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Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge

Baroque Spiritual Virtuosic Uplifting Dramatic
$20.99

Details

Composer
BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN
Artist
Diana Boyle
Format
CD
Label
Divine Art
Released
Feb 01, 2011
Catalog #
DDA25097
UPC
884502302158

About

2 CDs for the price of 1. Bach's Art of Fugue is a great musical enigma; left strangely unfinished, it is thought perhaps to have been intended not for performance but as a definitive guide to the writing of fugues, or a personal musical message meant as the composer's greatest legacy in any event it is a supreme masterpiece and here is given a brilliant and individual interpretation, in which Diana Boyle (whose Metier CD of the 48 Preludes and Fugues, Book II is also highly praised) brings out classical-style emphasis and phrasing, bring the music alive more than in traditional dry and academic accounts. The recording omits the optional 'canons' but includes the 'Inversus' sections of Contrapuncti 12 and 13.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Contrapunctus I 04:23
    Track
    1
    Title
    Contrapunctus I
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle
  3. 2 Contrapunctus II 03:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    Contrapunctus II
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle
  4. 3 Contrapunctus III 04:32
    Track
    3
    Title
    Contrapunctus III
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle
  5. 4 Contrapunctus IV 04:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    Contrapunctus IV
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle
  6. 5 Contrapunctus V 05:26
    Track
    5
    Title
    Contrapunctus V
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle
  7. 6 Contrapunctus VI a 4 in Stylo Francese 05:10
    Track
    6
    Title
    Contrapunctus VI a 4 in Stylo Francese
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle
  8. 7 Contrapunctus VII a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem 07:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    Contrapunctus VII a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem
    Duration
    07:02
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle
  9. 8 Contrapunctus VIII a 3 08:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    Contrapunctus VIII a 3
    Duration
    08:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle
  10. 9 Contrapunctus IX a 4 alla Duodecima 03:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    Contrapunctus IX a 4 alla Duodecima
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 Contrapunctus X a 4 alla Decima 06:48
    Track
    1
    Title
    Contrapunctus X a 4 alla Decima
    Duration
    06:48
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle
  13. 2 Contrapunctus XI a 4 07:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    Contrapunctus XI a 4
    Duration
    07:20
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle
  14. 3 Contrapunctus XIIa a 4, rectus 06:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    Contrapunctus XIIa a 4, rectus
    Duration
    06:03
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle
  15. 4 Contrapunctus XIIb a 4, inversus 05:49
    Track
    4
    Title
    Contrapunctus XIIb a 4, inversus
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle
  16. 5 Contrapunctus XIIIa a 3, rectus 02:57
    Track
    5
    Title
    Contrapunctus XIIIa a 3, rectus
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle
  17. 6 Contrapunctus XIIIb a 3, inversus 02:52
    Track
    6
    Title
    Contrapunctus XIIIb a 3, inversus
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle
  18. 7 Fuga a 3 Soggetti (Contrapunctus XIV) 12:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    Fuga a 3 Soggetti (Contrapunctus XIV)
    Duration
    12:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Diana Boyle