The Art of Fugue

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Lynn Zeigler

The Art of Fugue is a collection of contrapuntal works by Johann Sebastian Bach, published posthumously in 1751. Musically it presents a rigorous study of counterpoint through a sequence of fugues and canons built on a single principal subject, employing complex voice-leading and canonic techniques, and it is one of Bach's late works that was left incomplete at his death, reflecting his late-career focus on abstract contrapuntal exploration.

About

Disc 1

  1. 1.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I
    3:31
  2. 2.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus II
    3:18
  3. 3.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus III
    3:06
  4. 4.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IV
    5:20
  5. 5.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus V
    3:48
  6. 6.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VI
    4:05
  7. 7.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VII
    3:53
  8. 8.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VIII
    6:26
  9. 9.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IX
    3:40
  10. 10.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus X
    4:17

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XI
    7:26
  2. 3.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIIa (mirror fugue)
    2:37
  3. 4.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIIb (mirror fugue)
    2:38
  4. 5.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIIIa (mirror fugue)
    2:12
  5. 6.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIIIb (mirror fugue)
    2:07
  6. 7.
    BWV 1080: Canon 1
    4:44
  7. 8.
    BWV 1080: Canon 2
    4:22
  8. 9.
    BWV 1080: Canon 3
    4:40
  9. 10.
    BWV 1080: Canon 4
    4:13
  10. 11.
    BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIV
    8:27

Reviews

Similar Releases