J.S. BACH Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D Major, BWV 972 (After Vivaldi, RV 230): II. Larghetto / Víkingur Ólafsson | Deutsche Grammophon

With his upcoming album Continuum II, pianist Víkingur Ólafsson continues his extraordinary journey through the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, building on the remarkable success of 2024’s Continuum.   Widely celebrated for making classical music – and Bach in particular – accessible and compelling to younger, culturally curious audiences, the GRAMMY-winning Icelandic pianist has become today’s leading interpreter of Bach for a new generation. With more than 1.2 billion lifetime streams, he also remains the most-streamed living pianist for performances of Bach’s music.   Featuring a programme of Bach repertoire, Continuum II includes this new recording of the second movement of Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D Major, arranged by Bach himself from a Vivaldi original.   The full album is released digitally and on vinyl on 13 November, with the pre-order of the vinyl edition starting in September.