Performed by Indra Hughes on the Auckland Town Hall Organ, 13 August 2021.
Indra Hughes at Huia Photo: Indra Hughes
The famous Albinoni Adagio ... only it's probably not by Albinoni at all.
Remo Giazotto published the work in 1958, basing it "on two thematic ideas and on a figured bass by Tomaso Albinoni" that he claimed he'd found in a manuscript fragment from the Saxon State Library in Dresden.
However Giazotto never produced the manuscript and there is continuing debate on whether the story of its discovery was a hoax.
As Indra Hughes says in his programme note, "Does it matter?" No one can deny that it's a beautiful piece of music.
Recorded by RNZ Concert, Auckland Town Hall, 13 August 2021
Producer: Tim Dodd; Engineer: Adrian Hollay
