Die Kunst der Fuge

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper & Hermann Scherchen

Die Kunst der Fuge is a collection of contrapuntal works by Johann Sebastian Bach, published posthumously in 1751. The composition presents a series of fugues and canons built on a single principal theme, exemplifying Baroque counterpoint and representing a late-career, abstract exploration of contrapuntal form and technique.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Contrapunctus 1
    3:25
  2. 2.
    Contrapunctus 3
    5:18
  3. 3.
    Contrapunctus 2
    3:05
  4. 4.
    Contrapunctus 4
    7:03
  5. 5.
    Contrapunctus 5
    3:02
  6. 6.
    Contrapunctus 10, a 4, alla Decima
    6:32
  7. 7.
    Contrapunctus 9, a 4, alla Duodecima
    2:34
  8. 8.
    Contrapunctus 6, a 4, in Stylo Francese
    3:16
  9. 9.
    Canon per Augmentationem in contrario motu
    3:44
  10. 10.
    Contrapunctus 8, a 3
    10:42
  11. 11.
    Contrapunctus 7, a 4, per Augmentationem et Diminutionem
    5:02

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Contrapunctus 11, a 4
    10:33
  2. 3.
    Canon alla Ottava
    2:40
  3. 4.
    - rectus (Contrapunctus 13, a 3)
    2:45
  4. 5.
    - inversus (Contrapunctus 13, a 3)
    2:44
  5. 6.
    Canon alla Decima in Contrapuncto alla Terza
    6:35
  6. 7.
    Contrapunctus a 4 rectus
    4:41
  7. 8.
    Contrapunctus a 4 inversus
    5:07
  8. 9.
    Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapuncto alla Quinta
    2:21
  9. 10.
    Fuga a 3 Soggetti Contrapunctus 14
    13:12
  10. 11.
    Chorale "Vor deinen Thron tret ich", BWV 668
    4:42

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