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J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080

J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080

Vartolo; Vartolo

Though unfinished at his death, Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Art of Fugue is both his musical last testament and a cornerstone of Western composition. At once a miracle of intellectual achievement, musical invention, technical challenges and emotional power, The Art of Fugue draws on all of Bach’s resources as a master of counterpoint.

It is here performed, as the composer apparently intended, on harpsichord, by Sergio Vartolo who uses his own recently-published facsimile edition of the autograph score, and of the engraved first edition (1751/1752).

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Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080

Vartolo; Vartolo

01:42:12

Contrapunctus No. 1 (Part 1: Simple Fugues)

00:04:10

Contrapunctus No. 2 (Part 1: Simple Fugues)

00:02:52

Contrapunctus No. 3 (Part 1: Simple Fugues)

00:04:25

Contrapunctus No. 4 (Part 1: Simple Fugues)

00:04:31

Contrapunctus No. 5 (Part 2: Stretto Fugues)

00:04:44

Contrapunctus No. 6, in 4 parts and in the French style (Part 2: Stretto Fugues)

00:04:57

Contrapunctus No. 7, in 4 parts in augmentation and diminution (Part 2: Stretto Fugues)

00:04:29

Contrapunctus No. 8, in 3 parts (triple fugue) (Part 3: Double & Triple Fugues)

00:07:30

Contrapunctus No. 9, in 4 parts at the twelfth (double fugue) (Part 3: Double & Triple Fugues)

00:03:33

Contrapunctus No. 10, in 4 parts at the tenth (double fugue) (Part 3: Double & Triple Fugues)

00:05:29

Contrapunctus No. 11, in 4 parts (triple fugue) (Part 3: Double & Triple Fugues)

00:08:32

Contrapunctus No. 12a (rectus), in 4 parts (Part 4: Mirror Fugues)

00:04:13

Contrapunctus No. 12b (inversus), in 4 parts (Part 4: Mirror Fugues)

00:04:05

Contrapunctus No. 13a (rectus), in 3 parts (Part 4: Mirror Fugues)

00:02:36

Contrapunctus No. 13b (inversus), in 3 parts (Part 4: Mirror Fugues)

00:02:39

Contrapunctus No. 14: Fuga a 3 soggetti (fugue with three subjects) [Unfinished]

00:08:48

Canon, at the octave (hypodiapason) (Part 1: Simple Fugues)

00:04:38

Canon, at the tenth [contrapuncto alla Terza] (Part 2: Stretto Fugues)

00:05:54

Canon, at the twelfth [contrapuncto alla quinta] (Part 3: Double & Triple Fugues)

00:03:40

Canon, in augmentation in contrary motion (hypodiatessaron) (Part 4: Mirror Fugues)

00:05:02

[Contrapunctus No. 17a] Fuga a 2 clav (rectus) (Part 4: Mirror Fugues)

00:02:42

[Contrapunctus No. 17b] Alio modo Fuga a 2 clav (inversus) (Part 4: Mirror Fugues)

00:02:43

Collectors Reviews

"…Vartolo’s brisk, forthright performance of the amazing canon in augmentation and contrary motion is a refreshing change from the laborious, impossibly slow renditions a few too many harpsichordists favour these days…his playing is consistently true to his convictions, while the attractive colours and registrations he obtains from his Taskin model harpsichord are excellently reproduced by Naxos’s engineers."

Gramophone

"Colorful, attractively varied registrations and tonal beauty characterize Vartolo's excellently recorded Taskin model harpsichord."

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Label:
Naxos

Range:
Naxos

Catalogue Number:
8570577-78

Barcode:
747313057771

Release Date:
28th Jul 2009

Recording Date:
28th Apr 2008

Recording Location:
Scuola Diocesana Di Musica S. Cecilia, Verona, Italy

Producer:
Michael Seberich

Engineer:
Michael Seberich

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