The Musical Offering

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Sonnerie

The Musical Offering is a collection of contrapuntal works by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, composed and published in 1747. The music explores dense counterpoint, including canons and a large ricercar, built on a single theme supplied to Bach by Frederick the Great, and it exemplifies his late-period engagement with learned Baroque contrapuntal forms.
First released: 23rd April 1996

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Musical Offering: I. Ricercar a 3
    6:22
  2. 2.
    The Musical Offering: I. Canon perpetuus super Thema Regium
    2:06
  3. 3.
    The Musical Offering: II. Canones diversi: Canon 1 a 2 (cancrizans)
    2:02
  4. 4.
    The Musical Offering: II. Canones diversi: Canon 2 a 2 Violini in unisono
    1:24
  5. 5.
    The Musical Offering: II. Canones diversi: Canon 3 a 2 per Motum contrarium
    1:23
  6. 6.
    The Musical Offering: II. Canones diversi: Canon 4 a 2 per Augmentationem, contrario Motu
    3:33
  7. 7.
    The Musical Offering: II. Canones diversi: Canon 5 a 2 (Canon circularis per tonos)
    2:47
  8. 8.
    The Musical Offering: Fuga canonica in Epidiapente
    3:54
  9. 9.
    The Musical Offering: III. Ricercar a 6
    7:15
  10. 10.
    The Musical Offering: Canon a 2 Quærando Invenietis
    2:37
  11. 11.
    The Musical Offering: Canon a 4
    10:00
  12. 12.
    The Musical Offering: IV. Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale: Largo
    5:52
  13. 13.
    The Musical Offering: IV. Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale: Allegro
    5:40
  14. 14.
    The Musical Offering: IV. Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale: Andante
    3:07
  15. 15.
    The Musical Offering: IV. Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale: Allegro
    2:59
  16. 16.
    The Musical Offering: Canon perpetuus
    2:07
  17. 17.
    The Musical Offering: V. Ricercar a 6
    8:28

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