Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Marie‐Claire Alain

Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 is a composition by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in the late 1740s and published posthumously in 1751. The work systematically explores fugue and canon forms within late Baroque counterpoint, ranging from concise two-voice studies to dense multi-voice structures and concluding with an unfinished fugue, and it occupies a central place in Bach's late output and in the study of Western contrapuntal technique.
First released: 1992

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.1
    4:43
  2. 2.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.13-1, a 3
    3:09
  3. 3.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.13-2
    3:06
  4. 4.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.3
    3:54
  5. 5.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.9, a 4
    3:13
  6. 6.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.2
    2:58
  7. 7.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.10, a 4
    6:34
  8. 8.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.4
    4:04
  9. 9.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.5
    4:50
  10. 10.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.11, a 4
    8:33
  11. 11.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.8, a 3
    6:53
  12. 12.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.6, a 4
    4:25
  13. 13.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.19 Fuga a tre Soggetti
    12:55
  14. 14.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.7, a 4
    3:39
  15. 15.
    Canon alla Duodecima BWV 1080.17
    3:56
  16. 16.
    Canon in Hypodiaspason BWV 1080.15
    4:30
  17. 17.
    Canon in Hypodiatessaron BWV 1080.14
    3:54
  18. 18.
    Canon alla Decima BWV 1080.16
    4:28
  19. 19.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.12-1 a 4
    4:12
  20. 20.
    Contrapunctus BWV 1080.12-2
    3:37

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