biography

Tomaso Albinoni, a contemporary and friend of Vivaldi, is often overlooked despite composing over fifty operas, ten printed collections, and numerous other works.

Compositional Technique

The sonatas in this collection combine rigorous compositional technique with uninhibited creative imagination, showcasing a balance between intellect and emotion.