J. S. Bach: The Art of Fugue on Bach's Original Instruments

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Ramee
Release Date
June 20, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach
    • PERFORMER
      Collegium Musicum '23
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 20, 2025
    • UPC
      4250128524063
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RAM2406
    • LABEL
      Ramee
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, Part I: Chorale: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (arr. J. Lang for organ)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Johannes Lang

    2. Contrapunctus I

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    3. Contrapunctus III

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    4. Contrapunctus II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    5. Contrapunctus IV

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    6. Contrapunctus 14a: Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    7. Contrapunctus V

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

      Performer: Hedwig Ohse, Anna Reisener

    8. Contrapunctus VI in Stylo Francese

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

      Performer: Hedwig Ohse

    9. Contrapunctus VII per Augmentationem et Diminutionem

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

      Performer: Hedwig Ohse

    10. Canon per Augmentationem in contrario motu

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    11. Contrapunctus VIII

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    12. Contrapunctus IX alla Duodecima

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    13. Contrapunctus XV: Canon alla Ottava

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    14. Contrapunctus X alla Decima

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    15. Contrapunctus XI

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    16. Contrapunctus XII, forma recta

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    17. Contrapunctus XII, forma inversa

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

      Performer: Anna Reisener

    18. Canon III alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    19. Contrapunctus XIII a 3, forma inversa

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    20. Contrapunctus XIII a 3, forma recta

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    21. Canon IV, alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    22. Fuga a 3 Soggetti

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Collegium Musicum '23

    23. 18 Chorales, BWV 651-668, "Leipziger Choräle": Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 668a (arr. J. Lang for organ)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Johannes Lang


Johann Sebastian Bach took the opportunity to enhance the previously mediocre inventory of string instruments in Leipzig's two main churches in 1729 by purchasing four violins, two violas and two cellos from the workshop of Johann Christian Hoffmann (Leipzig 1683-1750). Three of these eight instruments, two violins and a viola, are still owned by the Thomaskirche. They could only be admired in a display case for decades, but here they can be heard in a recording for the first time. The Art of Fugue is framed by Bach's first and last Leipzig chorale arrangements, recorded on the Hildebrandt organ in Stormthal near Leipzig, which Bach had examined and inaugurated. Hearing these emblematic works on instruments that the Cantor himself had played is an extraordinary experience that provides direct historical testimony to the sound world of Johann Sebastian Bach.