Concertos BWV 1052-1058

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & András Schiff & Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Marieke Blankestijn

The Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052-1058 are a set of seven concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1738-1741. They are characterised by virtuosic keyboard writing and intricate contrapuntal textures that blend elements of the Italian concerto with Bach's own formal and contrapuntal approach, and they occupy an important place in his later instrumental output.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Concerto No. 1 D-Moll, BWV 1052: I. Allegro
    8:06
  2. 2.
    Concerto No. 1 D-Moll, BWV 1052: II. Adagio
    7:01
  3. 3.
    Concerto No. 1 D-Moll, BWV 1052: III. Allegro
    7:46
  4. 4.
    Concerto No. 2 E-Dur, BWV 1053: I. Allegro
    8:12
  5. 5.
    Concerto No. 2 E-Dur, BWV 1053: II. Siciliano
    4:09
  6. 6.
    Concerto No. 2 E-Dur, BWV 1053: III. Allegro
    6:29
  7. 7.
    Concerto No. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1054: I. Allegro
    7:30
  8. 8.
    Concerto No. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1054: II. Adagio e piano sempre
    5:46
  9. 9.
    Concerto No. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1054: III. Allegro
    2:59

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Concerto No. 4 A-Dur, BWV 1055: I. Allegro
    4:04
  2. 3.
    Concerto No. 4 A-Dur, BWV 1055: II. Larghetto
    4:53
  3. 4.
    Concerto No. 4 A-Dur, BWV 1055: III. Allegro ma non tanto
    4:29
  4. 5.
    Concerto No. 5 F-Moll, BWV 1056: I. Allegro
    3:35
  5. 6.
    Concerto No. 5 F-Moll, BWV 1056: II. Largo
    2:56
  6. 7.
    Concerto No. 5 F-Moll, BWV 1056: III. Presto
    3:37
  7. 8.
    Concerto No. 6 F-Dur, BWV 1057: I. Allegro
    7:12
  8. 9.
    Concerto No. 6 F-Dur, BWV 1057: II. Andante
    3:53
  9. 10.
    Concerto No. 6 F-Dur, BWV 1057: III. Allegro assai
    4:54
  10. 11.
    Concerto No. 7 G-Moll, BWV 1058: I. Allegro
    3:41
  11. 12.
    Concerto No. 7 G-Moll, BWV 1058: II. Andante
    5:41
  12. 13.
    Concerto No. 7 G-Moll, BWV 1058: III. Allegro assai
    3:53

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