Bach Italian concertos Alexandre Tharaud (piano) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 901871) Bach's transcriptions of Vivaldi, Torelli and the Marcello brothers eventually moved him to compose a concerto of his own ...
The 18th-century Italian concerto had a profound influence on Bach. He obtained copies of concertos by Vivaldi, Torelli and the Marcello brothers and learnt their styles by arranging them for solo ...