Albinoni - Oboe Concerto #2 in D Minor Op. 9

TOMASO ALBINONI (1671 - 1751) Concerto No. 2 for oboe and strings in D minor Op. 9 1. Allegro e no presto 2. Adagio (3:55) 3. Allegro (7:55) Performed by Il Fondamento Directed by Paul Dombrecht, oboe “Piazza San Marco with Jugglers“ by Luca Carlevaris (1663 - 1730) *Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni was a Venetian Baroque composer. While famous in his day as an opera composer, he is mainly remembered today for his instrumental music, some of which is regularly recorded. Born in Venice, Republic of Venice, to Antonio Albinoni, a wealthy paper merchant in Venice, he studied violin and singing. Relatively little is known about his life, especially considering his contemporary stature as a composer, and the comparatively well-documented period in which he lived. In 1694 he dedicated his Opus 1 to the fellow-Venetian, Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (grand-nephew of Pope Alexander VIII); Ottoboni was an impo