3
Balletto a tre in D minor, Op. 8 No. 1
Tomaso Albinoni · 1671–1751 · Italian
For 2 violins, continuo
Also known as Balletto No. 1, Op. 8
Level 3 · Upper intermediate — about ABRSM 6 · RCM 7, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- With continuo
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 11 min
- Composed
- c. 1722
- Era
- Baroque
Notes
Late chamber sonata of dances; the set alternates six sonatas and six balletti
About this work
- Dedicated to
- Cristiano Enrico
Also in Balletti e sonate a tre, Op. 8
A step before · level 2
A step after · level 4
Concerto à cinq in E minor, Op. 37 No. 6, PB 441
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
recorder (or flute), violin, oboe, bassoon, continuo
8 min
4balanced