Review
Alessandro Marcello was the elder of two bothers, born to a noble Venetian family. Like Albinoni, they were dilettante musicians who were able to choose a freelance career rather than regular employment. Possibly for this reason, neither Alessandro nor his brother published a substantial amount of music, but both were entirely serious musicians of considerable capability. It is likely that a substantial body of manuscript works by both brothers has been lost. Alessandro's largest collected body of works is a set of concertos published under the title La Cetra sometime between 1730 and 1740. They were issued under the pseudonym of Eterio Stinfalico, probably to disguise his noble background.
His most famous work is however the present concerto, first published in Amsterdam around 1717 among a miscellaneous collection of concertos by the famous publishing house of
Jeanne Roger and Le Cène . In the usual three movements, the concerto adopts a style similar to that frequently encountered in Albinoni's oboe concertos. The outer movements are gracefully lyrical; the opening Allegro attains an elegiac beauty far removed from the drive and energy of Marcello's Venetian contemporary Vivaldi. The central movement is a deeply-felt Adagio which aspires to genuine pathos. J.S. Bach obviously appreciated the work's special qualities; it was one of a number of Venetian concertos he transcribed, in this instance for solo harpsichord (BWV 974). ~ Brian Robins, All Music Guide
Albums with Complete Performances of the Work
50 Classical Highlights: Baroque 2002
50 Classical Highlights: Concertos 2002
A Baroque Feast / Festin Baroque
A Baroque Festival 2004
A Gala Evening In Venice 1995
A Roman Christmas 1999
Alexandre Lagoya: Bizet--Carmen Dances 1996
Art of the Trumpet 2007
Bach, Vivaldi, Marcello: Concerti Italiani 2004
Bach: Overture No.2/Vivaldi: Concerto Op.3/Marcello: Concerto/Telemann: Concerto/Quantz: Concerto 1995
Baroque
Baroque Concertos 1995
Baroque Favorites 1998
Baroque Favorites 2001
Baroque In Italy 1991
Baroque Masterpieces 1995
Baroque Oboe Concertos 1989
Baroque Oboe Concertos 1990
Baroque Oboe Concertos
Baroque Oboe Concertos
Baroque Trumpet Concertos 1996
Baroque d'Or, Vol.1
Build Your Baby's Brain 5 2000
C.P.E. Bach: Oboe Concertos, Oboe Sonata; A. Marcello: Oboe Concerto 1992
Carmel Bach Festival: Best of the Fest, Vol. 1
Chamber Orchestra Of Europe Live At The Queen Elizabeth Hall 1988
Cimarosa's Oboe Concerto; Concerti by Albinoni, Marcello & Vivaldi 1995
Classic Saxophone 1998
Classical Concertos 2004
Concerti for 2 Guitars & Strings 2001
Concerti per Oboe
Concerti per Oboe 1996
Concertos for Flute and Orchestra
Concertos for Oboe
Ct Gtr (Bach/Handel/Marcello) 1990
Elevazione: The Magic of the Oboe 2001
Fine Night 1991
Five Italian Oboe Concertos 1999
Florilegium Musicale
Great Orchestral Melodies (Box Set) 1997
Greatest Oboe Concertos, Vol. 2
Hee-Sun Lee, Oboe 1996
In Venice 2008
Italian Oboe Concertos 1993
Italian Trumpet Concertos 1998
Italian Trumpet Concertos [Hybrid SACD] 2009
Jean-Paul Goy, hautbois 1986
La trompette italienne 2002
Living with the Classics
Marcello, Telemann and Vivaldi
Marcello: Oboe Concertos 1998
