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Bach - Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 (BAR)

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Bach - Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 (BAR)
Price:
17.03 USD
Instrument:
Violin
Sub Instrumentation:
Violin & Keyboard
Composer:
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Publisher:
Bärenreiter
Editor/Arranger:
Manze, Andrew
ISBN/ISMN:
M006466887
RCM Grade:
8A
SKU:
BACH106

Edited by Andrew Manze
Today the three violin concertos, BWV 1041–1043, are among Johann Sebastian Bach’s best known and most popular instrumental works and enjoy a permanent place in the concert repertoire. The blending of ritornello and episode that typifies Bach’s concertos as a whole is especially evident in the densely contrapuntal first movement, where the concise main theme regularly recurs to accompany the solo violin. This somber opening movement is followed by a harmonically far-reaching Andante which develops an expressive cantilena above an almost ubiquitous theme in the bass. The finale is a fugal gigue dominated by a madcap 9/8 rhythm and ever-increasing virtuosity from the soloist. This Urtext edition is based in the “New Bach Edition”. The revised violin and piano reduction includes an Urtext solo part as well as a second solo part with bowing, fingering and comments on performance by Andrew Manze.