(Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni)
This piece of music was a groundbreaker in its day as it was the first time an Italian composer has published a set of concerti with oboe. He was very definite about adding “with” rather than “for” as he wanted it to be seen as a companion of the violin. The Opus was dedicated to Giovanni Donato Correggio who was an Italian nobleman. The twelve concerti are divided into four individual groups: the first one is a string concerto, the second and third for two oboes, and the fourth for a solo oboe. Notes on the concerti in this Opus are as follows:
No. 1: For strings only, this has been composed in the style of a sinfonia.
No. 2: Has a noted a slow movement for strings.
No. 3: For single oboe uses Albinoni’s hemiola rhythmic style
No. 4: The German violinist Johann Georg Pisendel heard this and then took it back to Dresden with him.
No. 5: For two oboes.
No. 6: For single oboe uses Albinoni’s hemiola rhythmic style
Mo. 7: For strings.
No. 8: For two oboes, this is noted for its jig resembling rhythm which has been likened to Vivaldi’s ritornello style.
No. 9: For single oboe uses Albinoni’s hemiola rhythmic style
No. 10. For strings.
No. 11: For strings, this contains a part for solo violin.
No. 12: For oboe and strings
Berlin Chamber Orchestra recordings
Concerto No.1 for Oboe in D Major, Op.7
Philips 464 052 – 2 (CD: Albinoni: Complete Concertos Op. 5 & Op. 7)
Conductor – Vittorio Negri
Concerto No. 3 in B Flat for Oboe, Strings and Continuo, Op. 7
Philips 464 052 – 2 (CD: Albinoni: Complete Concertos Op. 5 & Op. 7)
Conductor – Vittorio Negri
Oboe – Hans-Werner Waetzig
Collegium Musicum 90
Concerto No. 3 in B Flat for Oboe, Strings and Continuo, Op. 7
Chandos 0579 (CD: Complete Oboe Concertos)
Conductor – Simon Standage
Oboe – Anthony Robson
Concerto for Strings No. 10 in Bb, Op.7
CHAN 0610 (CD: Double Oboe Concertos & String Concertos)
Conductor – Simon Standage
Oboe – Anthony Robson
Oboe – Catherine Latham
Concerto No. 11 for 2 Oboes in C Major, Op. 7
CHAN 0610 (CD: Double Oboe Concertos & String Concertos)
Conductor – Simon Standage
Oboe – Anthony Robson
Oboe – Catherine Latham
I Musici recordings
Concerto No.1 for Oboe in D Major, Op.7
Philips 432 115 – 2 (CD: 12 Concerti, Op. 7/Albinoni)
Oboe – Heinz Holliger
Concerto No. 3 in B Flat for Oboe, Strings and Continuo, Op. 7
Philips 432 115-2 (CD: 12 Concerti, Op. 7/Albinoni)
Oboe – Heinz Holliger
Concerto No. 4 in G, Op.7
Philips 432 115 – 2 (CD: 12 Concerti, Op. 7/Albinoni)
Concerto a Cinque No. 6 for Oboe in D Major, Op. 7
Philips 432 115-2 (CD: 12 Concerti, Op. 7/Albinoni)
Oboe – Heinz Holliger
Concerto No.7 in A for Strings, Op.7
Philips 432 115 – 2 (CD: 12 Concerti, Op. 7/Albinoni)
Philips 475 7757 – 7 (CD: 12 Concerti, Op. 7)
Concerto No. 8 in D for Two Oboes, Op. 7
Philips 432 115 – 2 (CD: 12 Concerti, Op. 7/Albinoni)
Oboe – Heinz Holliger
Oboe – Maurice Bourgue
Concerto No. 11 for 2 Oboes in C Major, Op. 7
PHI 432 115 (CD: 12 Concerti, Op. 7/Albinoni)
Oboe – Heinz Holliger
Oboe – Maurice Bourgue
Concerto No. 12 in C for Oboe, Strings and continuo, Op. 7
Philips 432 115 (CD: 12 Concerti, Op. 7/Albinoni)
Oboe – Heinz Holliger
I Solisti Italiani recordings
Concerto a Cinque No. 6 for Oboe in D Major, Op. 7
Denon 2301 (CD: 6 Oboe Concerti)
Oboe – Hansjorg Schellenberger
London Virtuosi recordings
Concerto No.1 for Oboe in D Major, Op.7
Naxos 8.553002 (CD: Albinoni: Oboe Concertos, Vol. 2)
Conductor – John Georgiadis
Oboe – Anthony Camden
Oboe – Alison Alty
Concerto No. 3 in B Flat for Oboe, Strings and Continuo, Op. 7
Naxos 8.553002 (CD: Albinoni: Oboe Concertos, Vol. 2)
Conductor – John Georgiadis
Oboe – Anthony Camden
Concerto No. 5 for 2 Oboes in C Major, Op.7
Naxos 8.553035 (CD: Albinoni: Oboe Concertos, Vol. 3)
Conductor – John Georgiadis
Oboe – Anthony Camden
Oboe – Alison Alty
Concerto No. 11 for 2 Oboes in C Major, Op. 7
Naxos 8.553035 (CD: Albinoni: Oboe Concertos, Vol. 3)
Conductor – John Georgiadis
Oboe – Anthony Camden
Oboe – Alison Alty
Concerto No. 12 in C for Oboe, Strings and continuo, Op. 7
Naxos 8.553035 (CD: Albinoni: Oboe Concertos, Vol. 3)
Conductor – John Georgiadis
Oboe – Anthony Camden
Philharmonia Orchestra recordings
Concerto No. 3 in B Flat for Oboe, Strings and Continuo, Op. 7
NIM 5188 (CD: Cimarosa’s Oboe Concerto and Concerti by Albinoni, et al)
Conductor – Simon Wright
Oboe – John Anderson
Concerto a Cinque No. 6 for Oboe in D Major, Op. 7
Nimbus 7027 (CD: Cimarosa’s Oboe Concerto and Concerti by Albinoni, et al)
Conductor – Simon Wright
Oboe – John Anderson
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