The Art of Fugue

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Emerson String Quartet

The Art of Fugue is a cycle of contrapuntal pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, published posthumously in 1751. The work systematically explores late Baroque fugal and canonic techniques by developing a single principal subject through a series of increasingly complex contrapuntal treatments and remains incomplete at Bach's death, placing it within his late-career experiments with form.
First released: 1st August 2003

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I
    3:03
  2. 2.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus II
    2:44
  3. 3.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus III
    2:30
  4. 4.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IV
    3:30
  5. 5.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus V
    2:32
  6. 6.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VI, a 4, in Stylo Francese
    4:10
  7. 7.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VII, a 4, per Augmentationem et Diminutionem
    3:06
  8. 8.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VIII, a 3
    4:54
  9. 9.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IX, a 4, alla Duodecima
    2:13
  10. 10.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus X, a 4, alla Decima
    3:02
  11. 11.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XI, a 4
    4:43
  12. 12.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu (14a*)
    5:18
  13. 13.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XII, a 4: Rectus
    1:49
  14. 14.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XII, a 4: Inversus
    1:53
  15. 15.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon alla Ottava (15)
    4:02
  16. 16.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon alla Decima in Contrapuncto alla Terza (16)
    3:41
  17. 17.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapuncto alla Quinta (17)
    4:12
  18. 18.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIII, a 3: Rectus
    2:05
  19. 19.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIII, a 3: Inversus
    2:09
  20. 20.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu (14)
    6:53
  21. 21.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIV (18) (Fragment of quadruple fugue)
    8:12
  22. 22.
    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Chorale: 'Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit' ('Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein') BWV 668a (19)
    3:15

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