Remarks:
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. Farr's other Naxos recordings have been universally praised.Notes:
Recording information: Ploger Hall, Manchester, MI (08/2008).Reviews
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Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for solo keyboard No. 1 in D major (after Vivaldi Op. 3/9), BWV 972 (BC L189)
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Notes: Composition written: 1713-14.
- Running Time: 7 min. 31 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for solo keyboard No. 2 in G major (after Vivaldi Op. 7/2, RV 299), BWV 973 (BC L191)
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 7 min. 18 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for solo keyboard No. 4 in G minor (after Vivaldi Op. 4/6, RV 316), BWV 975 (BC L193)
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 8 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for solo keyboard No. 5 in C major (after Vivaldi Op. 3/12, RV 265), BWV 976 (BC L188)
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 10 min. 18 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for solo keyboard No. 7 in F major (after Vivaldi Op. 3/3, RV 310), BWV 978 (BC L190)
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 7 min. 34 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for solo keyboard No. 9 in G major (after Vivaldi Op. 4/1, RV 381), BWV 980 (BC L192)
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 9 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for solo keyboard No. 6 in C major (after unknown source), BWV 977 (BC L202)
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 7 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for solo keyboard No. 12 in G minor (after unknown source), BWV 983 (BC L204)
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 8 min. 18 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto in G major after an unknown composer, BWV 986
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 6 min. 17 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for solo keyboard No. 8 in B minor (after Torelli), BWV 979 (BC L196)
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 7 min. 8 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto in D minor after Alessandro Marcello, BWV 974
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 8 min. 46 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for solo keyboard No. 10 in C minor (after Benedetto Marcello), BWV 981 (BC L195)
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 8 min. 17 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for solo keyboard No. 11 in B flat major (after Duke Johann Ernst Op. 1/1), BWV 982 (BC L20
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 5 min. sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for solo keyboard No. 13 in C major (after Duke Johann Ernst), BWV 984 (BC L197)
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 8 min. 29 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for solo keyboard No. 16 in D minor (after Duke Johann Ernst, Op. 1/4), BWV 987 (BC L198)
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 6 min. 25 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for solo keyboard No. 14 in G minor (after Georg Philipp Telemann, TWV 51 :: g21), BWV 985 (BC
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 6 min. 50 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1713-1714
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 894
- Performer: Elizabeth Farr (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 12 min. 6 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1715-1725
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