Kocsis plays Bach Concerto in G minor, BWV 1058 (II)

Описание: In only four cases do the concertos upon which J.S. Bach based his harpsichord concertos of the 1730s survive and three of them are the famous three violin concertos, BWV 1041, 1042, and 1043, the last for two violins.

It is the first of those violin concertos, the Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041, which Bach reshaped into the Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058.

The harpsichord version of the concerto is transposed down a whole tone and offers one of the most stunning solo parts of all the Bach harpsichord concertos.

PART I :    • Kocsis plays Bach Concerto in G minor, BWV...  
Allegro

PART II :
Andante
Allegro assai

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Zoltán Kocsis (1952)

The Hungarian pianist and conductor. Began to play the piano at the age of five. After attending music school and the Béla Bartók Conservatory in his native city, he entered the Franz Liszt Academy there, where his professors included Pál Kadosa, Ferenc Rados and György Kurtág.

Zoltán Kocsis' international career began at 18 years old when he won the Hungarian Radio Beethoven Competition. He was invited to perform all over Europe, making appearances with the Berliner Philharmoniker, among many other ensembles. Since then he has toured extensively in Europe, America, Japan, the Far East and Australia, performing with such orchestras as the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra, and participating in many prestigious festivals, including those of Salzburg, Edinburgh and Lucerne.

Kocsis was invited by Sviatoslav Richter to perform recitals for piano, four hands, at the Hohenems and Tours festivals.

Zoltán Kocsis founded the Budapest Festival Orchestra with Ivan Fischer in 1983 and remained one of its artistic directors until 1997. During those 14 years the orchestra established itself at the highest level, appearing on series at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Barbican in London, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris and Carnegie Hall in New York. It also performed at the Salzburg and Lucerne Festivals, the BBC Proms in London and the Prague Spring Festival. In 1995, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Béla Bartók's death, the orchestra presented an enormously successful Bartók series in Brussels, Frankfurt, Cologne, Paris and New York.

His recordings have earned him critical accolades and major prizes including a Gramophone award and the Edison Prize. He has recorded the complete series of Bartók's piano music, including both solo works and the pieces with orchestra. Kocsis' Sergei Rachmaninov, Mozart and Debussy recordings have also been highly praised by critics.

Zoltán Kocsis is often regarded as one of the living legends of the keyboard, a highly versatile, brilliant and at times enigmatic figure. He is a complete musician, pursuing a wide range of activities as a pianist, conductor, chamber music player, composer and arranger. Of a recital at the Wigmore Hall in London, The Independent wrote, "As an advocate of Bartók's music, Kocsis must surely be unsurpassed at present".

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