Masters of the Baroque [Box Set] 1998
Masters of the Oboe 2006
Mozart: Symphony No. 25, K. 183; Concerto Rondo K. 371; Vivaldi: Concerto for bassoon, RV. 487; etc. 2006
Music Through The Night 1997
Music for Barrel Organ 1995
Music for Trumpet 1999
Musica Barocca 2001
New Sound of Baroque
Oboe Concertos by Vivaldi, Marcello, Haydn, Mozart 1996
Oboe Concertos, 1958-67 1997
Oboenkonzerte 1997
Oracle's Destiny 1982
Pachelbel: Canon 1994
Pamela Pecha, oboe, oboe d'amore
Recorder Concertos by Marcello, Vivaldi, Telemann & Naudot
Relaxing & Guitar Classics You Love 2006
Romantic Oboe Concertos: Mozart, Albinoni, Handel
Set Your Life to Music: For the Times of Your Life 1995
Six Concertos for Oboe and Virtual Orchestra 1994
Strauss: Oboe Concerto; Bach: Concerto for keyboard No4
The Art of the Recorder 2007
The Baroque Experience [Box Set]
The Baroque Panpipe [includes DVD]
The Classical Oboe 1981
The Glory of the Baroque 1995
The Romantic Oboe
The Ultimate Classics: Beautiful Baroque 2004
Trumpet and Organ
Ultimate Classics: The Most Beloved Music from the Most Popular Composers [Box Set] 2005
Ultimate Classics: The Most Beloved Music from the Most Popular Composers [Box Set] 2005
Venetian Oboe Concertos 1989
Virtuoso Oboe Concertos 2000
Virtuoso Recorder Concertos 2000
Vivaldi, Bach and Marcello
Vivaldi, Bach, Marcello, Telemann: Concertos for Oboe and Orchestra 2000
Vivaldi, Marcello, Platti: Concertos for Winds 1997
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Pachelbel: Canon in D 1995
Weimarer Transcriptions 1997
Albums with Excerpt Performances of the Work
2 Plain 1995
20 Classical Heartbreakers 2004
25 Baroque Favorites 1996
25 Romantic Classics 1996
25 Ultimate Classics 2003
50 Classical Performances: Vivaldi 2002
50 Dinnertime Classics 2000
50 Love and Marriage Favorites 2005
50 Romantic Classics 2000
50 Ultimate Classical Favorites 2005
75 Greatest Classics, Vol. 4 (Box Set) 1998
A Mellow Morning: Sounds of Silence 2005
Adagio Music for A Romantic Evening 1996
Adagio Veneziano 2003
Adagio Veneziano: Albinoni; Corelli; Vivaldi 2001
Adagio e Cantabile: Italian Adagios
Adagios Sérénades pour flute de pan
Anonymous Venetian (Anonimo Veneziano) 1993
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba 1993
Aventure Baroque Adventure
Baroque Adagios 2002
Baroque Delights 2007
Baroque Favorites 2001
Baroque Favourites 1993
Baroque For Brides To Be: A Musical Bouquet for Your Wedding Day 1997
Baroque Masterworks 1996
Baroque at Bathtime: A Relaxing Serenade to Wash Your Cares Away 1995
Baroque for Beauty Sleep 1998
Beautiful Wedding: Prelude 2008
Best Of Naxos, Vol. 8 1994
CBS Dinner Classics: Sunday Brunch, Vol. 2 1990
Canaletto: Music of His Time 2005
Candelight Classics 2000
Canon & Gigue: Baroque Jewels 2002
Canon de Pachelbel y Otra Música Barroca 2001
Cello & Organ 1993
Cinema Classics, Vol. 7 1994
Classical Christmas 1996
Classical Cuisine: Sunday Brunch 2004
Classical Top 1000 [Box Set]
Classics & Cognac 2000
Classics & Jazz
Complete Classical Music Library: The Baroque, Vol. 1 [Box Set] 2005
Concerto d'Aranjuez/Four Seasons 2004
Denon 24/7: 2 2002
Desire: Music for Romance 1999
