Albinoni/Giazotto “Adagio in G minor” PIANO SOLO - P. Barton, FEURICH piano

Viewer request for the piano reduction of “Adagio in G minor for strings”. The suggestion was I take a look at the available transcription in case I could come up with a new arrangement. However, the only thing I can think of as an alternative, it to play pianissimo tremolos in left hand between bars 28 and 47 and to fill out the last entry of the theme in ff by dropping the bass an octave lower, and filling out the right hand with larger chords and octaves to emphasize the melody.

Being this is the work of Remo Giazotto and only based on a tiny fragment of Albinoni’s music, it is not in the public domain, so, with apologies, I can’t link to the sheet music I am playing from in this video. However, a little searching online is all that’s needed.

“Adagio in G minor” is popularly thought to be by the 18th century Venetian composer Tomaso Albinoni, but was actually almost entirely composed by the 20th century musicologist and Albinoni biographer, Remo Giazotto.

In this recording I use the 4th harmonic pedal only. The harmonic sostenuto is used to hold the resonance of the chords and the pedal is released to half-position to play the staccato bass.