Harpsichord Concertos

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Concentus Musicus Wien & Gustav Leonhardt & Herbert Tachezi

Harpsichord Concertos is a set of concertos by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in the early 1730s. The works feature virtuosic harpsichord writing set against Baroque string orchestration with continuo and illustrate Bach's development of the concerto form within his Leipzig period.
First released: 1987

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Concerto for Harpsichord in A major, S.1055: I. Allegro
    4:32
  2. 2.
    Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, S.1052: I. Allegro
    8:02
  3. 3.
    Concerto for Harpsichord in A major, S.1055: II. Larghetto
    4:42
  4. 4.
    Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, S.1052: II. Adagio
    6:00
  5. 5.
    Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, S.1052: III. Allegro
    8:07
  6. 6.
    Concerto for Harpsichord in A major, S.1055: III. Allegro ma non tanto
    4:17
  7. 7.
    Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C major, S.1061: I. Allegro
    7:22
  8. 8.
    Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, S.1056: I. Allegro
    3:12
  9. 9.
    Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, S.1056: II. Largo
    2:19
  10. 10.
    Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C major, S.1061: II. Adagio ouvero (Quartetto tacet)
    5:13
  11. 11.
    Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C major, S.1061: III. Fuga
    5:55
  12. 12.
    Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, S.1056: III. Presto
    3:55
  13. 13.
    Concerto for Harpsichord in E major, S.1053: I. Allegro
    8:43
  14. 14.
    Concerto for Harpsichord in E major, S.1053: II. Siciliano
    5:03
  15. 15.
    Concerto for Harpsichord in E major, S.1053: III. Allegro
    7:15

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