Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A minor, BWV 1065 by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Composed circa 1730 in Leipzig, after Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto for 4 violins in B minor, RV 580 (L'Estro Armonico op.3 No.10).
I. Allegro.
II. Largo e spiccato. (04'10").
III. Allegro. (07'49").
Piano peformers:
I. Evgeni Kissin (wearing white smoking)
II. Martha Argerich
III. Mikhail Pletnev (wearing tie and pullover)
IV. James Levine (wearing black dress coat)
Verbier Festival Orchestra. July-August 2004.
http://www.verbierfestival.com
DVD availabe in Amazon.com,
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Info about Bach's keyboard concerts:
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/NVD/BWV1052-1065.htm
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About Four Harpsichords Concert, BWV 1065,
by James Leonard.
Bach's Concerto for Four Harpsichords and String Orchestra in A minor is an adaptation from around 1730-1733 of Vivaldi's B minor Concerto for Four Violins and String Orchestra in B minor, No. 10/3. Bach had gotten to know Vivaldi's Op. 3 while an organist at Weimar, where he transcribed ten of them for solo harpsichord and six of them for organ.
This later adaptation is far more ambitious. In it, Bach has both tightened and expanded Vivaldi's counterpoint, enriched his harmonies with lusher harmonies, and expanded the solo parts with greater complexity and greater clarity. The result is a work that not only avoids the criticism of being too thickly textured, but actually improves on the original work. Written in the standard three-movement concerto form of the Baroque period, Bach's Concerto for Four Harpsichords is a brilliant virtuoso piece for the soloists.
Traducción al castellano.
Sobre el concierto para cuatro claves, BWV 1065, por James Leonard.
El concierto de Bach para cuatro claves y orquestra en la menor es una adaptación del concierto para cuatro violines y orquesta RV. 549, Opus 3 nro. 1, de Antonio Vivaldi, aproximadamente de 1730-1733. Bach había conocido el Opus 3 de Vivaldi mientras era organista en Weimar, donde transcribió diez piezas para clavecín solo y seis más para órgano.
Esta adaptación posterior es mucho más ambiciosa. En ella, Bach ha reforzado y ampliado los contrapuntos de Vivaldi, ha enriquecido las armonías con otras más exuberantes y extiende las partes del solo con una mayor complejidad y claridad. El resultado no es sólo un trabajo con el que evita la crítica de estar demasiado ceñido al manuscrito original, sino que en realidad mejora la partitura vivaldiana. Escrito en la forma habitual del concierto barroco en tres movimientos, el Concierto para cuatro claves de Bach es una obra de brillante virtuosismo para los solistas.
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Wonderful, if Martha Argerich plays even better, thank you paquitolo, I did not know that you speak Spanish as well, gracias nuevamente.
Jaimejimmyjim 4 months ago
@Jaimejimmyjim Bueno, la verdad es que siendo medio sevillano y medio madrileño, se me tiene que dar bien... :)
paquitolo 4 months ago
Ummm isnt this from vivaldi Concerto for four violins?
Edwin664 8 months ago 2
@Edwin664 Please, read in info below the video.
paquitolo 6 months ago
@paquitolo This IS actually Vivaldi material. BWV 1065 is the only concerto not written by bach but transcribed into harpsichords from a Vivaldi concerto.
cedrus78 3 months ago
@cedrus78 As you can read in the info I mentioned Bach's concert is an adaptation Vivaldi's. Its more common identification is by using the BWV number just as Wolfgang Schmieder left written. I cannot make anymore, only keeping the correct catalog number because everyone can recognize it.
paquitolo 3 months ago