Concertos for Two, Three and Four Harpsichords

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Robert Hill & Michael Behringer & Gerald Hambitzer & Christoph Anselm Noll & Roderick Shaw & Kölner Kammerorchester & Helmut Müller‐Brühl

The Concertos for Two, Three and Four Harpsichords are a set of concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in the early 1730s. They employ Baroque concerto and concerto grosso textures, pairing multiple harpsichords in intricate contrapuntal dialogue against a string orchestra and continuo, and they represent Bach's exploration of virtuosic keyboard writing during his mature Leipzig period.
First released: March 1998

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Concerto in C minor for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1060: I. Allegro
    4:45
  2. 2.
    Concerto in C minor for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1060: II. Largo ovvero Adagio
    5:21
  3. 3.
    Concerto in C minor for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1060: III. Allegro
    3:43
  4. 4.
    Concerto in C major for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1061: I. Allegro
    7:15
  5. 5.
    Concerto in C major for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1061: II. Adagio
    4:55
  6. 6.
    Concerto in C major for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1061: III. Vivace
    5:58
  7. 7.
    Concerto in C minor for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1062: I. Allegro
    3:29
  8. 8.
    Concerto in C minor for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1062: II. Andante e piano
    6:06
  9. 9.
    Concerto in C minor for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1062: III. Allegro assai
    4:34
  10. 10.
    Concerto in C major for Three Harpsichords, BWV 1064: I. Allegro
    6:20
  11. 11.
    Concerto in C major for Three Harpsichords, BWV 1064: II. Adagio
    5:18
  12. 12.
    Concerto in C major for Three Harpsichords, BWV 1064: III. Allegro
    4:35
  13. 13.
    Concerto in A minor for Four Harpsichords, BWV 1065: I. Allegro
    3:53
  14. 14.
    Concerto in A minor for Four Harpsichords, BWV 1065: II. Largo
    2:03
  15. 15.
    Concerto in A minor for Four Harpsichords, BWV 1065: III. Allegro
    3:21

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