Arne: Overtures / Standage, Collegium Musicum 90

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June 1, 2006
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ARNE, THOMAS AUGUSTINE
    • PERFORMER
      Standage, Collegium Musicum 90
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 01, 2006
    • UPC
      095115072226
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 0722
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Presto

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    2. II. Scotch Gavotte: Affettuoso

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    3. I. Largo ma non troppo

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    4. II. Allegro con spirito

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    5. III. Andante e piano

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    6. IV. Allegro con spirito

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    7. I. Con spirito

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    8. II. Allegro

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    9. III. Minuetto

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    10. I. Presto

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    11. II. Andante piano

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    12. III. Tempo di minuetto: Con spirito

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    13. I. Con spirito

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    14. II. Con spirito

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    15. III. Andante piano

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    16. I. Presto

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    17. II. Andante e piano

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    18. III. Allegro con spirito

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    19. I. Largo ma audace

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    20. II. Allegro

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    21. III. Grave et piano

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    22. IV. Gavotta vivace

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    23. I. Largo

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    24. II. Allegro

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    25. III. Allegro

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    26. I. Largo

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    27. II. Con spirito

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    28. III. Minuet: Andante

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    29. IV. Giga: Con spirito

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    30. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    31. II. Andante

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    32. III. Largo

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage

    33. IV. Tempo di minuetto

      Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

      Conductor: Simon Standage


This present collection admirably shows the ingenious simplicity of Arne's writing, very much in the mid-eighteenth-century English pastoral school. At the beginning of 1751, when Thomas Arne published his 'Eight Overtures in 8 Parts', he had become the leading exponent of English dramatic music and the only Englishman who could offer Handel serious competition in the theatre. Arne's 'Eight Overtures' belongs to a tradition of making the instrumental introductions of vocal works available for concert use and divide into two types. Nos 1, 2,4,6,7 and 9 are examples of the older French type that was invented by Lully, was used in England from the 1680s onwards and is found in the majority of Handel's operas and oratorios. These overtures begin with dignified movements, often marked 'Largo' that have dotted rhythms, sharp dissonances to push the music along, and ornamental 'tirades' to create a sense of excitement. By contrast, overtures Nos 3 and 6 are really Italian sinfonias. This type of overture was developed in the early eighteenth century by Alessandro Scarlatti and his contemporaries, and usually consists of three movements: a bustling fast movement, a soulful slow movement and a minuet. As Arne's examples show, the Italian sinfonia was markedly more modern in musical style than the French overture. The final two overtures; 'Alfred' and 'Thomas and Sally', rarely recorded works, are also examples of the more modern Italian type.