Bach: Musikalisches Opfer

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Label
Arcana
Release Date
March 31, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Ensemble Aurora
    • PERFORMER
      Gatti
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Ricercar a 3

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    2. Canon perpetuus super Thema Regium

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    3. Canon 1. a 2: Canon cancrizans

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    4. Canon 2. a 2 Violini in unisono

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    5. Canon 3. a 2 per Motum contrarium

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    6. Canon 4. a 2 per Augmentationem, contrario Motu

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    7. Canon 5. a 2: Canon circularis per Tonos

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    8. Fuga canonica in Epidiapente

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    9. Ricercar a 6

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    10. Quaerendo Invenietis: Canon a 2

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    11. Quaerendo Invenietis: Canon a 4

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    12. Sonata Sopr' Il Soggetto Reale a Traversa, Violin e Continuo: I. Largo

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    13. Sonata Sopr' Il Soggetto Reale a Traversa, Violin e Continuo: II. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    14. Sonata Sopr' Il Soggetto Reale a Traversa, Violin e Continuo: III. Andante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    15. Sonata Sopr' Il Soggetto Reale a Traversa, Violin e Continuo: IV. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    16. Canon perpetuus

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

    17. I. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

      Performer: Enrico Gatti

    18. II. Vivace

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

      Performer: Enrico Gatti

    19. III. Largo

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

      Performer: Enrico Gatti

    20. IV. Presto

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

      Performer: Enrico Gatti

    21. I. Largo

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

      Performer: Marcello Gatti

    22. II. Vivace

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

      Performer: Marcello Gatti

    23. III. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

      Performer: Marcello Gatti

    24. IV. Presto

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora

      Performer: Marcello Gatti


Whereas The Art of the Fugue remains wrapped in respectful veneration and an aura of mystery, the contemporary Musical Offering has acquired relatively longstanding popularity. This is somewhat paradoxical, however, as the work is no less complex, and it's overall architecture raises just as many questions. In 1980, the musicologist Ursula Kirkendale was able to show that the various pieces of the Musical Offering are organized exactly like the various constituent parts of the discourse according to Quintilian's ancient treatise on oratorical art. Taking his cue from this hypothesis, Enrico Gatti presents this cryptic masterpiece with his Ensemble Aurora, here composed of his brother Marcello (flute) and two artists well known to the Arcana catalogue: cellist Gaetano Nasillo and harpsichordist Guido Morini, leader of the Accord one ensemble. Also included on this disc is the Sonata BWV 1021 (for violin and basso continuo) and it's arrangement as Trio Sonata BWV 1038 (for flute, violin and continuo)