Canon
Where to start with Marcello
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
VocalEstro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists and continuo, SF.601-51
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Keyboard12 Harpsichord Sonatas, op. 3
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ChamberCello Sonata in A minor, SF. 751
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VocalAbbastanza comprendo il grande eccesso, for alto, tenor and bass
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VocalAh, che non può più vivere lontano, for 2 voices and continuo, SF.382
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VocalAhi, quanto è fiero e doloroso passo, for 2 voices and continuo, SF.387
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VocalAl Cielo, occhi simili, for 2 voices and continuo, SF.388
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VocalAllora io mostrerò le sante vie, for alto, tenor and bass
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VocalAllora offerte, e giusti voti, cari, for alto, tenor and bass
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VocalAmai, nol niego una gentil sembianza, cantata for soprano, 2 violins, viola and continuo, SF.22
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VocalArianna, serenata for 5 voices, chorus, 2 trumpets, strings, and continuo, SF.493
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ChamberCello Sonata in C major, SF. 746
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ChamberCello Sonata in E minor, SF.747
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ChamberCello Sonata in F major, SF. 748
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ChamberCello Sonata in G major, op. 1, no. 6
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Marcello's catalogueMost Popular
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Flute Sonata in D minor Op. 2 No. 2
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Oboe Concerto in C minor
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Psalms (paraphrases of all 50)
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Cello Sonata in G major
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Flute Sonata in F major
Most Acclaimed
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50 Psalm Paraphrases (Estro poetico-armonico)
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Flute Sonatas Op. 2 (complete)
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Oboe Concerto in C minor
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Cello Sonatas
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String Sonatas
Most Weird
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Il teatro alla modaa pamphlet satirizing opera conventions — not music; but it’s his most famous writing and reveals everything wrong with opera in 1720
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Flute Sonata in D minorthe most harmonically daring of the set
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Psalm No. 19 (paraphrase)from the 50 Psalm paraphrases — one of the most beautiful
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Oratorio della Passione di Gesù
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Cassandra (opera)
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 75
- Vocal
- Estro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists and continuo, SF.601-51
- Abbastanza comprendo il grande eccesso, for alto, tenor and bass
- Ah, che non può più vivere lontano, for 2 voices and continuo, SF.382
- Ahi, quanto è fiero e doloroso passo, for 2 voices and continuo, SF.387
- Al Cielo, occhi simili, for 2 voices and continuo, SF.388
- Allora io mostrerò le sante vie, for alto, tenor and bass
- Allora offerte, e giusti voti, cari, for alto, tenor and bass
- Amai, nol niego una gentil sembianza, cantata for soprano, 2 violins, viola and continuo, SF.22
- Arianna, serenata for 5 voices, chorus, 2 trumpets, strings, and continuo, SF.493
- Che fra le iniquitadi io fui formato, for alto, tenor and bass
- Clemente Iddio di mia salute Autore, for alto, tenor and bass
- Col pensiero vi bacio, vi adoro, for 2 voices and continuo, SF.405
- Coll' bissopo m'aspergi e sarò mondo, for alto, tenor and bass
- Così farai, che s'empia il cor di gioja, for alto, tenor and bass
- Di tua misericordia apri i telori, for alto, tenor and bass
- Dove, misera, dove lungi da me, cantata for soprano, 2 violins, viola and continuo, SF.98
- Dulcis Jesu, Mater cara for 2 voices, violin, and continuo, SF.673 — Motet
- Fonti voi che al mio pianto crescete, cantata for alto, 2 violins, viola and continuo, SF.127
- Forma un cor che sia puro entro'l mio petto, for alto, tenor and bass
- Il Pianto e il riso delle quattro stagioni, oratorio for 4 voices, strings, and continuo, SF. 693
- Il mio bel foco, cantata for soprano, 2 violins, 2 oboes, continuo, SF.142
- L'immensa tua pietà deb fa che splenda, for alto, tenor and bass
- Lamento dei castrati — Motet
- Lontananza per me troppo acerba, for 2 voices and continuo, SF.438
- Ma dolente uno spirto, un cor contrito, for alto, tenor and bass
- Ma sò ancor' io come veder t'è caro, for alto, tenor and bass
- Non scacciarmi, o Signor, dalla divina, for alto, tenor and bass
- O D'immensa pietá fonte inesausto, for alto, tenor and bass
- O fortunato quel fiumicello, for 2 voices and continuo, SF.441a
- Odi, o Troia, cantata for soprano and continuo, SF.240a
- Piagarmi non puó il cor, for 2 voices and continuo, SF.445
- Quando penso agl'affanni, for alto, 2 violins, viola, and continuo, SF. 276 — Cantata
- Rendi quel gaudio a me, for alto, tenor and bass
- Requiem Mass for 2 voices, double chorus, 2 violins, viola, and continuo in G minor, SF.660
- Se di vittime esangui i sagrifici, for alto, tenor and bass
- Se morto mi brami, for 2 voices and continuo, SF.463
- Senza gran pena, for voice and orchestra
- Si mi lavi per sempre e torni all' alma, for alto, tenor and bass
- Te solo offesi, e in faccia a te peccai, for alto, tenor and bass
- Torci la faccia tua da'falli miei, for alto, tenor and bass
- Tu mi sciogli la lingua, for alto, tenor and bass
- Vaghe calme d'amor, for 2 voices and continuo, SF.474
- Keyboard
- 12 Harpsichord Sonatas, op. 3
- Harpsichord Sonata in G minor, SF.737b
- Harpsichord Sonata in D minor, SF. 721a
- Harpsichord Sonata in G minor, SF.736b
- Chamber
- Cello Sonata in A minor, SF. 751
- Cello Sonata in C major, SF. 746
- Cello Sonata in E minor, SF.747
- Cello Sonata in F major, SF. 748
- Cello Sonata in G major, op. 1, no. 6
- Cello Sonata in G minor, SF. 750
- Cello Sonata, op. 2, no. 6
- Recorder Sonata in A minor, SF.774
- Recorder Sonata in B flat major, SF. 775
- Recorder Sonata in C major, SF. 759
- Recorder Sonata in C major, SF. 760
- Recorder Sonata in D minor, SF. 762
- Recorder Sonata in E minor, SF. 764
- Recorder Sonata in F major, SF. 767
- Recorder Sonata in F major, SF.765
- Recorder Sonata in F major, op. 2, no. 12
- Recorder Sonata in G minor, SF. 771
- Se Morto Me Brami, "Canzone Quarta"
- Sonata for 2 Cellos and Continuo in A major, SF. 756
- Sonata for 2 Cellos and Continuo in B flat major, SF. 758
- Sonata for 2 Cellos and Continuo in B flat major, SF.757
- Sonata for 2 Cellos and Continuo in C minor, SF. 753
- Sonata for 2 Cellos and Continuo in G major, SF.755
- Sonata in F major, for recorder and continuo, SF.765
- Sonata in G major, for recorder and continuo, SF.768
- Sonata in G minor, for recorder and continuo, SF.771
- Orchestral
- Oboe Concerto in C minor
- Oboe Concerto in D minor
- Violin Concerto in E minor, SF.788