Bach Violin Concertos

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Ruggiero Ricci & City of London Ensemble

Bach's Violin Concertos are a set of violin concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1717-1723. They exemplify Baroque solo concerto practice, featuring a dialogue between the solo violin and a small orchestra with idiomatic violin writing, contrapuntal textures and contrasting slow, lyrical movements, and they occupy a notable place in Bach's instrumental output by blending Italian concerto form with German contrapuntal tradition.

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  1. 1.
    Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041: I. (Allegro)
    3:59
  2. 2.
    Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041: II. Andante
    7:27
  3. 3.
    Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041: III. Allegro assai
    4:49
  4. 4.
    Concerto in E major, BWV 1042: I. Allegro
    8:03
  5. 5.
    Concerto in E major, BWV 1042: II. Adagio
    6:56
  6. 6.
    Concerto in E major, BWV 1042: III. Allegro assai
    3:03
  7. 7.
    Concerto in D minor, after BWV 1052: I. Allegro
    8:00
  8. 8.
    Concerto in D minor, after BWV 1052: II. Adagio
    6:36
  9. 9.
    Concerto in D minor, after BWV 1052: III. Allegro
    8:06

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