“That Albinoni wrote excellent solo concertos is clear enough from this record, all players involved are splendid. … very well recorded. These will please admirers of I Musici; the group is well-balanced and the soloists admirable. The Oboe Concerto No. 2 is splendid, while the finale of No. 5 is irresistible. Of the violin concertos Nos.7 and 10 are outstanding.” – Gramophone
“Op. 5 is an altogether tauter piece, and indeed a very distinguished one by any standards, with an exquisite central Adagio.” – Gramophone
Here is the essential Albinoni – concertos from Op. 5 and Op. 9, the orchestral Sonata in G Minor, and the recording that went a long way to popularizing the famous Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ – played by two orchestras at the vanguard of the baroque revival, Rome’s I Musici and London’s Academy of Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields. These landmark recordings are released together for the first time, impeccably remastered by Paul Arden-Taylor.
