CDA66509 - Disc 1 Track 9 - Concerto No 2 in G major

Concerto No 2 in G major

composer

Thomas Arne (1710-1778)

Recordings

Arne: Six Favourite Concertos

Paul Nicholson (conductor), The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra

Buy by post £6.99 CDH55251 Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Details

Movement 1: Allegro

Paul Nicholson (organ), The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra, Paul Nicholson (conductor)

Track 5 on CDH55251 [4'26] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 2: Slow

Paul Nicholson (organ), The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra, Paul Nicholson (conductor)

Track 6 on CDH55251 [1'00] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 3: Moderato

Paul Nicholson (organ), The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra, Paul Nicholson (conductor)

Track 7 on CDH55251 [0'41] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 4: Allegro

Paul Nicholson (organ), The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra, Paul Nicholson (conductor)

Track 8 on CDH55251 [2'15] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 5: Giga: Allegro con spirito

Paul Nicholson (organ), The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra, Paul Nicholson (conductor)

Track 9 on CDH55251 [3'07] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Concerto No 2 in G major

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No 2 has a Vivaldian first movement and ends with a contrapuntal jig similar in style to the well known one in Arne’s fourth harpsichord sonata. Two of the three solo movements in between are specifically for organ: the first is for ‘Diapasons’ (and is similar to the solemn diapason movements that often begin English organ voluntaries), while the player is instructed to ‘add the Flute or Principal’ to the second; a note in the edition suggests that they be left out ‘if a Harpsichord be the Instrument’.