Keyboard Arrangements of Works by Other Composers I BWV 972-977 (Piano)

Six Concertos after Vivaldi and Others. This three-part edition contains all of Bach's arrangements of other compositions. They were most likely commissioned by Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar aroand 1713/1714. The concerto arrangements document Bach's thorough study of the new Italian art of concerto and its leading exponent, Antonio Vivaldi. - Urtext of the New Bach Edition - Contents: Concerto D major BWV 972 after the Concerto D major Op.3/9 for Violin, Strings and Basso continuo by Antonio Vivaldi [Bach, Johann Sebastian]; Concerto G major BWV 973 after the Concerto G major Op.7/8 for Violin, Strings and Basso continuo by Antonio Vivaldi [Bach, Johann Sebastian]; Concerto D minor BWV 974 after the Concerto d-moll for Oboe, Strings and Basso continuo by Alessandro Marcello [Bach, Johann Sebastian]; Concerto G minor BWV 975 after the Concerto g-moll RV 316 for Violin, Strings and Basso continuo by Antonio Vivaldi [Bach, Johann Sebastian]; Concerto C major BWV 976 after the Concerto E major Op.3/12 for Violin, Strings and Basso continuo by Antonio Vivaldi [Bach, Johann Sebastian]; Concerto C major BWV 977 from an unknown source [Bach, Johann Sebastian]