SKU: GI.G-008778
UPC: 641151087788.
Tomas o Albinoni‚ Adagio has inspired this alluring choral adaptation by prolific composer No?´l Goemanne. Hints of this classic melody are found throughout the four-part texture. Beginning with a simple pulse in the keyboard, the men state the initial theme in unison and fifths. The vocal writing takes some interesting harmonic turns and contains wonderful solo passages. A keyboard interlude introduces a duet between soprano and tenor and leads us to a concluding homophonic choral section. Agnus Dei will also serve well as a concert performance piece.
SKU: HL.44004696
UPC: 073999208160.
SKU: HH.HH029-MIN
ISBN 9790708024750.
This fine concerto shares its motto with Tomaso Albinoni's oboe concerto in G minor Op. 9 No. 8, published in 1722, and with Antonio Vivaldi's violin concerto in G minor, RV 317, published in 1729 as Op. 12 No. 1. It is very likely that Zani deliberately borrowed the beautiful motto as a homage to the famous masters; and the same motive recurs in the third movement in a subtle variant.
SKU: HH.HH029-IPT
ISBN 9790708024781.
SKU: HH.HH029-STR
SKU: HH.HH153-FSP
ISBN 9790708059073.
This cantata, from an important manuscript in Berlin containing 18 Albinoni cantatas for soprano and continuo, takes the form of a lover's plea to Clori, who is proving 'hard to get'. He begs her finally to yield to his love. Even if she does not reciprocate it, she should at least soothe his pain temporarily by glancing in his direction. As so often in Baroque cantatas, the exaggerated emotion seems to be ironised to some extent: Albinoni and his poet simultaneously express and critically observe the lover's feelings. The two arias are nicely contrasted, the first containing a large amount of written in vocal ornamentation and the second, in contrast, conveying a bluff breeziness.