Kammerorchester des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Berliner Barock Solisten
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Composer Biography
Johann Sebastian Bach never traveled outside Germany to explore musical trends, but he learned about Italian concertos through the music archive and concerts at the court of Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar.
Composition History
Mozart's first violin concerto in B flat Major was his very first solo concerto, composed in 1773, even before his Concertone for 2 Violins and the Bassoon Concerto.
Composition History
Most of Bach's original concertos, including the Brandenburg Concertos and orchestral suites, were likely written during his time as Kapellmeister in Cöthen.
Instruments
Frank Peter Zimmermann plays the 1711 Antonius Stradivari violin 'Lady Inchiquin', provided by the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf.
Composition History
All five of Mozart's violin concertos use the same orchestration: two oboes, two horns, and strings, with an optional bassoon to strengthen the bass strings.
Composer Biography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose father Leopold Mozart was a leading music teacher, was at the peak of his violin playing abilities when he became concert master in Salzburg in 1772.
Critical Reception
Mozart's violin concertos did not enter the standard repertoire for a long time; their scores were not fully printed until 1877.
