List of compositions by Tomaso Albinoni explained

This is a list of works by the Italian composer Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751).

Vocal music

Operas

Most of Albinoni's works were dramma per musica, but only two of them still exist in a complete form: Zenobia, regina de' Palmireni and La Statira.^[1]

Title	Genre	Sub­divisions	Libretto	Première date	Place, theatre	Notes
Zenobia, regina de’ Palmireni	dramma per musica	3 acts	Antonio Marchi	1694, carnival	Venice, Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo	version of the score survives in Library of Congress, Washington
Il prodigio dell’innocenza	dramma	3 acts	Fulgenzio Maria Gualazzi	1695, carnival	Venice, Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo	music lost
Zenone, imperator d’Oriente	dramma per musica	3 acts	Antonio Marchi	1696, autumn	Venice, Teatro S Cassiano	music lost
Il Tigrane, re d’Armenia	dramma per musica	3 acts	Giulio Cesare Corradi	1697, carnival	Venice, Teatro S Cassiano	music lost
Primislao, primo re di Boemia	dramma per musica	3 acts	Giulio Cesare Corradi	1697, autumn	Venice, Teatro S Cassiano	music lost
L’ingratitudine castigata	dramma per musica	3 acts	Francesco Silvani	1698, carnival	Venice, Teatro S Cassiano	music lost
Radamisto	dramma per musica	3 acts	Antonio Marchi	1698, autumn	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo	music lost, except some arias
Diomede punito da Alcide	dramma	3 acts		1700, autumn	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo	music lost
L’inganno innocente	dramma per musica	3 acts	Francesco Silvani	1701, carnival	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo	music lost, except some arias
L’arte in gara con l’arte	dramma per musica	3 acts	Francesco Silvani	1702, carnival	Venice, Teatro S Cassiano	music lost
Griselda	dramma per musica	3 acts	Apostolo Zeno	1703, carnival	Florence, Cocomero	music lost, except three arias
Aminta	dramma regio pastorale	3 acts	Apostolo Zeno	1703, autumn	Florence, Cocomero	music lost
Il più fedel tra i vassalli	dramma per musica	3 acts	Francesco Silvani	1705, autumn	Genoa, Falcone	music lost
La prosperità di Elio Sejano	dramma per musica	3 acts	Nicolò Minato	1707, carnival	Genoa, Falcone	music lost
La fede tra gl’inganni	dramma per musica	3 acts	Francesco Silvani	1707, Carnival	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo	music lost
La fortezza al cimento	melodramma	2 acts	Francesco Silvani	1707	Piacenza, Ducale	music lost
Astarto	dramma per musica	3 acts	Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati	1708, autumn	Venice, Teatro S Cassiano	music lost, except some arias
Pimpinone	intermezzo	3 intermezzos	Pietro Pariati	1708, autumn	Venice, Teatro S Cassiano
Engelberta	dramma per musica	3 acts	Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati	1709, carnival	Venice, Teatro S Cassiano	4th and 5th acts by Francesco Gasparini
Il tradimento tradito	dramma per musica	3 acts	Francesco Silvani	1708, carnival	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo	music lost
Ciro riconosciuto	dramma per musica	3 acts	Pietro Pariati	1710, carnival	Venice, Teatro S Cassiano	music lost, except some arias
Il tiranno eroe	dramma per musica	3 acts	Vincenzo Cassani	1711, carnival	Venice, Teatro S Cassiano	music lost, except 26 arias
Il Giustino	dramma per musica	5 acts	Pietro Pariati after Nicolò Beregan	1711, spring	Bologna, Formagliari	music lost
La pace generosa	dramma per musica	3 acts	Francesco Silvani	1711, autumn	Genoa, Falcone	music lost
Le gare generose	dramma per musica	3 acts	Antonio Zaniboni	1712, autumn	Venice, Teatro S Cassiano	music lost, except five arias
