Marcello (Camwell): Concerto for Soprano or Alto Saxophone and Piano

Code: JP4112ISMN: 979-0-3019-0640-8The Concerto D935, originally for oboe, is likely Marcello's best-known work today; it was composed between 1708 and 1713 and published by Jeanne Roger in Amsterdam in 1717. It is an example of an early solo concerto, as opposed to the more ensemble-based Concerto Grosso (a form heavily used by contemporaries such as Handel and Corelli) of the early 18th-century. The work is in three movements - Andante e Spiccato, Adagio, and a vigorous Presto that resembles the popular 'rage arias' of Italian opera at that time. The concerto exists in both C minor and D minor keys, for reasons that have never been definitively proven. A further mystery with this concerto included which Marcello brother actually wrote the piece. Until recent scholarship definitively proved that the composer of the concerto was indeed Alessandro, there was some confusion on this point. The concerto remains a popular work of the Italian-baroque, with a wide variety of recordings a