Johann Sebastian Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Vol. 2

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Jean-Sébastien Bach composed six harpsichord concertos and collected them in a volume around 1738. Most of his concertos for one or more harpsichords are arrangements of earlier concertos, usually made by Bach himself. The "great lord of early music" Sigiswald Kuijken combines Bach's six harpsichord concertos and three double concertos for two harpsichords with the two violin concertos and the double concerto for two violins, which were also arranged by Bach as harpsichord concertos. The twelve concertos are released in a series of three CDs, the second volume of which is now available. Belgian harpsichordist Mario Sarrechia plays the solo part in the two concertos BWV 1052 & 1058, Taiwanese harpsichordist Hsiu-Tzu Ryanas in the concerto BWV 1056, and Sigiswald Kuijken himself in the violin concerto BWV 1042. Sigiswald Kuijken distributes the orchestral parts to soloists, as La Petite Bande does, which was likely the practice with Bach, a theory that Kuijken supports with ample evidence.