Lucio Vero	dramma per musica	3 acts	Apostolo Zeno	1713, spring	Ferrara, S Stefano	music lost
L'amor di figlio non conosciuto	dramma per musica	3 acts	Domenico Lalli	1716, carnival	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo	music lost
Eumene	dramma per musica	3 acts	Antonio Salvi	1717, autumn	Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo	music lost, except one aria
Meleagro	dramma per musica	3 acts	Pietro Antonio Bernardoni	1718, carnival	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo	music lost
Cleomene	dramma per musica	3 acts	Vincenzo Cassani	1718, carnival	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo	music lost
Gli eccessi della gelosia	dramma per musica	3 acts	Domenico Lalli	1722, carnival	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo	music lost, except some arias
I veri amici	dramma per musica	3 acts	Francesco Silvani and Domenico Lalli after Pierre Corneille	1722, October	Munich, Hof	music lost, except 15 arias
Il trionfo d’amore	dramma per musica	3 acts	Pietro Pariati	1722, November	Munich	music lost
Eumene	dramma per musica	3 acts	Apostolo Zeno	1723, carnival	Venice, Teatro San Moisè	music lost, except two arias
Ermengarda	dramma per musica	3 acts	Antonio Maria Lucchini	1723, autumn	Venice, Teatro San Moisè	music lost, except one aria
Antigono, tutore di Filippo, re di Macedonia	tragedia	5 acts	Giovanni Piazzon	1724, carnival	Venice, Teatro San Moisè	5th act by Giovanni Porta, music lost except one aria
Scipione nelle Spagne	dramma per musica	3 acts	Apostolo Zeno	1724, Ascension	Venice, Teatro San Samuele	music lost, except some arias
Laodice	dramma per musica	3 acts	Angelo Schietti	1724, autumn	Venice, Teatro San Moisè	music lost, except two arias
Didone abbandonata	tragedia	3 acts	Metastasio	1725, carnival	Venice, Teatro S Cassiano	music lost
L'impresario delle Isole Canarie[2] [3]	intermezzo	2 acts	Metastasio	1725, carnival	Venice, Teatro S Cassiano	music lost
Alcina delusa da Ruggero	dramma per musica	3 acts	Antonio Marchi	1725, autumn	Venice, Teatro S Cassiano	music lost
I rivali generosi	dramma per musica	3 acts	Apostolo Zeno	1725	Brescia, Nuovo	music lost
La Statira	dramma per musica	3 acts	Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati	1726, Carnival	Rome, Teatro Capranica
Malsazio e Fiammetta	intermezzo			1726, Carnival	Rome, Teatro Capranica	text and music lost
Il trionfo di Armida	dramma per musica	3 acts	Girolamo Colatelli after Torquato Tasso	1726, autumn	Venice, Teatro San Moisè	music lost
L’incostanza schernita	dramma comico-pastorale	3 acts	Vincenzo Cassani	1727, Ascension	Venice, Teatro San Samuele	music lost, except some arias
Le due rivali in amore	dramma per musica	3 acts	Aurelio Aureli	1728, autumn	Venice, Teatro San Moisè	music lost
Il Satrapone	intermezzo		Antonio Salvi	1729	Parma, Omodeo	music lost
Li stratagemmi amorosi	dramma per musica	3 acts	F Passerini	1730, carnival	Venice, Teatro San Moisè	music lost
Elenia	dramma per musica	3 acts	Luisa Bergalli	1730, carnival	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo	music lost
Merope	dramma	3 acts	Apostolo Zeno	1731, autumn	Prague, Sporck Theater	mostly by Albinoni, music lost
Il più infedel tra gli amanti	dramma per musica	3 acts	Angelo Schietti	1731, autumn	Treviso, Dolphin	music lost
Ardelinda	dramma	3 acts	Bartolomeo Vitturi	1732, autumn	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo	music lost, except five arias
Candalide	dramma per musica	3 acts	Bartolomeo Vitturi	1734, carnival	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo	music lost
Artamene	dramma per musica	3 acts	Bartolomeo Vitturi	1741, carnival	Venice, Teatro Sant'Angelo	music lost

