JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Concertos for Recorder

Concerto in D major for recorder & strings, BWV 1053 (R)
1 Allegro 7:45
2 Siciliano 4:15
3 Allegro 6:22

Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 76 for recorder, viola & b. c.
4 (Adagio - Allegro) 2:43

Concerto in G minor for violin & strings, BWV 1056 (R)
5 […] 3:32
6 Largo 3:05
7 Presto 3:50

Concerto in A major for recorder & strings, BWV 1055 (R)
8 Allegro 4:15
9 Larghetto 5:27
10 Allegro ma non tanto 4:27

Sonata from Cantata BWV 182 for recorder, violin, 2 violas & b.c.
11 Grave, Adagio 2:36

Concerto in C minor for recorder, violin & strings, BWV 1060 (R)
12 Allegro 5:02
13 Adagio 4:55
14 Allegro 3:43

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About this album

Although Bach obviously felt at home composing for the recorder and used it in important works such as the Brandenburg Concertos and several cantatas, he never composed a concerto for solo recorder - in fact, he only wrote original solo concertos for harpsichord and violin. The lack of solo concertos for the recorder can be remedied, however: it is precisely his concertos for harpsichord that Bach demonstrably transcribed himself, although it is not always clear for which of the missing originals they were intended. Even if in some cases other instruments are more likely, it is at least not objectionable to play some of these concertos with recorder. The ensemble Cantica Symphonia has chosen Bach’s Concertos BWV 1053 in D major and BWV 1055 in A major for its recorder player Lorenzo Cavasanti, while violinist Liana Mosca plays the concerto BWV 1056 in G minor. Both together play the Concerto BWV 1060 in C minor, originally for two harpsichords.