Artist: Christopher Hogwood
Title: Arne: Eight Harpsichord Sonatas
Year Of Release: 1974
Label: Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Genre: Classical Harpsichord
Quality: flac lossless (tracks) + Scans
Total Time: 00:58:55
Total Size: 367 mb

Tracklist

01. Arne: Sonata No.1 in F Major-Andante
02. Arne: Sonata No.1 in F Major-Adagio
03. Arne: Sonata No.1 in F Major-Allegro
04. Arne: Sonata No.2 in E Minor-Andante
05. Arne: Sonata No.2 in E Minor-Adagio
06. Arne: Sonata No.2 in E Minor-Allegrissimo
07. Arne: Sonata No.5 in B flat Major-Poco largo
08. Arne: Sonata No.5 in B flat Major-Presto (Gavotta)
09. Arne: Sonata No.6 in G Minor-Affetuoso
10. Arne: Sonata No.6 in G Minor-Presto
11. Arne: Sonata No.3 in G Minor-Prelude
12. Arne: Sonata No.3 in G Minor-Allegro
13. Arne: Sonata No.3 in G Minor-Minuet (& 2 Variations)
14. Arne: Sonata No.4 in D Minor-Andante
15. Arne: Sonata No.4 in D Minor-Largo: Siciliano
16. Arne: Sonata No.4 in D Minor-Fuga:Allegro
17. Arne: Sonata No.4 in D Minor-Allegro (Jigg)
18. Arne: Sonata No.7 in A Major-Presto
19. Arne: Sonata No.7 in A Major-Andante
20. Arne: Sonata No.7 in A Major-Allegro
21. Arne: Sonata No.8 in G Major-Minuet (& 4 variations)

Arne’s Eight Harpsichord Sonatas was Christopher Hogwod’s first record for L’Oiseau-Lyre and this reissue marks its first international CD release.

Whereas Arne’s career lay primarily in the theatre (his melodic gifts ensured success not only in Italianate opera but in masque and pantomime as well), an appointment in 1754 as composer to the Vauxhall Gardens meant that he needed to exercise his talents in song writing as well as keyboard concertos. Rarely recorded, the eight harpsichord sonatas (all Arne ever composed in this genre) are a delight. The Italianate influence of Scarlatti, Zipoli and Alberti are present, but there is also something of the ‘gallant’ style of German writers. For this recording, the original 1756 edition was used and the recordings were made on Kirkman (1766) and Blasser (1744) harpsichords. Christopher Hogwood provides a new introductory note to this issue as well.