CDA66509 - Disc 1 Track 18 - Concerto No 5 in G minor

Concerto No 5 in G minor

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: Largo

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

Track 17 on CDH55251 [2'21] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 2: Allegro spirito

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

Track 18 on CDH55251 [3'39] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 3: Adagio

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

Track 19 on CDH55251 [1'19] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 4: Vivace

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

Track 20 on CDH55251 [4'39] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Concerto No 5 in G minor

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No 5 is solidly Baroque in style. The opening Largo is in the style of a French overture, and leads into an Allegro on a contrapuntal theme similar to one in a violin sonata by Arne’s friend Michael Christian Festing, published in 1736. Much of the keyboard-writing in this movement and in the final Vivace uses the cross-handed technique popularized in England by Domenico Scarlatti’s harpsichord sonatas. In general, this concerto is better suited to the harpsichord than the organ.