V3 - Thomaso Albinoni Adagio (Neoclassical Version)

THOMASO – TOMASO ALBINONI The Adagio in G minor for violin, strings, and organ continuo is a neo-Baroque composition popularly attributed to the 18th-century Venetian master Tomaso Albinoni, but actually composed by 20th-century musicologist and Albinoni biographer Remo Giazotto, purportedly based on the discovery of a manuscript fragment by Albinoni. There is a continuing scholarly debate about whether the alleged fragment was real, or a musical hoax perpetrated by Giazotto, but there is no doubt about Giazotto's authorship of the remainder of the work. The composition is often referred to as "Albinoni's Adagio" or "Adagio in G minor by Albinoni, arranged by Giazotto", but the attribution is incorrect. The ascription to Albinoni rests upon Giazotto's purported discovery of a manuscript fragment (consisting of a few opening measures of the melody line and basso continuo portion) from a slow second movement of an otherwise unknown Albinoni trio sonata. CHRISTIAN LEVITAN This adagio acts as a hypnotic light on many artists. Let's remember the version of Jim Morisson and the Doors in 1968. Here Christian Levitan juxtaposes three of its versions (2017,2018,2019), the very long version "V3" is a kind of witness of a search for unfulfilled musical sensations.