Die Kunst Der Fuge

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Rinaldo Alessandrini & Concerto Italiano

Die Kunst der Fuge is a late collection of contrapuntal works by Johann Sebastian Bach, published posthumously in 1751. The composition explores a sequence of fugues and canons derived from a single principal subject, exemplifying late-Baroque counterpoint and marking a culminating statement in Bach's theoretical and compositional work on fugal technique.
First released: 1999

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Contrapunctus 1
    2:45
  2. 2.
    Contrapunctus 2
    2:29
  3. 3.
    Contrapunctus 3
    2:27
  4. 4.
    Contrapunctus 4
    3:37
  5. 5.
    Contrapunctus 5
    3:33
  6. 6.
    Canon 1 per Augmentationem in Contrario motu
    4:59
  7. 7.
    Contrapunctus 6 in Style Francese
    5:48
  8. 8.
    Canon 2 alla ottava
    2:32
  9. 9.
    Contrapunctus 7 per Augmentionem et Diminutionem
    4:07
  10. 10.
    Contrapunctus 8
    5:14
  11. 11.
    Contrapunctus 9 alla Duodecima
    2:27
  12. 12.
    Contrapunctus 10 alla Decima
    3:52
  13. 13.
    Canon 3 alle Decima Contrapunto alla Terza
    5:21
  14. 14.
    Contrapunctus 11
    5:37
  15. 15.
    Contrapunctus 12 rectus
    1:33
  16. 16.
    Contrapunctus 13 rectus
    2:12
  17. 17.
    Contrapunctus 12 inversus
    1:43
  18. 18.
    Contrapunctus 13 inversus
    2:12
  19. 19.
    Canon 4 Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta
    4:08
  20. 20.
    Contrapunctus 15
    7:43

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