Bach, Escaich: The Art of Fugue / Kohn

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Label
Haenssler Classic
Release Date
October 1, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH ESCAICH
    • PERFORMER
      Eloise Bella Kohn
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 01, 2021
    • UPC
      881488210491
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      HC21049
    • LABEL
      Haenssler Classic
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Contrapunctus I

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    2. Contrapunctus II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    3. Contrapunctus III

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    4. Contrapunctus IV

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    5. Contrapunctus V

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    6. Contrapunctus VI a 4 in Stylo Francese

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    7. Contrapunctus VII a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    8. Contrapunctus VIII a 3

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    9. Contrapunctus IX a 4 alla Duodecima

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    10. Contrapunctus X a 4 alla Decima

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    11. Contrapunctus XI a 4

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    12. Contrapunctus XII a 4, rectus

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    13. Contrapunctus XII a 4, inversus

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    14. Contrapunctus XIII a 3, rectus

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    15. Contrapunctus XIII a 3, inversus

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    16. Canon II, alla Ottava

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    17. Canon III, alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    18. Canon IV, alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    19. Canon I, per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn

    20. Fuga a 3 Soggetti (Contrapunctus XIV)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eloïse Bella Kohn


“After several decades of debate, it is now firmly established that the Art of Fugue was composed for harpsichord. The notation on four staves could lead to confusion and wrongly suggest that the work was intended for an ensemble of four instruments. But this scheme of notation for a keyboard instrument was not uncommon in the past (e.g. it was used by the Italian Girolamo Frescobaldi in his Fiori Musicali), as it facilitates the visualization and grasp of each individual voice's progression and beauty. I am convinced that played appropriately and with artistic integrity, the piano can serve Bach's music superbly. In this recording I have played entirely without pedal so that the splendour of the contrapuntal lines is fully rendered. In some cases, for instance an appoggiatura, the piano allows for perfect imitation of a form of vocality, like a singer following the tonic accents of a language and pronouncing one syllable more quietly than another. The harpsichord can only imitate this by agogic inflections, by playing in an irregular rhythm. Some vocally inspired passages can therefore sound magnificent on the piano.“ (Eloïse Bella Kohn)