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Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052

173824 min

This guide follows Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 (1738) in three parts: Allegro, Adagio and Allegro.

Recording: Stéphane Fuget (harpsichord), hr-Sinfonieorchester, Jean-Christophe Spinosi (2022)

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Follow all 9 sections as they play

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
I0:05–7:31

in D minor. The orchestra's hard-edged opening is section A. Section B is the 's long virtuoso middle part, with violin-style repeated-note figures moving through D minor and E minor and with in major keys cutting across them. The closes with the opening material, A again.

  1. A
  2. B
II8:14–14:45
III15:08–23:45

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Johann Sebastian BachConcertosBaroque periodD minor

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