Adagio in G minor for strings and organ (Albinoni-Giazotto)

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Adagio in G minor for strings and organ, also known as Adagio in Sol minore per archi e organo su due spunti tematici e su un basso numerato di Tomaso Albinoni, is a neo-Baroque composition commonly attributed to the 18th-century Venetian Master Tomaso Albinoni, but actually composed by 20th-century musicologist and Albinoni biographer Remo Giazotto, purportedly based on the discovery of a manuscript fragment by Albinoni. There is continuing scholarly debate about whether the alleged fragment was real, or a musical hoax perpetrated by Giazotto, but there is no doubt about Giazotto's authorship of the remainder of the work.
The composition is often referred to as "Albinoni's Adagio" or "Adagio in G minor by Albinoni, arranged by Giazotto". Giazotto copyrighted it and published it in 1958 under the title (translated into English) "Adagio in G minor for strings and organ, on two thematic ideas and on a figured bass by Tomaso Albinoni".
The piece is arranged for the Music Atelier organ in Cello, Strings Orchestra & Organ with no less than 11 different strings voices including 2 "magic strings" (N.Cello, N.Strings), many different pipe organ voices, human voices and choirs, bass and percussion. Sorry for the mistakes and the hands inelegant gymnastics between keyboards to manage the damper effect …
For Roland Music Atelier organ players : I’ve included inlays showing the different voices used to play the piece. If you’re interested, don’t hesitate to contact me, I will send you (freely) the associated registration file.
The Roland Music Atelier organ, compared to other high-end organs such as Yamaha (Electone, Tyros, Genos), Hammond, Lowrey, Wersi or Böhm is one of the best musical instruments ever produced thanks to the versatility and the richness of its voices, from the sound of classical pipe or theater organ of the silent-movie era to up-tempo jazz and rock organs, with harmonic drawbars.
Chris