Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Transcribed for Mandolin Davide Ferella, Profili Barocchi & Dorina Frati

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052 (Arr. D. Ferella for Mandolin & Chamber Ensemble):
• 1 Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052 (Arr. D. Ferella for Mandolin & Chamber Ensemble): I. Allegro 07:51
• 2 Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052 (Arr. D. Ferella for Mandolin & Chamber Ensemble): II. Adagio 06:10
• 3 Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052 (Arr. D. Ferella for Mandolin & Chamber Ensemble): III. Allegro 08:35
• Keyboard Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055 (Arr. D. Ferella for Mandolin & Chamber Ensemble):
• 4 Keyboard Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055 (Arr. D. Ferella for Mandolin & Chamber Ensemble): I. Allegro 04:26
• 5 Keyboard Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055 (Arr. D. Ferella for Mandolin & Chamber Ensemble): II. Larghetto 04:39
• 6 Keyboard Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055 (Arr. D. Ferella for Mandolin & Chamber Ensemble): III. Allegro ma non tanto 04:29
• Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1059 (Arr. D. Ferella for Mandolin & Chamber Ensemble):
• 7 Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1059 (Arr. D. Ferella for Mandolin & Chamber Ensemble): I. Allegro 05:48
• 8 Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1059 (Arr. D. Ferella for Mandolin & Chamber Ensemble): II. Largo 02:38
• 9 Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1059 (Arr. D. Ferella for Mandolin & Chamber Ensemble): III. Presto 03:43
• Concerto for 2 Keyboards in C Minor, BWV 1060 (Arr. D. Ferella for 2 Mandolins & Chamber Ensemble):
• 10 Concerto for 2 Keyboards in C Minor, BWV 1060 (Arr. D. Ferella for 2 Mandolins & Chamber Ensemble): I. Allegro 04:45
• 11 Concerto for 2 Keyboards in C Minor, BWV 1060 (Arr. D. Ferella for 2 Mandolins & Chamber Ensemble): II. Adagio 04:09
• 12 Concerto for 2 Keyboards in C Minor, BWV 1060 (Arr. D. Ferella for 2 Mandolins & Chamber Ensemble): III. Allegro 03:44
• Total Runtime 01:00:57

Info for Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Transcribed for Mandolin

Bach was a great transcriber and arranger of both his own works and those of other composers, something that is eloquently demonstrated in his output. For example, there are 6 concertos for organ (BWV 592-597) and 16 concertos for harpsichord (BWV 972-987), all transcribed from works by other composers. Bach generally favoured works by contemporary Italian composers for his transcriptions, including Vivaldi, Albinoni, Alessandro and Benedetto Marcello, Bonporti and others. On this album, the Italian mandolinist Davide Ferella has himself taken four of Bach’s concertos for one and two harpsichords and arranged them for one and two mandolins, strings and basso continuo. Davide Ferella handles these transcriptions with both deftness and respect for Bach’s originals, sometimes assigning passages to the strings that were originally for the harpsichord, in order not to lose any of the rich contrapuntal texture of Bach’s writing.

Davide Ferella, mandolin
Dorina Frati, mandolin
Profili Barocchi

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