The present work originated in Leipzig between 1730 and 1733. It is Johann Sebastian Bach's best-known harpsichord concerto and, from a technical point of view, may be considered as his most "typical" harpsichord concerto.

Nevertheless, it was still presumably derived from a violin concerto in the same key from Bach's Köthen years (1717–23). Despite the unmistakable originality with which the three-movement Baroque concerto form is treated, and even though all three movements are found in dif...