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Bach: The Art of Fugue

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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist
Phantasm
Format
CD
Label
Linn Records
Released
Mar 14, 2025
Catalog #
CKD759
UPC
691062075923

About

The Art of Fugue is Bach's final composition and one of his most challenging. In this album Phantasm and it's director Laurence Dreyfus showcase all the hidden beauties of the composer's magnum opus, arguably the pinnacle of the fugue genre. Printed in open score, the format allows a rendition on viols, as recorded here. Brimming with rich counterpoint and dynamic conversation among the parts, the work can legitimately claim a place within the consort repertoire. Bach manages to paint a finely delineated set of contrasting musical portraits full of revelations and surprises. Far from an academic encyclopaedia of arcane musical techniques, The Art of Fugue thus embarks on a (unfinished) voyage of discovery shared by an inveterate explorer whose thirst for invention knows no bounds. Organist Daniel Hyde performs four movements in this welcome follow-up to Phantasm's acclaimed Well-Tempered Consort series.

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 Contrapunctus I 03:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    Contrapunctus I
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm
  2. 2 Contrapunctus II 02:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    Contrapunctus II
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm
  3. 3 Contrapunctus III 02:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    Contrapunctus III
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm
  4. 4 Contrapunctus IV 05:21
    Track
    4
    Title
    Contrapunctus IV
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm
  5. 5 Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Canon I, per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu 05:32
    Track
    5
    Title
    Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Canon I, per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Daniel Hyde
  6. 6 Contrapunctus V 02:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    Contrapunctus V
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm
  7. 7 Contrapunctus VI a 4 in Stylo Francese 03:25
    Track
    7
    Title
    Contrapunctus VI a 4 in Stylo Francese
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm
  8. 8 Contrapunctus VII a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem 03:58
    Track
    8
    Title
    Contrapunctus VII a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm
  9. 9 Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Canon alla Ottava 03:02
    Track
    9
    Title
    Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Canon alla Ottava
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Daniel Hyde
  10. 10 Contrapunctus VIII a 3 06:04
    Track
    10
    Title
    Contrapunctus VIII a 3
    Duration
    06:04
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm
  11. 11 Contrapunctus IX a 4 alla Duodecima 02:35
    Track
    11
    Title
    Contrapunctus IX a 4 alla Duodecima
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm
  12. 12 Contrapunctus X a 4 alla Decima 04:12
    Track
    12
    Title
    Contrapunctus X a 4 alla Decima
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm
  13. 13 Contrapunctus XI 05:59
    Track
    13
    Title
    Contrapunctus XI
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm
  14. 14 Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Canon III, alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza 05:49
    Track
    14
    Title
    Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Canon III, alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Daniel Hyde
  15. 15 Contrapunctus XII, rectus 02:51
    Track
    15
    Title
    Contrapunctus XII, rectus
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm
  16. 16 Contrapunctus XII, inversus 02:52
    Track
    16
    Title
    Contrapunctus XII, inversus
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm
  17. 17 Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Canon IV, alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta 02:38
    Track
    17
    Title
    Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Canon IV, alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Daniel Hyde
  18. 18 Contrapunctus XIII a 4, rectus 02:27
    Track
    18
    Title
    Contrapunctus XIII a 4, rectus
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm
  19. 19 Contrapunctus XIII a 4, inversus 02:33
    Track
    19
    Title
    Contrapunctus XIII a 4, inversus
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm
  20. 20 Fuga a 3 Soggetti 08:54
    Track
    20
    Title
    Fuga a 3 Soggetti
    Duration
    08:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Phantasm