Desire: Music of Romance, Discs 1 & 2 1999
Dinner by Candlelight 1994
Dreaming Adagios 2008
Essential Baroque 2006
Essential Baroque: 35 Great Masterpieces 2002
Essential Guitar 2002
Evening Adagios 2002
Famous Adagios 1994
Feel Good Classics 2006
Flute & Organ At The Church Of Notre-Dame, Paris 1989
For Yoga 2004
For a Day in Your Life 2002
For a Lazy Afternoon 2002
For a Sunday Morning
Four Seasons 2004
Fusion
Gateway To Classical Music: Volume 1/Volume 2 1994
Global Classical Relaxation Experience 2007
Goin' for Baroque
Greatest Hits Of 1721
Greatest Hits: Baroque 1994
Guitar Adagios 2004
HGTV: Quiet Places 2006
HGTV: The Art of Living [Box Set] 2006
Hooked on Classics 4: Baroque 1992
In Memoriam 1996
Invitation To Baroque Music
Klassiska Mästerverk, Vol. 2 1994
Klassiske Mästerverk: En stilla Antologi 2000
Kuschel Klassik 3 1998
L'Adagio d'Albinoni: Les grands bis 1998
L'orientale 1993
Lorenzo's Oil
Marcello, Händel & Vivaldi: Concertos & Sinfonias [DVD Audio] 2002
Meditation: The Greatest Hits 1999
Midnight Adagios 2003
More Classics at the Movies [RCA] 1994
Movie Classics, Vol. 3 [Time Life] 2003
Movies Go Baroque 1993
Music For Reading 1999
Music for Weddings 2009
Night Music 3: Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming 1991
Night Music, Vol.1: Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming 1990
O du fröhliche: Weihnachten für die ganze familie 2005
Oboe Sensual 2003
Organ Meditation 1994
Organi della "Citia di Treviso"
Pachelbel Canon and Other Baroque Favorites 1998
Pachelbel Canon, Albinoni Adagio & Other Baroque Melodies 1990
Pachelbel's Canon: Baroque Favorites 1985
Pachelbel: Canon 1988
Pachelbel: Greatest Hits 2003
Pavane 1998
Peaceful Adagios 2006
Quiet Classics 1995
Rejoice: String Quartet Christmas, Vol. 3 1998
Relaxing Classics You Love 2005
Relaxing With The Classics 1999
Relaxing with the Classics 1998
Romantic Classics 2005
Romantic Trumpet
Silver Screen Classics, Vol. 6 1995
Silver Screen Classics, Vols. 1-10 1995
Sound of Silence: Musik zum Atemholen 1994
Starlight Classics 2002
Stille Nacht 2006
Sunday With the Times 1997
Syrinx Recital 1994
The #1 Adagios Album
The #1 Baroque Album 2006
The Art Of Ornamentation In Early Music 1966
The Art of Robert Bloom: Music for Oboe and Strings, Vol. 2 2000
The Baroque Collection 1993
The Baroque Era: The Life, Times & Music Series, 1600-1750 1992
The Best of Baroque Music 2003
The Best of Naxos 8 1994
The Classical Box
The Love Collection (Box Set) 1996
The Most Relaxing Pachelbel Canon and Baroque Favorites in the Universe 2009
The Recorded Cello: The History of the cello on record, Vol. 2
The Sensuous Baroque 1988
The Ultimate Baroque Album 2004
The Very Best of Relaxing Classics 2003
The Very Best of Sensuous Classics 1995
The World's Greatest Composers [Collector's Edition Music Tin] 2007
The World's Greatest Composers, Vol. 1 [Box Set] 2008
Top 100: Favourite Classical Melodies [Box Set]
Top 100: Favourite Classical Melodies, CD 5
Trumpet Adagio 1995
Ultimate Classical Dreams [Box Set] 2009
Very Best Of Relaxing Classics 2003
Viva! I Solisti Italiani
Wedding Classics: The Ideal Soundtrack for a Great Wedding Celebration 2001
Weekend Classics 1997