Intermezzi

• (Vespetta e) Pimpinone (Pietro Pariati), Venice 1708
• Malsazio e Fiammetta (unidentified), Rome 1726 (text and music lost)
• Il Satrapone (Antonio Salvi), P 1729 (music lost)
• L'impresario delle Isole Canarie (Pietro Metastasio) 1725 (music lost)^{[4] [5]}

Serenate

• Il nascimento dell’Aurora (unidentified), Venice 1715
• Il nome glorioso in terra, santificato in cielo (Vincenzo Cassani), Venice 1724
• Il concilio de’ pianeti (Girolamo Baruffaldi), Venice 1729

Cantatas

• 12 Cantate da camera a voce sola, op. 4 (for voices and bass continuo), Venice 1702
  • No. 1: Amor, Sorte, Destino (for soprano)
  • No. 2: Da l’arco d’un bel ciglio (for alto)
  • No. 3: Del chiaro rio (for soprano)
  • No. 4: Riedi a me, luce gradita (for alto)
  • No. 5: Lontananza crudel, mi squarci il core (for soprano)
  • No. 6: Filli, chiedi al mio core (for alto)
  • No. 7: Ove rivolgo il piede (for soprano)
  • No. 8: Mi dà pena quando spira (for alto)
  • No. 9: Parti, mi lasci, ah quale (for soprano)
  • No. 10: Son qual Tantalo novello (for alto)
  • No. 11: Poiché al vago seren di due pupille (for soprano)
  • No. 12: Chi non sa quanto inumano (for alto)
• 18 Cantatas for Soprano and Bass continuo, Staatsbibliothek Berlin, ms. 447
  • No. 1: Il bel ciglio d’Irene
  • No. 2: Già dal mar sorgea l’alba
  • No. 3: Amarissime pene, suonate ormai
  • No. 4: (as op. 4 no. 5)
  • No. 5: Sorgea col lume in fronte
  • No. 6: Lontan da te, mia vita
  • No. 7: Sovra letto d’erbette
  • No. 8: (as op. 4 no. 11)
  • No. 9: Il penar senza speranza
  • No. 10: Senti, bel sol, deh senti
  • No. 11: Quest’è l’ora fatale
  • No. 12: Di tante ree sciagure
  • No. 13: Fileno, caro amico
  • No. 14: Sovra molle origliere
  • No. 15: Clori nel ciel d’amor lucida stella
  • No. 16: Dubbio affetto il cor mi strugge (Amante timido)
  • No. 17: Rivolse Clori un giorno
  • No. 18: Donna illustre del Latio
• Other cantatas
  • Bel fantasmo tu fosti al mio pensiero (for soprano and bass continuo)
  • Bella, perché tu forsi (for soprano and bass continuo)
  • Biondo crin, occhio nero, e sen d’avorio (for soprano and bass continuo)
  • Che ne dici, che risolvi (for soprano and bass continuo)
  • Crudelissimo amore (for alto and bass continuo)
  • Dove sei, che fai cor mio (for soprano and bass continuo)
  • E dove, Amor, mi guidi (for soprano, instruments and bass continuo)
  • Fatto bersaglio eterno (for alto and bass continuo)
  • Già tornava l’aurora
  • In alta rocca, ove d’un genio amico (for soprano and bass continuo)
  • Io che per colpa sol del fatio rio (for soprano and bass continuo)
  • Là dove il nobil Giano (for soprano and bass continuo)
  • Quanta pietà mi date, o mesti fiori (for soprano and bass continuo)
  • Senza il core del mio bene (for soprano or alto and bass continuo)
  • Vorrei che lo sapessi (for alto and bass continuo)
  • Vorrei scoprir l’affanno (for soprano and bass continuo)

Religious music

• Messa a tre voci (for 2 tenors and bass, a cappella), before 1694
• I trionfi di Giosuè (Oratorium; Text: Giovanni Pietro Berzini), Florence 1703 (together with Alessandro Scarlatti, Giovanni Bononcini et al.)
• Maria annunziata (Oratorium; Text: Francesco Silvani), Florence 1712

