Bach - Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in A Minor, BWV 1041 - Violin and Piano

• Urtext edition based on the “New Bach Edition”
• Central work of the violin repertoire
• With an Urtext solo part as well as a second solo part with bowing, fingering and comments on performance 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.