JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)

Concertos for Solo Harpsichord (Complete)

CD1

Concerto in D major, BWV 972 (after Vivaldi, RV230)

Concerto in G major, BWV 973 (after Vivaldi, RV299)

Concerto in G minor, BWV 975 (after Vivaldi, RV316)

Concerto in C major, BWV 976 (after Vivaldi, RV265)

Concerto in F major, BWV 978 (after Vivaldi, RV310)

Concerto in G major, BWV 980 (after Vivaldi, RV381)

Concerto in C major, BWV 977 (after unknown composer)

Concerto in G minor, BWV 983 (after unknown composer)

Concerto in G major, BWV 986 (after unknown composer)

CD2

Concerto in B minor, BWV 979 (after Torelli)

Concerto in D minor, BWV 974 (after A Marcello)

Concerto in C minor, BWV 981 (after B Marcello, Op. 1, No. 2)

Concerto in B flat major, BWV 982 (after Ernst, Op. 1, No. 1)

Concerto in C major, BWV 984 (after Ernst)

Concerto in D minor, BWV 987 (after Ernst, Op. 1, No. 4)

Concerto in G minor, BWV 985 (after Telemann, TWV51: g21)

Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 894

Elizabeth Farr - harpsichord

Among the wealth of works composed during his Weimar period, J. S. Bach made 22 keyboard transcriptions of concertos by Italian and German composers: six for two keyboards and pedal (BWV 592–596) and sixteen for keyboard (BWV 972–987), the latter of which are recorded here by multi award-winning harpsichordist Elizabeth Farr. Complementing these masterful transcriptions is the Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV894, which Bach later reworked as the opening and closing movements of his Triple Concerto BWV1044.

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