Albinoni was a Baroque composer who had a financially rather well-cushioned life, thanks to the shares he inherited in his father’s stationery firm, which manufactured playing cards, among other ...

Back in the 17th century, Tomaso Albinoni's family made its money selling playing cards. Albinoni didn't really have to work, so he devoted himself to music. In concert in Atlanta's Spivey Hall, the ...

A classic of film scores, Albinoni’s Adagio isn’t a lost baroque masterpiece; it’s a spoof composed by his biographer in the 1950s. Harmless fun, asks Phil Hebblethwaite, or a savage exposé of ...