Adagio In G Minor

A baroque  piece written by Tomaso Albinoni. 
i obtained the midi to this and imported into CbB. All mixing was done in CbB. Mixed using Kirk Hunter strings and Kontakt library. Reverb is Valhala Shimmer on concert hall setting on a bus.
Mastered in Studio One Professional using Ozone 7 and various other plugins. Mixed to 24/48 wav. Soundcloud converts to 128 mp3. Mastered to K20 standard.
 
My main beef is the violin which I don't think sounds realistic enough. I don't have a better solo instrument library right now and I can't record mine.
https://soundcloud.com/starise/adagio-in-g-minor

eph221 I appreciate your comments. I am still learning the composers myself and this was a way to learn about their song constructions. I don't feel qualified to even make good suggestions yet. 
Some composers have one or two works that really stick out and the rest might not be so great. This is an educational process for me 

Starise, that was a great listen.  Nicely mixed, and produced.  Thank you.

eph221
who (composers) can make one feel joy through their works?  

JS Bach? 
 

Thank you for your comments and for listening.
 I was trying my hand at templates in various programs. I didn't go about this the typical way which is using a Kontakt multi already made in a template.
Olivier I appreciate your comments on the mix . I will pay special attention to the details you mentioned. I had no idea this piece was such an integral part of French classical music. I particularly like the slower tempo and pizzicato strings support. A very endearing piece of music and one to be very proud of from a cultural perspective. Interesting trivia to know about Chostakovitch. I had no idea. Nice to meet you here!
markno999- Thanks for the suggestion!
John B. Thank you!
 
Thanks to everyone who listened and commented.
 

eph221
This is really well done!  I was talking with a friend about who (composers) can make one feel joy through their works?  For me the only one I could come up with is Mozart.  Everyone else is so much sturm und drang, or dramatic, or cerebral, or coloristic  etc .  Beethoven is just too much to just listen  and feel happy (except for maybe #7)  Who would you suggest I listen to?

I recently bought a few classical music CD's and one was Handel. I listened to him on the way to work today. Everyone is probably familiar with his " Messiah" usually played around Christmas time. I have always liked that one, mainly for the great inclusion of the choir. A very majestic piece. 
From the CD I listened to a lot of his concertos make great "busy music" stuff I like to hear while driving or working. Little horn trills and stabs, also very majestic. Not what I would call the kind of thing I would focus on entirely............some of his other works that are more centered on string sectionals are excellent and very reflective and I can feel emotion from those. He did a lot of varied work.
Interestingly Tomaso primarily wrote operas in the late 1600's early 1700's and this is what he was primarily known for then. This music wasn't seen as his best work and was "on the back burner" at that time. Interesting how it is now one of the best known works.

daryl1968
Hi Tim
How are you mate?
Nice interpretation sir

I'm great Daryl how about you? You winning any good games lately?
Thanks!
emeraldsoul- I can tell both from your website and the comments that you are a keen listener. I appreciate the comments made here. Being a violinist at intermediate level I hate the violin in this because I know how expressive one can sound in it. This is why I turned the volume on it down some lol. The other tips- Thanks!  
One day I'll get a decent ribbon mic and pre amp so I can attempt something like this on violin for real. Oh and play better too.

This sounds very nice here Tim,

Many thanks all. Sorry I missed dougk1824 in my responses.
Wookie- Thanks for listening.
Thanks Bob. Hope you're getting along well. Good to hear from you and thanks for listening.
cwestmont- Nice to meet you and thank you for those comments.

I'd add D. Scarlatti re joy.

Nice work. The mix sounds nice and clear to me. I can hear the different instruments and it sounds nice and wide. 
 
I really like the organ and the overall dramatic feel. 

Starise
I understand how difficult it is to get the dynamics right with MIDI and you did a wonderful job.
I thought the violin sounded pretty darn good.

I have thought for a long time that this composition was a rock instrumental number waiting to be performed.  What you have here is a little different than I imagined- more of a synth homage.
 
Its quite good, nonetheless. I like the orchestration- the string sounds & texture are quite good.  
 
Cheers,
 
Bert

Thanks to all of you for taking the time to comment and listen. I apologize for not getting around to the songs section
for awhile. I should get here more often and listen to the amazing talent on display!