Dorian Recordings
xCD-90297
Art of the Fugue
(Arr. Labadie)
Les Violons du Roy
Bernard Labadie
If you know only three things about the Art of the Fugue, they are probably these: it was the last piece Bach composed; he died before he could complete it; and, he wrote it as a purely theoretical work not intended to be played by any particular instruments. All three are misconceptions, however, born of Romantic and high-modernist clichés about Bach's career and the nature of his music, and propped up by outdated scholarship. But since these misconceptions linger stubbornly to this day, they are still worth refuting … continued in the CD booklet
- Kevin Bazzana
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1.] Contrapunctus I 2.] Contrapunctus II 3.] Canon alla Ottava 4.] Contrapunctus III 5.] Contrapunctus IV 6.] Canon alla Decima, in Contrapunto alla Terza 7.] Contrapunctus V 8.] Contrapunctus VI in Stylo Francese 9.] Canon alla Duodecima, in Contrapunto alla Quinta 10.] Contrapunctus VII 11.] Contrapunctus VIII a 3 12.] Contrapunctus IX 13.] Canon per Augmentationem in contrario Motu 14.] Contrapunctus X 15.] Contrapunctus XI 16.] Contrapunctus inversus XII a) Rectus (XIIa)17.] b) Inversus (XIIb)18.] Contrapunctus inversus XIII a 3 a) Rectus (XIIIa)19.] b) Inversus (XIIIb)20.] Contrapunctus XIV 21.] Completed by Bernard Labadie after Davitt Moroney (Complété par Bernard Labadie d'aprés Davitt Moroney) APPENDIX: Variations of Contrapunctus XIII APPENDICE : Variantes du Contrapunctus XIII 22.] Fuga a 2 Clav. (XIIIa) 23.] Alio modo. Fuga a 2 Clav. (XIIIb) Total Program Length: 76:53 |
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