Instrumental music

With opus numbers

• Op. 1: 12 Sonate a tre (for 2 violins and basso continuo), Venice 1694
  • No. 1 in D minor
  • No. 2 in F major
  • No. 3 in A major
  • No. 4 in G minor
  • No. 5 in C major
  • No. 6 in A minor
  • No. 7 in G major
  • No. 8 in B minor
  • No. 9 in D major
  • No. 10 in F minor
  • No. 11 in E minor
  • No. 12 in B-flat major
• Op. 2: (for solo violin (in concertos only), 2 violins, 2 violas and basso continuo), Venice 1700
  • Sonata No. 1 in G major
  • Concerto No. 1 in F major
  • Sonata No. 2 in C major
  • Concerto No. 2 in E minor (=BWV Anh. 23)
  • Sonata No. 3 in A major
  • Concerto No. 3 in B-flat major
  • Sonata No. 4 in C minor
  • Concerto No. 4 in G major
  • Sonata No. 5 in B-flat major
  • Concerto No. 5 in C major
  • Sonata No. 6 in G minor
  • Concerto No. 6 in D major
• Op. 3: 12 Balletti a tre (for 2 violins and basso continuo), Venice 1701
  • No. 1 in C major
  • No. 2 in E minor
  • No. 3 in G major
  • No. 4 in A major
  • No. 5 in D minor
  • No. 6 in F major
  • No. 7 in D major
  • No. 8 in C minor
  • No. 9 in G minor
  • No. 10 in E major
  • No. 11 in A minor
  • No. 12 in B-flat major
• Op. 5: 12 Concerti a cinque (for solo violin, 2 violins, 2 violas and basso continuo), Venice 1707
  • No. 1 in B-flat major
  • No. 2 in F major
  • No. 3 in D major
  • No. 4 in G major
  • No. 5 in A minor
  • No. 6 in C major
  • No. 7 in D minor
  • No. 8 in F major
  • No. 9 in E minor
  • No. 10 in A major
  • No. 11 in G minor
  • No. 12 in C major
• Op. 6: 12 Trattenimenti armonici per camera (for violin and basso continuo), Amsterdam c. 1711
  • No. 1 in C major
  • No. 2 in G minor
  • No. 3 in B-flat major
  • No. 4 in D minor
  • No. 5 in F major
  • No. 6 in A minor
  • No. 7 in D major
  • No. 8 in E minor
  • No. 9 in G major
  • No. 10 in C minor
  • No. 11 in A major
  • No. 12 in B-flat major
• Op. 7: 12 Concerti a cinque (for solo violin, 1 or 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello and basso continuo), Amsterdam 1715
  • No. 1 in D major
  • No. 2 in C major (for 2 oboes)
  • No. 3 in B-flat major (for oboe)
  • No. 4 in G major
  • No. 5 in C major (for 2 oboes)
  • No. 6 in D major (for oboe)
  • No. 7 in A major
  • No. 8 in D major (for 2 oboes)
  • No. 9 in F major (for oboe)
  • No. 10 in B-flat major
  • No. 11 in C major (for 2 oboes)
  • No. 12 in C major (for oboe)
• Op. 8: 6 Balletti & 6 Sonate a tre (for 2 violins and basso continuo), 1722
  • Sonata No. 1 in B-flat major
  • Balletto No. 1 in D minor
  • Sonata No. 2 in A major
  • Balletto No. 2 in F major
  • Sonata No. 3 in C major
  • Balletto No. 3 in D major
  • Sonata No. 4 in G minor
  • Balletto No. 4 in B-flat major
  • Sonata No. 5 in F major
  • Balletto No. 5 in C major
  • Sonata No. 6 in C minor
  • Balletto No. 6 in G minor
• Op. 9: 12 Concerti a cinque (for solo violin, 1 or 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello and basso continuo), Amsterdam 1722
  • No. 1 in B-flat major (for violin)
  • No. 2 in D minor (for oboe)
  • No. 3 in F major (for 2 oboes)
  • No. 4 in A major (for violin)
  • No. 5 in C major (for oboe)
  • No. 6 in G major (for 2 oboes)
  • No. 7 in D major (for violin)
  • No. 8 in G minor (for oboe)
  • No. 9 in C major (for 2 oboes)
  • No. 10 in F major (for violin)
  • No. 11 in B-flat major (for oboe)
  • No. 12 in D major (for 2 oboes)
• Op. 10: 12 Concerti a cinque (for solo violin, 2 violins, viola, cello and basso continuo), Amsterdam 1735/36
  • No. 1 in B-flat major
  • No. 2 in G minor (for violin)
  • No. 3 in C major
  • No. 4 in G major (for violin)
  • No. 5 in A major
  • No. 6 in D major (for violin)
  • No. 7 in F major
  • No. 8 in G minor (for violin)
  • No. 9 in C major
  • No. 10 in F major (for violin)
  • No. 11 in C minor
  • No. 12 in B-flat major (for violin)
• Op. 11: Sonate a tre (for two violins and basso continuo), c. 1739 (not published) (lost)

Without opus numbers

Sinfonias

• Si 1: Sinfonia in D major for the first act of Zenobia (for natural trumpet, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello and basso continuo), 1694
• Si 2: Sinfonia in F major for the first act of Engelberta (for 2 violins, 2 violas, cello and basso continuo), 1709
• Si 3: Sinfonia in A major (for 2 violins, viola, violone, and basso continuo), c. 1707–15
• Si 4: Sinfonia in D major (for 2 violins, viola and basso continuo; manuscript versions for 2 oboes and bassoon), c. 1707 - 15
• Si 5: Sinfonia in A major (for 2 violins, viola and basso continuo), c. 1707–15
• Si 6: Sinfonia in B major (for 2 violins, viola, bassoon and basso continuo), c. 1715–22
• Si 7: Sinfonia in G minor (for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, bassoon and basso continuo), c. 1715–22
• Si 8: Sinfonia in G major (for 2 violins, viola and basso continuo), c. 1722–35
• Si 9: Sinfonia in F major (for 2 violins, viola and basso continuo), c. 1722–35

