Artist
Alessandro Marcello
Personb. 1669 · Venezia, Italy, Italy
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Bio
Alessandro Marcello (1669–1747) was an Italian nobleman, lawyer, and composer of the late Baroque period. Born into a prominent Venetian family, he pursued music as an accomplished amateur rather than a professional, composing concertos, cantatas, and chamber works that circulated widely in manuscript. His best-known composition is the Oboe Concerto in D minor, long misattributed to his brother Benedetto Marcello; the work’s poignant slow movement was later transcribed by Johann Sebastian Bach as the Harpsichord Concerto BWV 974. Marcello’s surviving output also includes several cantatas and instrumental sonatas that reflect the expressive style of the Venetian Baroque.
Popular tracks
- 14:10
Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799: II. Adagio
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- 24:58
Adagio d'Amore
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- 33:42
Concerto in D Minor: II. Adagio
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- 43:43
Oboe Concerto in D Minor S.Z799: 2. Adagio (Arr. Harle)
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- 53:22
Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799: I. Andante e spiccato
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- 63:08
Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799: I. Andante (Transcr. for Piccolo Trumpet and Baroque Orchestra by Simon Wright)
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- 75:09
Marcello / Arr Bach, JS : Concerto in D minor [BWV974] : II Adagio
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- 81:04
Concerto di Flauti, S.D945: II. Allegro
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- 92:47
Marcello, A: Oboe Concerto in C Minor: III. Allegro (Transc. for Trumpet and Orchestra)
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- 104:28
Marcello: Flute Concerto in C Minor: II. Adagio (Transcr. of Oboe Concerto)
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- 113:05
Marcello, A: Oboe Concerto in C Minor: I. Andante e spiccato (Transc. for Trumpet and Orchestra)
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- 123:51
Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799: III. Allegro (Transcr. for Piccolo Trumpet and Baroque Orchestra by Simon Wright)
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![Marcello / Arr Bach, JS : Concerto in D minor [BWV974] : II Adagio cover art](https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2736f26e7971612756f8c2c53d2)
Albums
"Afternoon in the Garden" - Classical Landscapes
Album · 2025
Early Music Bangers - Unequal Temperament, Equal Energy
Album · 2026
Winter Adagios
Album · 2026
Baroque Concertos
Album · 2024
Zzz - Classical Dream. Music for Deep Sleep
Album · 2025
Famous Flute Concertos. Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Ibert, Jolivet, Khachaturian...
Album · 2025
Long Winter
Album · 2026
Vivaldi, Marcello, Bach: Concerti per Oboe
Album · 1996
5 Italian Oboe Concertos
Album · 1999