The Art of Fugue, Volume 1

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Wolfgang Rübsam

The Art of Fugue, Volume 1 is a release of J.S. Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge, first published posthumously in 1751. The work is a Baroque collection of fugues and canons that systematically explores a single principal subject through contrapuntal techniques and represents one of Bach's late-career theoretical and compositional summations.
First released: June 1993

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus I (Fuga a 4 voci)
    4:25
  2. 2.
    The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus II (Fuga a 4 voci)
    3:15
  3. 3.
    The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus III (Fuga a 4 voci)
    3:55
  4. 4.
    The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus IV (Fuga a 4 voci)
    4:12
  5. 5.
    The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus XII (Canon all'ottava)
    6:03
  6. 6.
    The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus V (Fuga a 4 voci)
    4:17
  7. 7.
    The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus VI (Fuga a 4 voci in stile francese)
    4:53
  8. 8.
    The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus VII (Fuga a 4 per aug. et dim.)
    5:59
  9. 9.
    The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus XIV (Canon alla decima in con. alla terza)
    5:26
  10. 10.
    The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus IX (Fuga a 4 voci, alla duodecima)
    3:42
  11. 11.
    The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus X (Fuga a 4 voci, alla decima)
    5:28
  12. 12.
    The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus VIII (Fuga a 3 voci)
    7:46
  13. 13.
    The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus XI (Fuga a 4 voci)
    7:15
  14. 14.
    The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus XV (Canon alla duodecima in con. alla quinta)
    5:33

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