Τίτλος: Solo & Double Violin Concertos Johann Sebastian Bach
It's well known that most of Bach's harpsichord concertos began their lives as violin concertos. Since only three violin originals survive--the ones designated as BWV 1041-43--and since these are among his greatest instrumental works, musical scholars and performers have been reversing the process, turning the harpsichord concertos back into violin originals. BWV 1060 is one such case, a concerto for two harpsichords, which sounds much less clangy and bangy in this reconstructed version for two violins. Now Andrew Manze is simply the finest baroque violinist alive, and so this recording is self-recommending on that count alone. It's just about perfect.
Τίτλοι
1. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (BWV 1043): I. Vivace 2. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (BWV 1043): II. Largo ma non tanto 3. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (BWV 1043): III. Allegro 4. Concerto In A Minor For Violin (BWV 1041): I. (Allegro) 5. Concerto In A Minor For Violin: II. Andante 6. Concerto In A Minor For Violin (BWV 1041): III. Allegro assai 7. Concerto In E Major For Violin (BWV 1042): I. Allegro 8. Concerto In E Major For Violin (BWV 1042): II. Adagio 9. Concerto In E Major For Violin: III. Allegro assai 10.Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (BWV 1060): I. Allegro 11.Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (BWV 1060): II. Adagio 12.Concerto IN D Minor For Two Violins: III. Allegro
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