Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 2 &3

Featuring

Schaghajegh Nosrati
Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach

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Performer Biography

Schaghajegh Nosrati, the pianist on this album, gained international recognition as an award winner at the 2014 International Bach Competition in Leipzig.

Instruments

The wind section for this recording includes an oboe, an oboe d'amore, and a cor anglais (as a modern substitute for the baroque taille), chosen to accommodate differences in key and range between cantata and concerto versions.

Composition History

The wind parts for the keyboard concertos were derived from Bach's cantatas BWV 146, 188, 169, and 49, which represent an earlier form of these concertos.

Compositional Technique

Frank Zabel, a composer and friend of the soloist, completed missing wind voices for some movements where only excerpts from the keyboard concerto or a single oboe part existed in the cantata versions.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Bach frequently reworked his own compositions, not just due to external circumstances like the demand for harpsichord literature, but also from an inner desire for perfection and to explore new musical paths.

Interpretation

This recording features a unique instrumentation for Bach's keyboard concertos, expanding them with three wind parts, a version not previously heard on commercial recordings.

Performer Biography

Sir András Schiff, a renowned pianist, praised Schaghajegh Nosrati's Bach playing for its "astonishing clarity, purity and maturity" and musical comprehension.