When it was composed, this violin marvel – the Violin Concerto in D minor, performed here by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach – immediately became such a technical challenge that few soloists were able to tackle it. Too few, probably, as not a shred of it has survived. The concerto played here is a modern reconstruction, based on a harpsichord concerto written much later by Bach, but which is presumed to originate from a violin concerto. Recorded for the project All of Bach on December 6 2019 at Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden, the Netherlands. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel and consider donating For the interview with violinist Shunske Sato on Violin Concerto in D minor (reconstruction) BWV 1052R (recorded earlier at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam), go to For more information on BWV 1052R and this production go to All
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