Features 16 of Bach's transcriptions for solo keyboard instruments (piano and harpsichord) of concertos for violin and other non-keyboard instruments by Vivaldi, Telemann, and others. Each richly displays a dynamic virtuosity that makes their performance an exhilarating experience. Reprinted from the definitive Bach-Gesellschaft edition prepared by Ernst Naumann.

Contents

• Concerto No.1 in D Major BWV 972 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi) - Op.3, No.9 [Allegro] Larghetto, Allegro
• Concerto No.2 in G Major BWV 973 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi) - Op.7, Book 2, No.2 [Allegro] Largo, Allegro
• Concerto No.3 in D Minor BWV 974 (based on an oboe concerto by Alessandro Marcello) [Allegro] Adagio, Presto
• Concerto No.4 in G Minor BWV 975 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi) - Op.3, No.6 [Allegro] Largo, Giga, Presto
• Concerto No.5 in C Major BWV 976 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi) - Op.3, No.12 [Allegro] Largo, Allegro
• Concerto No.6 in C Major BWV 977 (source unknown) [Allegro] Adagio, Giga
• Concerto No.7 in F Major BWV 978 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi) - Op.3, No.3 [Allegro] Largo, Allegro
• Concerto No.8 in B Minor BWV 979 (source unknown) [Adagio] Allegro, Adagio, Allegro
• Concerto No.9 in G Major BWV 980 (based on a violin concerto by Antonio Vivaldi) - Op.4, No.1 [Allegro] Largo, Allegro
• Concerto No.10 in C Minor BWV 981 (based on a concerto by Benedetto Marcello) - Op.1, No.2 Adagio, Vivace [Largo] Prestissimo
• Concerto No.11 in B-Flat Major BWV 982 (based on a violin concerto by Duke Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar) - Op.1, No.1 [Allegro] Adagio, Allegro
• Concerto No.12 in G Minor BWV 983 (source unknown) [Allegro] Adagio, Allegro
• Concerto No.13 in C Major BWV 984 (based on a concerto by Duke Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar) [Allegro] Adagio E Affettuoso, Allegro Assai
• Concerto No.14 in G Minor BWV 985 (based on a violin concerto by Georg Philipp Telemann) [Allegro] Adagio, Allegro
• Concerto No.15 in G Major BWV 986 (source unknown) [Allegro] Adagio, Allegro
• Concerto No.16 in D Minor BWV 987 (based on a violin concerto by Duke Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar) - Op.1, No.4 [Grave] Presto, Allegro