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  • Audio CD (1 Oct 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Harmonia Mundi
  • ASIN: B00000IL4A
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,754 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (BWV 1043): I. Vivace
2. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (BWV 1043): II. Largo ma non tanto
3. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (BWV 1043): III. Allegro
4. Concerto In A Minor For Violin (BWV 1041): I. (Allegro)
5. Concerto In A Minor For Violin: II. Andante
6. Concerto In A Minor For Violin (BWV 1041): III. Allegro assai
7. Concerto In E Major For Violin (BWV 1042): I. Allegro
8. Concerto In E Major For Violin (BWV 1042): II. Adagio
9. Concerto In E Major For Violin: III. Allegro assai
10. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (BWV 1060): I. Allegro
11. Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (BWV 1060): II. Adagio
12. Concerto IN D M:inor For Two Violins: III. Allegro

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It is well known that most of Bach's harpsichord concertos began their lives as violin concertos. Since only three violin originals survive--the ones designated as BWV 1041-43--and since these are among his greatest instrumental works, musical scholars and performers have been reversing the process, turning the harpsichord concertos back into violin originals. BWV 1060 is one such case, a concerto for two harpsichords, which sounds much less clangy and bangy in this reconstructed version for two violins. Now Andrew Manze is simply the finest baroque violinist alive, and so this recording is self-recommending on that count alone. It is just about perfect. --David Hurwitz

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5.0 out of 5 stars just as good as it gets, 19 Dec 2005
By Mr. Ian A. Macfarlane "almac1975" (Fife, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bach: Solo & Double Violin Concertos (BWV 1041-1043, 1060) /Manze · Podger · AAM (Audio CD)
A while back I saw a TV broadcast of Manze and Podger playing the Bach Double at the Proms - absolutely riveting, not just for the wonder of the playing but for the zest and sheer pleasure they put into it. All of that is captured here - it's wonderful,imaginative playing, not just of that Concerto but everything on the disc, and where ornamentation is used, it is so natural that you don't just accept it but revel in it. This is remarkably good.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bach fiddles on steroids, 1 Feb 2003
By Dobester (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews
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Andrew Manze and Rachel Podger give tremendously muscular, entertaining versions of these pieces. This is a great selection and incredible value. Good start for people unused to "period" playing, too. Buy it - you'll love it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential listening, 7 Feb 2008
By Jon Chambers (Birmingham, England) - See all my reviews
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No-one can be sure exactly how many violin concertos Bach wrote. His concerto output consists of several works written for certain instruments, then re-arranged for others. The established canon of his concertos for violin is limited to those in E and a for solo violin, and a concerto for two violins in d. This CD features another double concerto in d, more usually heard in one of two guises: for two harpsichords in c or for violin and oboe in d.

To begin with the last concerto. I suspect that Bach originally conceived this work for harpsichords (although, again, no-one can be entirely sure, with so many original manuscripts now lost). The dramatic statement that forms the succinct opening opposes orchestral ritornello with the briefest of responses from soloists. The intended contrast is intensified by having completely different timbres of strings and keyboard. What is clear, however, is that as well as being a fine Baroque soloist, Andrew Manze is something of a musicologist. His own accompanying notes show a keen interest in Bach scholarship and he defends his decision to transpose (or 'restore', as he would say) the work up to d for this version for two violins.

Manze's style is highly individual. Some of his chords sound remarkably rustic. He uses the minimum vibrato. Moreover, he is not afraid to decorate the solo concertos - a practice that may irritate as many listeners as it satisfies. He usually reserves these elaborations for recapitulations, however, and defends his embellishments on the basis of Bach's own practice elsewhere. These decorations range from the minimal grace notes at the end of the opening Allegro of BWV1043 to the more extensive interventions in the first Allegro of BWV1042. Conservatively-minded listeners may want to look elsewhere but I find his practices, although verging at times on the overdone, both satisfying and justified.

The Academy of Ancient Music provide a competent supporting role, if a somewhat pared down one, with two desks of violins each for 1st and 2nd fiddles, a pair of violas and cellos, double bass and harpsichord. There is no place for lutes or theorboes, therefore.

Manze is always worth listening to in word and deed, and nowhere more so than here in this recording of exceptional music.
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