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Bach, Escaich: The Art of Fugue / Kohn
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Bach, Escaich: The Art of Fugue / Kohn

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Details

Composer
BACH ESCAICH
Artist
Eloise Bella Kohn
Format
CD
Label
Haenssler Classic
Released
Oct 01, 2021
Catalog #
HC21049
UPC
881488210491

About

“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)

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Contrapunctus I 03:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    Contrapunctus I
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  3. 2 Contrapunctus II 03:02
    Track
    2
    Title
    Contrapunctus II
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  4. 3 Contrapunctus III 02:39
    Track
    3
    Title
    Contrapunctus III
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  5. 4 Contrapunctus IV 03:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    Contrapunctus IV
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  6. 5 Contrapunctus V 03:16
    Track
    5
    Title
    Contrapunctus V
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  7. 6 Contrapunctus VI a 4 in Stylo Francese 05:22
    Track
    6
    Title
    Contrapunctus VI a 4 in Stylo Francese
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  8. 7 Contrapunctus VII a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem 04:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    Contrapunctus VII a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  9. 8 Contrapunctus VIII a 3 05:42
    Track
    8
    Title
    Contrapunctus VIII a 3
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  10. 9 Contrapunctus IX a 4 alla Duodecima 03:11
    Track
    9
    Title
    Contrapunctus IX a 4 alla Duodecima
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  11. 10 Contrapunctus X a 4 alla Decima 04:20
    Track
    10
    Title
    Contrapunctus X a 4 alla Decima
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  12. Disc 2
  13. 1 Contrapunctus XI a 4 06:36
    Track
    1
    Title
    Contrapunctus XI a 4
    Duration
    06:36
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  14. 2 Contrapunctus XII a 4, rectus 03:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    Contrapunctus XII a 4, rectus
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  15. 3 Contrapunctus XII a 4, inversus 03:24
    Track
    3
    Title
    Contrapunctus XII a 4, inversus
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  16. 4 Contrapunctus XIII a 3, rectus 02:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    Contrapunctus XIII a 3, rectus
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  17. 5 Contrapunctus XIII a 3, inversus 02:26
    Track
    5
    Title
    Contrapunctus XIII a 3, inversus
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  18. 6 Canon II, alla Ottava 02:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    Canon II, alla Ottava
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  19. 7 Canon III, alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza 04:56
    Track
    7
    Title
    Canon III, alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  20. 8 Canon IV, alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta 02:26
    Track
    8
    Title
    Canon IV, alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  21. 9 Canon I, per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu 04:27
    Track
    9
    Title
    Canon I, per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn
  22. 10 Fuga a 3 Soggetti (Contrapunctus XIV) 10:12
    Track
    10
    Title
    Fuga a 3 Soggetti (Contrapunctus XIV)
    Duration
    10:12
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Eloïse Bella Kohn