Bach, JS: Violin Concertos & Double Concertos Itzhak Perlman

• 1 Bach, JS: Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace 04:01
• 2 Bach, JS: Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo, ma non tanto 07:34
• 3 Bach, JS: Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: III. Allegro 05:16
• 4 Bach, JS: Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042: I. Allegro 08:59
• 5 Bach, JS: Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042: II. Adagio 08:11
• 6 Bach, JS: Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042: III. Allegro assai 03:14
• 7 Bach, JS: Violin Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1056: I. [Allegro] 03:37
• 8 Bach, JS: Violin Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo 04:15
• 9 Bach, JS: Violin Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1056: III. Presto 03:14
• 10 Bach, JS: Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C Minor, BWV 1060: I. Allegro 05:23
• 11 Bach, JS: Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C Minor, BWV 1060: II. Adagio 06:53
• 12 Bach, JS: Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C Minor, BWV 1060: III. Allegro 03:54
• 13 Bach, JS: Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041: I. [Allegro] 04:11
• 14 Bach, JS: Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041: II. Andante 07:46
• 15 Bach, JS: Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041: III. Allegro assai 04:13
• 16 Bach, JS: Violin Concerto in D Minor (after Harpsichord Concerto, BWV 1052): I. Allegro 08:08
• 17 Bach, JS: Violin Concerto in D Minor (after Harpsichord Concerto, BWV 1052): II. Adadio 08:02
• 18 Bach, JS: Violin Concerto in D Minor (after Harpsichord Concerto, BWV 1052): III. Allegro 07:26
• Total Runtime 01:44:17

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Outstanding collection of Bach violin concertos performed by beloved violinist Itzhak Perlman. Perlman has said that “the transparency of Bach’s writing leaves it open to many interpretations”. Here, in partnership with conductor Daniel Barenboim, violinist Pinchas Zukerman and oboist Neil Black, he brings his distinctive musical wisdom to six of Bach’s concertos.

Performed by a true 'dream team' – Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim and the English Chamber Orchestra –, who are joined for the famous Double Concerto by Perlman's fellow violinist Pinchas Zukerman.

..[A] very fine account [of the double concerto], one in which their artistry is beautifully matched in all its intensity. Perlman...plays Bach with great naturalness of feeling...and with excellent modern-instrument accompaniments from the ECO this is a Bach reissue to cherish.' (The Penguin Guide)

Itzhak Perlman, violin
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

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Itzhak Perlman
Born in 1945 in Tel Aviv, Itzhak Perlman began playing the violin when he was so small that all he could hold was a toy fiddle. Although he was disabled by polio at age 4, he played his first recital by age 10. He studied at the Juilliard School with Dorothy DeLay and Ivan Galamian and made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1963. He was introduced to a wider American public via multiple appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, including a 1964 episode that also featured the Rolling Stones. After winning the prestigious Leventritt Competition the same year, Perlman went on to a career as a soloist that has seen him appear to acclaim on all the world’s great stages and make hundreds of recordings.

His prize-winning discography not only covers the width and breadth of the great classical violin repertoire; he has also made ventures into Klezmer music and film soundtracks, including the Oscar-winning score to Schindler’s List. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. Perlman has won four Emmy Awards, including for the 1998 PBS documentary Fiddling for the Future, about the Perlman Music Program and his work as a teacher. Having collaborated with all the world’s major orchestras as a soloist, Perlman has for years performed with many of them as a conductor. A rarity for a classical artist, he has appeared everywhere from Sesame Street to the White House including a performance for the first inaugural of President Obama. In 2000, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts, and in 2003, Perlman earned a Kennedy Center Honor celebrating his distinguished achievements and contributions to the country’s cultural and educational life. He currently holds the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Chair at the Juilliard School.

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