Gustav Leonhardt & Leonhardt-Consort - Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, BWV 1053 - 1058 (2022)

At the beginning of the 1960s, Gustav Leonhardt became the figurehead of the Telefunken’s label Das alte Werk, a legendary collection devoted to early music performed on period instruments. The first recordings were mostly dedicated to Bach’s music, the keyboard concertos in particular becoming landmark recordings, emblematic of the harpsichord renaissance. Here are the concertos for solo keyboard, conducted by the newly created Leonhardt-Consort, featuring the best Dutch performers of their generation such as Frans Brüggen.

1. Harpsichord Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053: I. — (8:44)
2. Harpsichord Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053: II. Siciliano (5:03)
3. Harpsichord Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053: III. Allegro (7:23)
4. Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054: I. — (7:50)
5. Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054: II. Adagio e piano sempre (5:31)
6. Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054: III. Allegro (2:41)
7. Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: I. Allegro (4:34)
8. Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: II. Larghetto (4:43)
9. Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: III. Allegro ma non tanto (4:20)
10. Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: I. — (3:16)
11. Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo (2:17)
12. Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: III. Presto (4:02)
13. Harpsichord Concerto No. 6 in F Major, BWV 1057: I. — (6:54)
14. Harpsichord Concerto No. 6 in F Major, BWV 1057: II. Andante (4:07)
15. Harpsichord Concerto No. 6 in F Major, BWV 1057: III. Allegro assai (5:15)
16. Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058: I. — (3:36)
17. Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058: II. Andante (6:19)
18. Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058: III. Allegro assai (3:36)