Composition: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
| Title | Concerto for 2 Violins |
| Alternative title | Double Concerto |
| Creators | Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) |
| Opus | BWV 1043 |
| Instrumentation | 2 violins, strings and continuo |
| Number of movements | 3 |
| Keys | D minor |
| Composed | 1718 |
| First published | 1852 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Concertos |
| Period | Baroque |
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Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. Vivace | — | — | — |
| II. Largo, ma non tanto | — | — | — |
| III. Allegro | — | — | — |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | 2 harpsichords, strings and continuo | James Howard Young |
| view | Complete | 2 pianos and strings | Kees Schoonenbeek |
| view | Complete | 6 recorders | Jaap Wiebes |
| view | Complete | 2 violins and piano | Émile Sauret |
| view | Complete | 2 violins and piano | Gustav Schreck |
| view | Complete | 2 pianos | — |
| view | Complete | piano | Ruoshi Sun |
| view | Vivace (No.1) | 4 accordions and bass | Paul De Bra |
| view | Vivace (No.1) | piccolo, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone and baritone saxophone | Mathieu Gaulin |
| view | Vivace (No.1) | piano | Sebastien Skaf |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | 2 sopranos, strings and continuo | Alexander Strugov |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | — | Farid Zehar |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | 4 accordions and bass | Paul De Bra |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | 4 recorders | Maximilian Olschewski |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | 2 violas and piano | Trey Chever |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | organ | Peter Bækgaard |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | organ | Pierre Gouin |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | organ | Rob Peters |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | piano | Alexander Healy |
| view | Cadenzas | — | Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Edition Peters | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view Engraving files (Cubase) · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | II. Largo, ma non tanto · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Manuscript | 1730 | Violin 1 solo · view Violin 2 solo · view Continuo · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Manuscript | — | Incomplete Parts · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Manuscript | — | Complete Parts · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Edition Peters | — | Violin 1 solo · view Violin 2 solo · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos/Basses · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Breitkopf und Härtel | — | Violins I, II, Violas, Cellos and Basses · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Breitkopf und Härtel | — | Harpsichord (realised) · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Breitkopf und Härtel | — | Violin 1 solo · view Violin 2 solo · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos/Basses · view Harpsichord · view |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos/Basses · view |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | Complete Parts · view |
| view | Complete | parts | — | — | Violin 1 solo · view Violin 2 solo · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Continuo (Cellos/Basses/Keyboard) · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Mutopia | — | Violin 1 solo · view Violin 2 solo · view Violas · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Freddy Ortiz | 2010 | Violin 1 solo · view Violin 2 solo · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Jean-Pierre Coulon | 2018 | Clarinets (B) (alternate for harpsichord, right hand) · view Engraving files (MusiXTeX) · view |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | parts | — | — | Violin 1 solo · view Violin 2 solo · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Continuo (Cellos/Basses/Keyboard) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Giovanni Pietro Orefice | 2022 | Complete Score (Canonized Version) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 harpsichords, strings and continuo |
— | — | Descant recorder 1 · view Descant recorder 2 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 pianos and strings |
— | — | Complete Score · view Piano 1 · view Piano 2 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 6 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score · view Soprano Recorder 1/2 · view Alto Recorder 1/2 · view Tenor and Bass Recorder · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 violins and piano |
Augener | — | Complete Score · view Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 violins and piano |
Edition Peters | — | Complete Score · view Violin 1 · view Violin 2 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 pianos | — | — | I. Vivace · view II. Largo, ma non tanto · view III. Allegro · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Ruoshi Sun | 2022 | I. Vivace · view II. Largo ma non tanto · view III. Allegro · view |
| view | Vivace (No.1) | Arrangement for 4 accordions and bass |
— | — | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view Capella Source · view |
| view | Vivace (No.1) | Arrangement for piccolo, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone and baritone saxophone |
Mathieu Gaulin | 2019 | Flute · view Clarinet (B) · view Alto Saxophone (E) · view Baritone Saxophone (E) · view |
| view | Vivace (No.1) | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | Arrangement for 2 sopranos, strings and continuo |
— | — | Complete score and Parts "Ascension" · view |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | Arrangement |
Farid Zehar | 2019 | Complete Score · view Double Bass 1 Solo · view Double Bass 2 Solo · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Continuo · view |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | Arrangement for 4 accordions and bass |
— | — | Complete Score · view Complete Parts · view Engraving files (Capella) · view |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | Arrangement for 4 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score · view Alto Recorder 1 · view Alto Recorder 2 · view Tenor Recorder · view Bass Recorder · view |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | Arrangement for 2 violas and piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view Viola 1, 2 (paste-up) · view |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score (original key) · view Complete Score (C major, transposed) · view Notes · view Engraving files (Finale) · view |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | Arrangement for organ |
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises | 2008 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | Arrangement for organ |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Cadenzas | Arrangement |
Universal Edition | — | III. Allegro (Bar 135) · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Ensemble | Performers | Arranged for | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Advent Chamber Orchestra (orchestra) | Roxana Pavel Goldstein (violin) and David Perry (violin) | — | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Cambridge Concentus (orchestra) | — | I. Vivace (lossless) · file II. Largo, ma non tanto (lossless) · file III. Allegro (lossless) · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Complete | Cambridge Concentus (orchestra) | — | I. Vivace (lossy) · file II. Largo, ma non tanto (lossy) · file III. Allegro (lossy) · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Complete | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra) | David Oistrakh (violin) and Igor Oistrakh (violin) | — | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Ensemble instrumental Jean-Marie Leclair (ensemble) | Huguette Fernández (violin) and Micheline Blanchard (violin) and Jean-François Paillard (performer) | — | Complete Recording · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Prades Festival Orchestra (orchestra) | Isaac Stern (violin) and Alexander Schneider (violin) and Pablo Casals (conductor) | — | 1. Vivace · file 2. Largo, ma non tanto · file 3. Allegro · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Complete | — | George Enescu (violin) and David Oistrakh (violin) | — | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Orchestre de Paris (orchestra) | Yehudi Menuhin (violin) and George Enescu (violin) and Pierre Monteux (conductor) | — | 1. Vivace · file 2. Largo, ma non tanto · file 3. Allegro · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | — | For 2 Sopranos, Strings and Harpsichord (Strugov) | "Ascension" Live recording · file | ||
| view | Synthesized | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | — | Paul De Bra (conductor) | For Accordion Orchestra (De Bra) | Complete Performance (Accordion Orchestra) · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | — | For 4 Accordions and Bass Accordion (De Bra) | Complete Performance · file | ||
| view | Synthesized | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | — | Professor P (performer) | For 4 Accordions and Bass Accordion (De Bra) | 1. Vivace · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Complete | — | — | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Complete | — | Computer (performer) | — | Synthesized Performance (Canonized Version) · file |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Complete | — | For 2 Pianos and Strings (Schoonenbeek) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | — | For 4 Recorders (Olschewski) | Synthesized Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Largo, ma non tanto (No.2) | — | For Organ (Gouin) | Synthesized Performance · file |
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