Concertos

• Co 1: Concerto in D major (for solo violin, 2 violins, viola, violone and basso continuo), before 1700
• Co 2: Concerto in C major (for solo violin, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo), c. 1717
• Co 3: Concerto in D major (for solo violin and strings), c. 1715 - 22
• Co 4: Concerto in G major (for 1 or 2 solo violins, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo), c. 1717
• Co 5: Concerto in A major adapted by Pisendel (for solo violin, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo), c. 1717

Sonatas

• So 1: Sonata a sei con tromba in C major (for natural trumpet, 2 violins, 2 violas and basso continuo), c. 1700
• So 2–7: Balletti a cinque (for 2 violins, 2 violas and basso continuo), c. 1702
  • So 2: Balletto 1 in B-flat major
  • So 3: Balletto 2 in G minor
  • So 4: Balletto 3 in E minor
  • So 5: Balletto 4 in F minor
  • So 6: Balletto 5 in A major
  • So 7: Balletto 6 in F major
• So 8–19: Balletti a quattro (for 2 violins, viola and basso continuo), c. 1700
  • So 8: Balletto 1 in G major
  • So 9: Balletto 2 in B minor
  • So 10: Balletto 3 in D major
  • So 11: Balletto 4 in A major
  • So 12: Balletto 5 in C major
  • So 13: Balletto 6 in E minor
  • So 14: Balletto 7 in F major
  • So 15: Balletto 8 in A minor
  • So 16: Balletto 9 in B-flat major
  • So 17: Balletto 10 in D minor
  • So 18: Balletto 11 in E major
  • So 19: Balletto 12 in G minor
• So 20–25: Sonate a tre (for 2 violins and basso continuo), before 1700
  • So 20: Sonata 1 in C major
  • So 21: Sonata 2 in B-flat major
  • So 22: Sonata 3 in F major
  • So 23: Sonata 4 in D major
  • So 24: Sonata 5 in G major
  • So 25: Sonata 6 in A major
• So 26–31: Sonate da chiesa ("op. 4") (for violin and basso continuo), Amsterdam 1708
  • So 26: Sonata 1 in D minor
  • So 27: Sonata 2 in E minor
  • So 28: Sonata 3 in B-flat major
  • So 29: Sonata 4 in G minor (spurious)
  • So 30: Sonata 5 in G minor
  • So 31: Sonata 6 in B minor
• So 32: Sonata a violino solo composta per il Sig. Pisendel in B-flat major (for violin and basso continuo), c. 1717
• So 33: Solo in G minor (for violin and basso continuo), c. 1717
• So 34: Solo in B-flat major (for violin and basso continuo), c. 1717
• So 35–39: Sonate a violino solo e basso continuo (for violin and basso continuo), Amsterdam c. 1717
  • So 35: Sonata 1 in D minor
  • So 36: Sonata 2 in G minor
  • So 37: Sonata 3 in A major
  • So 38: Sonata 4 in A major
  • So 39: Sonata 5 in E minor (spurious)
• So 40–45: Six sonates da camera (op. post.) (for violin and basso continuo), Paris c. 1740
  • So 40: Sonata 1 in F major (spurious)
  • So 41: Sonata 2 in A minor
  • So 42: Sonata 3 in E major (spurious)
  • So 43: Sonata 4 in D minor (spurious)
  • So 44: Sonata 5 in D major (spurious)
  • So 45: Sonata 6 in A major

References

• Michael Talbot: "Tomaso Albinoni", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed June 25, 2005), (subscription access)
• Michael Talbot: Tomaso Albinoni. The Venetian Composer and His World. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1990. S. 271–281.

Notes and References

1. • Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 782 pages,
2. Don Neville, "Metastasio, Pietro." The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Ed. Stanley Sadie. Oxford University Press, See under: Writings/Operas/L'impresario delle Isole Canarie
3. Printed libretto for a performance in the San Cassiano theater, 1725, Code IT\ICCU\MUS\0002663, VE0239,VEAFC, Biblioteca della Fondazione Giorgio Cini - Venezia - VE - [fondo/collocazione] ROLANDI MUSICA 2B RAC
4. Don Neville, "Metastasio, Pietro." The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Ed. Stanley Sadie. Oxford University Press, See under: Writings/Operas/L'impresario delle Isole Canarie
5. Printed libretto for a performance in the San Cassiano theater, 1725, Code IT\ICCU\MUS\0002663, VE0239,VEAFC, Biblioteca della Fondazione Giorgio Cini - Venezia - VE - [fondo/collocazione] ROLANDI MUSICA 2B RAC