JS Bach - Violin Concertos
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Label: Harmonia Mundi
Cat No: HMM90233536
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 15th March 2019
Contents
Works
Cantata BWV21 'Ich hatte viel Bekummernis'Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV1060
Concerto movement in D major, BWV1045
Orchestral Suite no.2 in B minor, BWV1067 (arr. for solo violin in A minor)
Trio Sonata no.3 in D minor, BWV527
Trio Sonata no.5 in C major, BWV529
Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV1052
Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV1056
Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor, BWV1041
Violin Concerto no.2 in E major, BWV1042
Artists
Isabelle Faust (violin)Bernhard Forck (violin)
Xenia Loeffler (oboe)
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin
Works
Cantata BWV21 'Ich hatte viel Bekummernis'Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV1060
Concerto movement in D major, BWV1045
Orchestral Suite no.2 in B minor, BWV1067 (arr. for solo violin in A minor)
Trio Sonata no.3 in D minor, BWV527
Trio Sonata no.5 in C major, BWV529
Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV1052
Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV1056
Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor, BWV1041
Violin Concerto no.2 in E major, BWV1042
Artists
Isabelle Faust (violin)Bernhard Forck (violin)
Xenia Loeffler (oboe)
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin
About
Isabelle Faust and Bernhard Forck and his partners at the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin have explored patiently a multitude of other works by Bach: harpsichord concertos, trio sonatas for organ, instrumental movements from sacred cantatas... All are revealed here as direct or indirect relatives of the three monumental concertos BWV 1041-43.
This fascinating achievement is a timely reminder that the master of The Well-Tempered Clavier was also a virtuoso violinist.
Sound/Video
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1Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto In D Minor, BWV 1052r: I. Allegro
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2Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto In D Minor, BWV 1052r: II. Adagio
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3Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto In D Minor, BWV 1052r: III. Allegro
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4Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich Liebe Den Höchsten Von Ganzem Gemüte, BWV 174: I. Sinfonia
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5Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto In E Major, BWV 1042: I. Allegro
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6Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto In E Major, BWV 1042: II. Adagio
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7Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto In E Major, BWV 1042: III. Allegro Assai
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8Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich Hatte Viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21: Sinfonia
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9Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata In C Major, BWV 529: I. Allegro (Arr. For 2 Violins And Basso Continuo)
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10Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata In C Major, BWV 529: II. Largo (Arr. For 2 Violins And Basso Continuo)
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11Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata In C Major, BWV 529: III. Allegro (Arr. For 2 Violins And Basso Continuo)
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12Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto For Violin And Oboe In C Minor, BWV 1060r: I. Allegro
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13Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto For Violin And Oboe In C Minor, BWV 1060r: II. Largo Ovvero Adagio
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14Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto For Violin And Oboe In C Minor, BWV 1060r: III. Allegro
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15Johann Sebastian Bach: Overture No. 2 In B Minor, BWV 1067: I. Ouverture
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16Johann Sebastian Bach: Overture No. 2 In B Minor, BWV 1067: II. Rondeau
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17Johann Sebastian Bach: Overture No. 2 In B Minor, BWV 1067: III. Sarabande
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18Johann Sebastian Bach: Overture No. 2 In B Minor, BWV 1067: IV. Bourrées I & II
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19Johann Sebastian Bach: Overture No. 2 In B Minor, BWV 1067: V. Polonaise. Moderato E Staccato. Double
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20Johann Sebastian Bach: Overture No. 2 In B Minor, BWV 1067: VI. Menuet
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21Johann Sebastian Bach: Overture No. 2 In B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie. Staccato
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22Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata In D Minor, BWV 527: I. Andante (Arr. For Oboe, Violin And Basso Continuo)
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23Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata In D Minor, BWV 527: II. Adagio E Dolce (Arr. For Oboe, Violin And Basso Continuo)
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24Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata In D Minor, BWV 527: III. Vivace (Arr. For Oboe, Violin And Basso Continuo)
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25Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto In G Minor, BWV 1056r: I. [No Tempo Marking]
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26Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto In G Minor, BWV 1056r: II. Largo
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27Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto In G Minor, BWV 1056r: III. Presto
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28Johann Sebastian Bach: Himmelskönig, Sei Willkommen, BWV 182: I. Sonata. Grave. Adagio
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29Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto In A Minor, BWV 1041: I. [No Tempo Marking]
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30Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto In A Minor, BWV 1041: II. Andante
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31Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto In A Minor, BWV 1041: III. Allegro Assai
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32Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia In D Major, BWV 1045
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33Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto For 2 Violins In D Minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace
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34Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto For 2 Violins In D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo Ma Non Tanto
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35Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto For 2 Violins In D Minor, BWV 1043: III. Allegro
Europadisc Review
Proceedings kick off with the mighty D minor Concerto, BWV 1052, which survives as a keyboard concerto and has long been a favourite with pianists and harpsichordists from Lipatti and Gould to Rousset and Staier. But, as Bach specialist Peter Wollny explains in his booklet notes, it has for some years been thought that the work originated in a lost violin concerto. Faust is far from being the first violinist to tackle this reconstruction (Szigeti and Ricci were among the earliest), but she is surely the most convincing, dashing off the virtuoso – and persuasively violinistic – figuration with tremendous flair and naturalness. Given the faultless intonation elsewhere on the album, the perceptible note of sourness introduced by soloist and orchestra in the slow movement seems a deliberate interpretative strategy, emphasising the mournful, lament-like Affekt of the music, and it certainly works a treat.
