J.S. Bach - Harpsichord Concerto No. 8, BWV 1059 (1739)

[@notaire2]

Lebhafte und wunderschöne Interpretation dieses kompakten und fein komponierten Konzerts mit klarem doch warmherzigem Klang des technisch fehlerlosen Solocembalos sowie gut harmonisierten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen der anderen Instrumente. Der zweite Satz klingt besonders schön und echt tröstend. Im Kontrast klingt der dritte Satz echt lebhaft und auch beweglich. Der intelligente und unvergleichliche Solist-Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Kammerorchester im veränderlichen Tempo und mit perfekt kontrollierter Dynamik. Einfach wunderbar!

[@jhonwask]

I have to admit, I didn't even know this concerto existed. It is truly beautiful.

[@brendanward2991]

It doesn't really. Only a short fragment survives, from which this concerto was constructed by Gustav Leonhardt.

[@haydnschlinger6740]

It doesn't. the First part does, and then the rest is adapted from cantata BWV 35 which has a similar format. The second movement is an improvisation by Gustav Leonhardt, and the third movement is also taken from BWV 35.

[@phuclevan5771]

Những giây phút đưa ta đi dạo chơi trên chốn tiên bồng. Kính mến cụ J.S. Bach.

[@peterwatchorn5618]

Bach only completed the opening ritornello for this harpsichord concerto before apparently abandoning it. It may have started life as an oboe concerto in Cöthen, later (1726) adapted for the cantata and then, in the 1730s for harpsichord, the first ritornello (9 measures) appearing on the final page of Bach's autograph of the seven solo harpsichord concertos (BWV 1052-1058). The first and last movements correspond to the two instrumental movements to be found in Cantata BWV 35, Geist und Seele wird verwirret (Spirit and Soul become clouded). It's possible that the first section of the second movement, an A minor aria for alto with solo organ (the entire cantata is for alto solo) might have formed the second movement. That Bach includes an oboe in the scoring of the harpsichord version may indicate that this was his idea (the oboe might have taken over the voice part of the cantata). Gustav Leonhardt, whose masterful transcription/completion of the outer movements is heard here, was of the opinion that the second movement defied reconstruction (I think that the A section of the aria is the correct solution-to use the entire aria with da capo repeat makes it way too long, over 9 minutes), so he provided a short bridge movement for solo harpsichord, which also works well. No other reconstruction realizes the harpsichord part, reconstructed from the organ obbligato of BWV 35 as effectively and expertly as this one. Peter Watchorn

[@user-fu7zf4ck9z]

I believe BWV1058 was supposed to be Concerto no. 1 from a different set of 6 concertos (this would have been No. 2 of the second set). The autograph of No. 6 F Major ends with S.D.G., which implies Bach thought of it as the final one. Who knows, maybe its the other way around and the original set was abandoned in favor of the one we actually got (BWV1052-1057)

[@vicb4901]

Harpsichord and Bach enliven each other...

[@johnchessant3012]

very underrated concerto

[@starfoxmccloud64]

Maybe because it’s originally only a fragment? The rest is a reconstruction

[@joyful-lamusic]

Thank you for your work! Now I know that I love bach

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

Of the reconstructions of this concerto I have heard, this one gets the number of opinions of which second movement to use up to 3. The others are the reconstruction by Igor Kipnis (who also played the harpsichord for that reconstruction), which used a long and really awesome second movement, and another one whose author I can't remember the name of(*), that used a fairly short second movement, but longer than this one. They all agree (except for small details) on the first and third movements. (*)Maybe Arnold Mehl? Not sure.

[@elmiramuradova561]

Very nice. Thank you❤

[@Losttt447]

This originally was written for oboe 🤔? I've heard it but played on oboe

[@bertuspieters4154]

Read the introduction!