Pieter-Jan Belder has made over 150 album recordings, including integral recordings of Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas and Bach's Well-tempered Clavier.
The harpsichord used in this recording is a 2013 instrument by Titus Crijnen, modeled after a 1733 Blanchet harpsichord.
Bach's harpsichord concertos are mostly reworkings of earlier pieces for other instruments, demonstrating his skill in adapting music across genres.
Pieter-Jan Belder, the harpsichordist and director on this album, won the Leipzig Bach harpsichord competition in 2000.
J.S. Bach's harpsichord concertos were likely first performed at Zimmermannsches Kaffeehaus in Leipzig, where he led the Collegium Musicum.
Bach's development of the keyboard concerto, as seen in these works, initiated an important tradition continued by his sons and other composers.
Musica Amphion, the ensemble on this recording, performs 17th and 18th-century orchestral and chamber music on period instruments.
