Bach: The Art of Fugue

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Label
Linn Records
Release Date
March 14, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach
    • PERFORMER
      Phantasm
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 14, 2025
    • UPC
      691062075923
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CKD759
    • LABEL
      Linn Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Contrapunctus I

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    2. Contrapunctus II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    3. Contrapunctus III

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    4. Contrapunctus IV

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    5. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Canon I, per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Daniel Hyde

    6. Contrapunctus V

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    7. Contrapunctus VI a 4 in Stylo Francese

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    8. Contrapunctus VII a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    9. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Canon alla Ottava

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Daniel Hyde

    10. Contrapunctus VIII a 3

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    11. Contrapunctus IX a 4 alla Duodecima

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    12. Contrapunctus X a 4 alla Decima

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    13. Contrapunctus XI

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    14. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Canon III, alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Daniel Hyde

    15. Contrapunctus XII, rectus

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    16. Contrapunctus XII, inversus

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    17. Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Canon IV, alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Daniel Hyde

    18. Contrapunctus XIII a 4, rectus

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    19. Contrapunctus XIII a 4, inversus

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm

    20. Fuga a 3 Soggetti

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Phantasm


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.