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Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerti BWV 972-987 / Arrangements Of Various Other Composers Works / Peter Watchorn - harpsichord / Hänssler Edition Bachakademie 2x Audio CD 2000 / CD 92.111
UPC 4010276016113
The concerto transcriptions of Johann Sebastian Bach date from his second period at the court in Weimar (1708–1717). Bach transcribed for organ and harpsichord a number of Italian and Italianate concertos, mainly by Antonio Vivaldi, but with others by Alessandro Marcello, Benedetto Marcello, Georg Philipp Telemann and the musically talented Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar. It is thought that most of the transcriptions were probably made in 1713–1714. Their publication by C.F. Peters in the 1850s and by Breitkopf & Härtel in the 1890s played a decisive role in the Vivaldi revival of the twentieth century.
Johann Sebastian Bach was a court musician in Weimar from 1708 to 1717. He wrote most, if not all, of his concerto transcriptions for organ (BWV 592–596) and for harpsichord (BWV 592a and 972–987) from July 1713 to July 1714. Most of these transcriptions were based on concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. Other models for the transcriptions included concertos by Alessandro Marcello, Benedetto Marcello, Georg Philipp Telemann and Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar.
Around 1715 Johann Bernhard Bach, Johann Sebastian's second cousin, copied 12 of the concerto transcriptions in a single manuscript. This manuscript, shelf mark P 280 in the Berlin State Library, starts with the harpsichord transcriptions BWV 972–981, followed by the organ transcription BWV 592, and ends with BWV 982. The sequence of the concertos in this manuscript is possibly as intended by the composer. For the organ transcriptions there is no known sequence that may go back to Bach's time.
| Label: | Hänssler Edition Bachakademie – CD 92.111 |
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| Format: |
2 x CD, Album
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| Country: | Germany |
| Released: |
2000 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Baroque |
Tracklist:
| Concerto D Major BWV 972 | 8:52 | ||
| 1-01 | (Allegro) | 2:29 | |
| 1-02 | Larghetto | 3:39 | |
| 1-03 | Allegro | 2:44 | |
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Concerto G Major BWV 973 |
7:26 |
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| 1-04 | (Allegro) | 2:44 | |
| 1-05 | Largo | 2:06 | |
| 1-06 | Allegro | 2:36 | |
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Concerto G Minor BWV 975 |
8:58 |
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| 1-07 | (Allegro) | 3:18 | |
| 1-08 | Largo | 3:32 | |
| 1-09 | Giga (Presto) | 2:08 | |
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Concerto C Major BWV 976 |
10:52 | ||
| 1-10 | (Allegro) | 4:08 | |
| 1-11 | Largo | 3:15 | |
| 1-12 | Allegro | 3:29 | |
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Concerto F Major BWV 978 |
7:28 |
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| 1-13 | Allegro | 2:36 | |
| 1-14 | Largo | 2:05 | |
| 1-15 | Allegro | 2:47 | |
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Concerto G Major BWV 980 |
11:22 |
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| 1-16 | (Allegro) | 4:10 | |
| 1-17 | Largo | 3:39 | |
| 1-18 | Allegro | 3:33 | |
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Concerto C Major BWV 977 |
6:47 |
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| 1-19 | (Allegro) | 2:48 | |
| 1-20 | Adagio | 1:31 | |
| 1-21 | Giga | 2:28 | |
| Concerto G Major BWV 986 | 6:20 | ||
| 1-22 | (Allegro) | 2:12 | |
| 1-23 | Adagio | 1:20 | |
| 1-24 | Allegro | 2:48 | |
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Concerto D Minor BWV 974 |
10:50 |
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| 1-25 | (Andante) | 3:15 | |
| 1-26 | Adagio | 3:29 | |
| 1-27 | Presto | 4:06 | |
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Concerto C Minor BWV 981 |
10:52 |
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| 2-01 | Adagio | 1:46 | |
| 2-02 | Vivace | 2:17 | |
| 2-03 | (Adagio) | 2:46 | |
| 2-04 | Prestissimo | 4:03 | |
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Concerto B Minor BWV 979 |
11:52 |
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| 2-05 | (Adagio) - Allegro | 1:42 | |
| 2-06 | Adagio | 0:35 | |
| 2-07 | Allegro | 3:40 | |
| 2-08 | Andante | 1:03 | |
| 2-09 | Adagio | 0:41 | |
| 2-10 | Allegro | 4:11 | |
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Concerto B Flat Major BWV 982 |
8:54 |
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| 2-11 | (Allegro) | 2:33 | |
| 2-12 | Adagio | 1:58 | |
| 2-13 | Allegro | 1:59 | |
| 2-14 | Allegro | 2:24 | |
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Concerto D Minor BWV 987 |
6:14 |
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| 2-15 | Grave | 2:51 | |
| 2-16 | (Un Poco) Allegro | 2:22 | |
| 2-17 | Adagio | 0:38 | |
| 2-18 | Vivace | 1:23 | |
| Concerto C Major BWV 984 | 8:34 | ||
| 2-19 | (Allegro) | 2:55 | |
| 2-20 | Adagio E Effettuoso | 2:07 | |
| 2-21 | Allegro Assai | 3:32 | |
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Concerto G Major BWV 592a |
7:42 |
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| 2-22 | Allegro Assai | 3:32 | |
| 2-23 | Grave | 2:03 | |
| 2-24 | Presto | 2:07 | |
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Concerto G Minor BWV 985 |
7:56 |
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| 2-25 | (Allegro) | 3:19 | |
| 2-26 | Adagio | 1:51 | |
| 2-27 | Allegro | 2:46 | |
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Concerto G Minor BWV 983 |
9:27 |
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| 2-28 | (Allegro) | 3:29 | |
| 2-29 | Adagio | 2:51 | |
| 2-30 | Allegro | 3:07 |
- Arranged By – Johann Sebastian Bach
- Composed By – A. Marcello (tracks: 1-25 to 1-27), Vivaldi (tracks: 1-01 to 1-21), B. Marcello (tracks: 2-01 to 2-04), Johann Ernst (tracks: 2-11 to 2-23), Telemann (tracks: 1-22 to 1-24, 2-24 to 2-26), Torelli (tracks: 2-05 to 2-10), Unknown Artist (tracks: 2-27 to 2-29)
- Harpsichord, Producer, Technician [Harpsichord Preparation] – Peter Watchorn
- Producer [Session Production] – Gregory Miller (2), Violeta Doncheva
- Producer [Session Production], Edited By – Matthew Packwood
- Recorded By, Producer [Session Production], Edited By, Mastered By – Joel Gordon
