Gramophone Award-winning Adrian Chandler and his period-instrument ensemble La Serenissima present The Italian Job, a feast of instrumental colour featuring oboes, bassoons, trumpets, trombone, timpani, strings and continuo, by some of the finest composers of the Italian baroque. The music on this recording comes from four cities, each with a rich musical heritage: Venice (Albinoni, Caldara, Vivaldi), Bologna (Torelli), Padua (Tartini) and Rome (Corelli).

Track listing:

Albinoni: Concerto Op. 9 No. 3 for two oboes & strings in F major

Caldara: Sinfonia for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, timpani, violin, strings & continuo in C

Corelli: Sinfonia, WoO 1, to the oratorio Santa Beatrice d'Este

Tartini: Concerto in E major, D51

Torelli: Sinfonia for 4 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 violins, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in C, G 33

Vivaldi: Concerto RV151 in G major for strings & basso continuo ‘Alla rustica’

Bassoon Concerto, RV 467 in C major