The other two concertos on CD1 are a beautifully poised account of the E major Violin Concerto – outer movements pert, central Adagio wonderfully dreamy – and the well-known C minor Concerto for oboe and violin, itself a reconstruction from a concerto for three harpsichords. Here Faust is partnered by oboist Xenia Löffler, and they make an excellent team, not least in the glorious interweaving lines of the Largo ovvero Adagio second movement, while they rise magnificently to the demands of the closing Allegro, which is taken here at quite a lick. Peppered in between these three concertos are two cantata sinfonias: the heart-stopping opening movement of Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21, and the dazzlingly expanded version of the first movement of Brandenburg Concerto no.3 (with added horns and oboes!) that opens Cantata BWV 174. For a complete change of scale there’s also some chamber music: the Organ Trio Sonata in C major, BWV 529, rescored for two violins (Faust and Bernhard Forck, the AAM Berlin’s concertmaster) and continuo, captivating in its intimacy.
On disc two, Löffler and Forck exchange roles, with Löffler now the trio sonata partner in a chamber transcription of the D minor Organ Trio, BWV 527 (with a slow movement that was later incorporated into the A minor ‘Triple’ Concerto for flute, violin and harpsichord), and Forck playing second fiddle to Faust in the much-loved Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043, including a beautifully inflected account of the central Largo. The disc opens with the famous Orchestral Suite no.2, BWV 1067, transposed down from its normal B minor to A minor and with solo violin replacing the familiar flute. As a reconstruction, it’s less plausible than the others included in this collection, for one misses the distinctive timbre that a wind instrument brings to the top line; but in the virtuoso passages (and above all in the concluding, racy Badinerie) Faust gives it her all, so that there’s always plenty to enjoy. More convincing as a piece of reconstruction is a G minor version of the F minor Keyboard Concerto, BWV 1056, a brooding work that gains much from Faust’s bright-toned playing and the ever-alert accompaniments of her colleagues. And it’s the sweetness of tone that Faust coaxes from her 1658 Jacobus Steiner instrument that is the chief glory of the A minor Violin Concerto, BWV 1041. Too often turned into a dramatic, hard-edged showpiece, this masterpiece is here treated to a gentler touch that enhances its expressiveness and forms one of the undoubted highlights of the album. As throughout, Faust’s ornamentation is tasteful and unintrusive, so that it well withstands the repeated listening her playing so readily invites.
Two more cantata sinfonias, the gentle opening movement from BWV 182 featuring recorder and violin, and the jaw-droppingly spectacular D major Sinfonia, BWV 1045, from an unknown lost work, scored for solo violin trumpets, oboes, timpani, strings and continuo, round off this splendid collection of ‘Violin Concertos Plus’. Recorded at Berlin’s Teldex Studio in a slightly boxy-sounding acoustic that favours the soloist(s) without undue prominence, and with unfailingly stylish playing from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, this spellbinding album deserves to be on every Bach lover’s shelf. Enthusiastically recommended to all and sundry!
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