Help me name this 1970's tune (Renaissance or Stee

The tune is very very slow, and the lyrics very very VERY sad. IIRC critics said it was over-emoted.
It starts with vocal tones:
da da da da da DAAAA da
repeated several ties with a different pitch.

The words are just out of my memory & its driving me nuts.

I just heard the tune in this song, after about the first 30 seconds. Jim Hall, Lament For A Fallen Matador. From 1976, so I'm wondering who got it from who. Or if both got it from a classical piece. It starts after the first ~30 seconds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFgvd7oYCMk

Yea, that's it. Thanks, the earwig was driving me nuts.
Is there a different version that's more over the top emoting "sad?"

Agreed, the original classical piece is the best. That being said, I can't hear this piece with out thinking of the movie Rollerball - the original 1975 James Caan version.  I'm sure this image is not quite what Albinoni had in mind. 

octopus-4 wrote: The original classic piece is the best. I don't like the Renaissance's version as lyrics don't fit well IMO. There's also a parody by "Elio e le Storie Tese" which can be ignored.

Renaissance´s "Cold Is Being" fits very well the Albinoni tune, Annie sings so beautifully that she makes that sad tune almost a hymn, in a positive way. Man needs to accept his loneliness, it´s the only way. That´s the message of Renaissance´s version. Because it´s absolutely true that all humans are so alone indeed, souls unite very seldom so gold is being for man in the vast Universe.