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Most people probably know Albinoni chiefly through a piece that is not in fact his: the famous “Adagio in G minor” was assembled in the twentieth century by his biographer Remo Giazotto, supposedly after a source by Albinoni. The real Albinoni is to be found elsewhere – for instance in the now complete edition of all twelve Balletti a tre op. 3 (1701)!
These twelve works are at last available, published by Verlag Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad in collaboration between Reiner Kontressowitz, Katharina Pfretzschner and myself. They appear as twelve separate volumes for two violins, cello and harpsichord, each as a score with separate parts. That format is deliberate: this music belongs on the music stand, not only on the library shelf!
I should like to thank everyone involved. In friendship I thank the co-editor and musicologist Katharina Pfretzschner for her patient collaboration through every phase of a not always easy process. Above all I thank her for her remarkable powers of comprehension, her sharp eye, her command of the literature and – of course – for the beautiful realisation of the figured bass in every Balletto. I further thank Reiner Kontressowitz, a musicologist whose phenomenal industry and thoughtfulness I have always admired. With his Albinoni editions he prepared the fertile ground for this project. I thank him for the considerable preliminary work and for the impulse to carry it on, as well as for every conversation and for his friendship.
Finally I thank Verlag Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad, our editor and all the staff involved for their patient support.
Oh yes – and of course Albinoni, who around 1701 was evidently in very good spirits.
All twelve volumes are available here: vkjk.de
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