The Art of Fugue

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Helmut Walcha

The Art of Fugue is a collection of fugues and canons by Johann Sebastian Bach, published posthumously in 1751. The work is written in Baroque counterpoint for keyboard and organ; it explores fugue techniques through rigorous contrapuntal writing and comes from the final phase of Bach's compositional career, with the final fugue left incomplete at his death.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Contrapunctus I
    3:54
  2. 2.
    Contrapunctus II
    3:16
  3. 3.
    Contrapunctus III
    3:24
  4. 4.
    Contrapunctus IV
    5:31
  5. 5.
    Contrapunctus V
    4:17
  6. 6.
    Contrapunctus VI, a 4, in Stylo Francese
    4:14
  7. 7.
    Contrapunctus VII, a 4, per Augumentationem et Diminutionem
    4:01
  8. 8.
    Contrapunctus VIII a 3
    6:42
  9. 9.
    Contrapunctus IX (a 4, alla Duodecima)
    4:20
  10. 10.
    Contrapunctus X, a 4, alla Decima
    4:19
  11. 11.
    Contrapunctus XI, a 4
    7:39
  12. 12.
    (XIV) Canon alla Ottava
    3:07
  13. 13.
    (XVII) Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapuncto alla Quinta
    2:35
  14. 14.
    (XVI) Canon alla Decima in Contrapuncto alla Terza
    4:50
  15. 15.
    (XV) Canon per Augumentationem in Contrario Motu
    4:13
  16. 16.
    (XIII) Contrapunctus a 3 - rectus
    2:52
  17. 17.
    (XIII) Contrapunctus a 3 - inversus
    2:56
  18. 18.
    (XII) Contrapunctus a 4 - rectus
    3:04
  19. 19.
    (XII) Contrapunctus a 4 - inversus
    3:06

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Fuga a 3 Soggetti
    8:46
  2. 3.
    Prelude & Fuge, BWV 547: Praeludium
    5:03
  3. 4.
    Prelude & Fuge, BWV 547: Fuga
    5:36
  4. 5.
    Trio Sonata No. 1, BWV 525: (Allegro)
    3:14
  5. 6.
    Trio Sonata No. 1, BWV 525: Adagio
    5:39
  6. 7.
    Trio Sonata No. 1, BWV 525: (Allegro)
    4:27
  7. 8.
    Toccata, Adagio & Fugue, BWV 564: Toccata
    5:27
  8. 9.
    Toccata, Adagio & Fugue, BWV 564: Adagio
    4:36
  9. 10.
    Toccata, Adagio & Fugue, BWV 564: Fuga
    5:16
  10. 11.
    Trio Sonata No. 6, BWV 530: Vivace
    4:27
  11. 12.
    Trio Sonata No. 6, BWV 530: Lento
    5:09
  12. 13.
    Trio Sonata No. 6, BWV 530: Allegro
    4:15
  13. 14.
    Toccata & Fugue, BWV 565: Toccata: Adagio
    2:35
  14. 15.
    Toccata & Fugue, BWV 565: Fuga
    6:52

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