Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins
Last month I recommended an exciting new recording of Bach violin concertos, just released by Anne Akiko Meyers. Now, let’s listen to a much older performance of the Bach Double Concerto featuring two of the twentieth century’s greatest violinists, Yehudi Menuhin and David Oistrakh. This music was written around 1730 when Bach was working in Leipzig. Bach’s main instrument was the organ, but he was also a fine violinist and he was …