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Arnold: Overtures, Op. 8; Incidental Music to Macbeth; Polly, overture.(Sound recording review)
Arnold: Overtures, Op. 8; Incidental Music to Macbeth; Polly, overture. Kevin Mallon, Toronto Camerata. Naxos 8.557484.
No, this is not the music of popular twentieth-century British composer Malcolm Arnold. This is the music of popular eighteenth-century British composer Samuel Arnold. Only Malcolm Arnold is still popular, and Samuel Arnold is hardly remembered anymore.
The disc's main contents are the six overtures Arnold wrote in 1771, pleasant, lightweight affairs that begin sounding alike about ten minutes in. However, things perk up with numbers four and five, so if you get a hold of this album, you might want to start there. Or listen to one overture per day rather than listening through all six at once as I did.
More to the point is the Incidental Music to Macbeth, written in 1778. It contains an assortment of tunes based on actual Scottish folk songs and is quite delightful. ...
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