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In the concerto BWV 1044, Bach reworked both the prelude and fugue around the harpsichord part by adding ripieno ritornello sections. [62] In the first movement there is an eight bar ritornello that begins with the opening semiquaver motif of the prelude, which is then heard in augmented form before breaking into distinctive triplet figures:
According to Michael Miller, writing for Penguin's Complete Idiot's Guides, the concerto is one of Bach's eleven most notable compositions. [1] In the Rough Guides, the Double Concerto is described as "one of Bach's very greatest works." [2] The BBC website describes the concerto as "one of Bach's best loved instrumental works."
In his preface to the 1990 second edition of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV), Wolfgang Schmieder proposed to add a capital "R" to a BWV number to indicate a reconstructed version of a composition that is only extant in a later version, hence a reconstruction of a conjectured earlier version of the BWV 1060 concerto can be indicated as BWV 1060R.
BWV 525a (or: BWV deest) – Concerto (or: Trio Sonata) in C major for violin, cello and continuo (variant of BWV 525/1, 1032/2 and 525/3) Orchestral concertos: BWV Anh. 22 – Concerto for Oboe and Violin in B-flat major BWV Anh. 155 – Concerto in A major for keyboard, strings and continuo by Wenzel Raimund Birck [16]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050: Allegro 1 (First Movement), bars 147–227; Prelude 6 in E major from the Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, BWV 854 (French) Suite #1 in D Minor from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, BWV 812: Minuet 2; Sonata No. 2 in D major for viola da gamba and obbligato harpsichord, BWV 1028: Adagio
BWV 1052 has similarities with Vivaldi's highly virtuosic Grosso mogul violin concerto, RV 208, which Bach had previously transcribed for solo organ in BWV 594. It is considered one of Bach's greatest concertos: in the words of Jones (2013) it "conveys a sense of huge elemental power". This mood is created in the opening sections of the two ...
BWV 1020 – Sonata in G minor for violin (or flute) and harpsichord (now attributed to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – H 542.5) [3] BWV 1021 – Sonata in G major for violin and basso continuo; BWV 1022 – Sonata in F major for violin and harpsichord (doubtful, possibly by C. P. E. Bach) [3] BWV 1023 – Sonata in E minor for violin and basso ...
The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV; lit. ' Bach works catalogue '; German: [ˈbax ˈvɛrkə fɛrˈtsaeçnɪs]) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990. An abbreviated version of that second edition, known as BWV 2a, was ...