JS Bach: Violin Concertos

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Zehetmair is by no means just a brilliant violinist; he is a very sincere musician...This is a most rewarding reissue. Even those lovers of baroque music who usually avoid modern instrument performances,... — MusicWeb International, 5th September 2013 More…

Release Date: 22nd Apr 2013
Catalogue No: 94666
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 61 minutes

Bach, J S: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042

Work length16:43

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Thomas Zehetmair (violin)
Amsterdam Bach Soloists
Recorded: 1 March 1994
Recording Venue: Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands

I. Allegro

Track length7:10

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II. Adagio

Track length6:46

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III. Allegro assai

Track length2:47

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Bach, J S: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041

Work length13:47

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Thomas Zehetmair (violin)
Amsterdam Bach Soloists
Recorded: 1 March 1994
Recording Venue: Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands

I. Allegro

Track length3:58

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II. Andante

Track length6:18

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III. Allegro assai

Track length3:31

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Bach, J S: Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV1052

Work length21:50

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$6.50

Thomas Zehetmair (violin)
Amsterdam Bach Soloists
Recorded: 1 March 1994
Recording Venue: Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands

I. Allegro

Track length7:26

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II. Adagio

Track length6:43

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III. Allegro

Track length7:41

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Bach, J S: Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV1056

Work length9:39

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$3.90

Thomas Zehetmair (violin)
Amsterdam Bach Soloists
Recorded: 1 March 1994
Recording Venue: Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands

I. (Allegro)

Track length3:26

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$1.30

II. Largo

Track length3:06

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III. Presto

Track length3:07

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$1.30

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Recorded in 1994 this recording of Bach’s violin concertos has lost nothing of its freshness and sparkle. Thomas Zehetmair built, since his Salzburg Festival debut at the age of 16, an impressive international career travelling virtuoso playing with the world’s most famous orchestras conductors. His open and unconventional mind kindled his interest in Historical Early Music Practice, and his interpretations of the baroque repertoire show a deep insight in the style, while never losing his innate musicality and “Spielfreude”.

Zehetmair is joined by the Amsterdam Bach Soloists, an elite group drawn from principals of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, both sharing his interest in early music and his enthusiasm.

The great Johann Sebastian Bach grew up around violin music: his father Johann Ambrosius was an accomplished violinist. This influence is reflected in Sebastian’s compositional output, which contains a large number of solo and ensemble works for the instrument – including the concertos on this recording. The works, written in approximately 1720, are based on Vivaldi’s concerto model from the beginning of the 18th century, and – in the case of the D minor and G minor concertos – are reconstructions of the harpsichord concertos.

Indeed, many of Bach’s concertos for harpsichord were in fact rearrangements of earlier instrumental works, and from the passagework in BWV 1052 and 1056 it is clear that the violin was originally the intended instrument. Together with rich‐sounding dialogue that is a result of the contrast between the intricate solo passages and the slower‐moving accompanying instruments, opportunities for virtuosic display abound in all of the works’ final movements, especially in the energetic Gigue of BWV 1041.

Violinist Thomas Zehetmair studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum and made his festival debut at the Salzburg Festival aged just 16. He has since built up an impressive international career as a soloist, also performing with the Zehetmair Quartet, and is musical director of the Northern Sinfonia (UK) as well as guest conductor of several other major European orchestras. He is joined in the recording by the acclaimed Amsterdam Bach Soloists.

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5th September 2013

Zehetmair is by no means just a brilliant violinist; he is a very sincere musician...This is a most rewarding reissue. Even those lovers of baroque music who usually avoid modern instrument performances, should consider this disc at budget price.

JS Bach: Violin Concertos

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