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J. S. Bach: Concertos for Three and Four Harpsichords

5/23/2025, 12 Tracks, 49:49

Featuring

  • Violaine Cochard
  • Pierre Gallon
  • Jean-Luc Ho
  • Louis Creac‘h
  • Yoko Kawakubo
  • Jérôme van Waerbeke
  • Bruno Cocset
  • Richard Myron
  • Bertrand Cuiller
  • Davor Krkljus
  • Olivier Fortin
  • Le Caravansérail
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

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Composer Biography

Bach learned to "think musically" by studying the works of Vivaldi, whose scores were brought to him by his student Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

Bach's harpsichord concertos significantly contributed to establishing the keyboard concerto as the most popular concerto form by the end of the 18th century.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy included Bach's Concerto in D minor (BWV 1063) in his repertoire from 1835, performing it with Clara Schumann and Louis Rakemann, making it one of Bach's most famous 19th-century compositions.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

The title "Brandenburg Concertos" for Bach's Six Concerts avec plusieurs Instruments was coined in 1873 by Philipp Spitta in his Bach biography, referring to the dedicatee, Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Bach's concertos for three harpsichords (BWV 1063 and BWV 1064) were probably written for the keyboard training of his sons, Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords (BWV 1065) is an adaptation of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto for four violins from his L'Estro Armonico.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Bach likely composed his concertos for multiple harpsichords in the 1730s, possibly motivated by Handel's organ concertos.

Source: Booklet

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