Die Kunst der Fuge

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & The Delmé String Quartet

Die Kunst der Fuge is a late instrumental collection by Johann Sebastian Bach, published posthumously in 1751. The work is written in strict counterpoint in the Baroque style and was composed near the end of Bach's life; it shows his focus on complex contrapuntal technique and influenced later theorists and composers.

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  1. 1.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I
    3:24
  2. 2.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus II
    2:39
  3. 3.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus III
    3:58
  4. 4.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IV
    3:28
  5. 5.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus V
    4:47
  6. 6.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VI ('in stylo Francese')
    3:58
  7. 7.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VII (per Augmentationem et Diminutionem)
    2:35
  8. 8.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VIII
    6:24
  9. 9.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IX (alla Duodecima)
    2:11
  10. 10.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus X (alla Decima)
    5:11
  11. 11.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XI
    5:37
  12. 12.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XII (Rectus)
    2:59
  13. 13.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XII (Inversus)
    3:04
  14. 14.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIII (Rectus)
    1:58
  15. 15.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIII (Inversus)
    2:06
  16. 16.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIV [completed by Donald Francis Tovey]
    11:23
  17. 17.
    Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIV [uncompleted]
    8:36

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