The Art of Fugue

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Cuarteto Casals

The Art of Fugue is a compositional cycle of fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach, completed around 1750. Musically, the work explores intricate counterpoint and chromatic development across interrelated fugues and canons built on a single principal subject, representing a culminating exploration of Bach's contrapuntal technique within the Baroque tradition.

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  1. 1.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I, a 4
    3:02
  2. 2.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus II, a 4
    2:52
  3. 3.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus III, a 4
    2:30
  4. 4.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IV, a 4
    3:05
  5. 5.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus V, a 4
    2:41
  6. 6.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VI, a 4 in stilo francese
    3:27
  7. 7.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VII, a 4 per augmentationem et diminutionem
    3:25
  8. 8.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VIII, a 3
    5:21
  9. 9.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IX, a 4 alla duodecima
    2:20
  10. 10.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus X, a 4 alla decima
    3:22
  11. 11.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XI, a 4
    5:16
  12. 12.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XII, a 4
    2:03
  13. 13.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIII, a 3
    2:12
  14. 14.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon per augmentationem in contrario motu
    4:43
  15. 15.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon alla ottava
    2:25
  16. 16.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon alla decima in contrapunto alla terza
    4:25
  17. 17.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon alla duodecima in contrapunto alla quinta
    2:26
  18. 18.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIV, a 4 Fuga a tre soggetti
    9:17
  19. 19.
    Chorale Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich, BWV 668
    3:32

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