IDAGIO | Bach: The Two Violin Concertos - Double Concerto - Concerto for Violin and Oboe 8720604704600

Featuring

Vesko Eschkenazy
Tjeerd Top
Alexei Ogrintchouk
Concertgebouw Kamerorkest
Johann Sebastian Bach

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Compositional Technique

Vivaldi's concertos, which influenced Bach, typically featured a fast-slow-fast three-movement structure and used ritornello form, where the main theme returns multiple times.

Composition History

Bach first encountered Vivaldi's solo concertos in 1713 through editions purchased by his employer, Count Johann Ernst, marking a crucial moment in Bach's creative development.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in the Doopsgezinde Kerk (Mennonite Church) in Haarlem, The Netherlands, over four days in May 2012.

Composer Biography

Bach considered his time as Capellmeister for Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, from 1717, the happiest period of his life, where he composed many instrumental works including the Brandenburg Concertos.

Composition History

The concertos on this album were likely composed for Leipzig's Collegium Musicum, an ensemble founded by Georg Philipp Telemann, where Bach performed his own works and those of contemporaries.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Bach's first biographer, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, citing Bach's oldest son Carl Philipp Emanuel, asserted that Bach began to think 'musically' after encountering Vivaldi's compositions.