Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge / Aapo Häkkinen
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Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge / Aapo Häkkinen

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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist
Aapo Hakkinen
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Ondine
Released
Apr 19, 2024
Catalog #
ODE 1437-2
UPC
761195143728

About

“[Bach] speaks to us in his work in such clear terms that we may quite well call these fugues poems. (…) These have warmth, quiet joy, love. And running through all the poems, dressed in different guises, is the main theme, creating order, binding the work as a whole together: it is a safe bond in all its diversity. Over all lies the proximity of death.” (Enzio Forsblom)

In this new recording, Bach’s final magnum opus is played by Aapo Häkkinen on a harpsichord built in 1614 by Andreas Ruckers the Elder (1579–?1652) and which belonged to the composer John Blow (1649–1708), organist of Westminster Abbey and former teacher of Henry Purcell. A tradition exists that G.F. Handel had also played this harpsichord.

Critic reviews

  • “Aapo Häkkinen’s very fine rendition of a 1614 Ruckers harpsichord leaves nothing wanting in terms of expressive power and transparency of line… Even the most chromatically complex of the fugues is rendered with ease, pose & sensitivity… The result is a harpsichord rendering that feels monumental.”

    Gramophone, July 2024

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 Contrapunctus I 04:04
    Track
    1
    Title
    Contrapunctus I
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Aapo Häkkinen
  2. 2 Contrapunctus III 03:47
    Track
    2
    Title
    Contrapunctus III
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Aapo Häkkinen
  3. 3 Contrapunctus II 03:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    Contrapunctus II
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Aapo Häkkinen
  4. 4 Contrapunctus IV 05:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    Contrapunctus IV
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Aapo Häkkinen
  5. 5 Contrapunctus V 03:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    Contrapunctus V
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Aapo Häkkinen
  6. 6 Contrapunctus IX a 4 alla Duodecima 03:43
    Track
    6
    Title
    Contrapunctus IX a 4 alla Duodecima
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Aapo Häkkinen
  7. 7 Contrapunctus X a 4 alla Decima 06:13
    Track
    7
    Title
    Contrapunctus X a 4 alla Decima
    Duration
    06:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Aapo Häkkinen
  8. 8 Contrapunctus VI a 4 in Stylo Francese 04:09
    Track
    8
    Title
    Contrapunctus VI a 4 in Stylo Francese
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Aapo Häkkinen
  9. 9 Contrapunctus VII a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem 04:30
    Track
    9
    Title
    Contrapunctus VII a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Aapo Häkkinen
  10. 10 Contrapunctus VIII a 3 06:09
    Track
    10
    Title
    Contrapunctus VIII a 3
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Aapo Häkkinen
  11. 11 Contrapunctus XI 08:37
    Track
    11
    Title
    Contrapunctus XI
    Duration
    08:37
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Aapo Häkkinen
  12. 12 Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XII a 4, inversus (arr. M. Little and S. Napper for viol ensemble) 01:48
    Track
    12
    Title
    Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XII a 4, inversus (arr. M. Little and S. Napper for viol ensemble)
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Les Voix Humaines
  13. 13 Contrapunctus XIII a 3, inversus 04:45
    Track
    13
    Title
    Contrapunctus XIII a 3, inversus
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Anna Gebert, Aapo Häkkinen
  14. 14 Canon II, alla Ottava 04:35
    Track
    14
    Title
    Canon II, alla Ottava
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Aapo Häkkinen
  15. 15 Canon III, alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza 05:01
    Track
    15
    Title
    Canon III, alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Aapo Häkkinen
  16. 16 Canon IV, alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta 04:00
    Track
    16
    Title
    Canon IV, alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Aapo Häkkinen
  17. 17 Canon I, per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu 04:15
    Track
    17
    Title
    Canon I, per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Aapo Häkkinen