For years, I’ve been fascinated by Tomaso Albinoni, the Baroque composer whose presence in the public “eye” is tied almost exclusively to a single piece: the bleak and ubiquitous Adagio in G minor, ...

Albinoni was a Baroque composer who had a financially rather well-cushioned life, thanks to the shares he inherited in his father’s stationery firm, which manufactured playing cards, among other ...

In his recent review of Manchester by the Sea, New Yorker critic Anthony Lane posits the following about the film's musical centrepiece: "Should Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor not be banned onscreen?" ...

Surely this is surprising because, after all, the famous Adagio in G minor is not only one of the best-known pieces of classical music but also one of the most popular among music lovers with a ...

Unlike the famous Adagio, there is no question mark hanging over the authorship of one of Albinoni’s best-known works for oboe. During his lifetime, the self-styled Venetian dilettante became famous ...

Classic FM Rising Star trumpeter, Aaron Azunda Akugbo plays the opening movement of Albinoni's exhilarating Trumpet Concerto in B flat, accompanied by the 12 Ensemble. Filmed at LSO St Luke's for Sky ...

Albinoni Concerto Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music play music from one of Albinoni's 12 Concertos, Op. 9. (Decca 458 129) 5:00 ...

Film soundtracks from Flashdance to Gallipoli have called upon the stately spare sadness of Albinoni’s Adagio, so much so that it has been denuded of meaning. The work itself isn’t even authentic.

Albinoni's Oboe: Tomaso Albinoni (toh-MAH-soh ahl-bee-NOH-nee) had a knack for writing for the oboe. He included it in many of his compositions. From a concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan, we'll hear the ...

That the simple, baroque movement purportedly written in the 18th century by an otherwise little-known Venetian composer lives on as one of the most popular, adaptable and recognizable pieces of ...