CDH55251 - Disc 1 Track 22 - Concerto No 6 in B flat major

Concerto No 6 in B flat major

composer

Thomas Arne (1710-1778)

Recordings

Arne: Six Favourite Concertos

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

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Details

Movement 1: Allegro moderato

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

Track 21 on CDH55251 [6'12] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 2: Largo – Veloce

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

Track 22 on CDH55251 [1'58] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 3: Allegro

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

Track 23 on CDH55251 [1'25] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 4: Minuetto

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

Track 24 on CDH55251 [2'14] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Concerto No 6 in B flat major

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No 6 has an easy-going galant first movement, with cross-handed passages in the solos and sudden contrasts that suggest the use of a piano. Then come two solo movements, a free fantasia in the manner of C P E Bach (who seems to have had a considerable influence on Arne’s later music) and a lively fugue, also German rather than English in style. The last movement, another minuet with variations, ends in a disarmingly throwaway manner: after the theme the orchestra only contributes to the last three bars.