J.-S. Bach - The Art of Fugue [Double Compact Disc] AMS445
The Art of the Fugue is considered the musical testament of JS Bach. If you want to play all the notes in the register where they are written, you don't need one but two or three organs. Recorded in the Great Hall of the Mozarteum in Salzburg.
Ensemble Wolfgang Von Karajan (Hedy von Karajan, Hans Andreae, Wolfgang von Karajan) on two positives and a counterpositive Walker
Artistic direction Carl de Nys
Details
Disc 1
1. Counterpoint I (4'24 '')
2. Counterpoint II (3'37 '')
3. Counterpoint III (3'02 '')
4. Counterpoint IV (4'55 '')
5. Counterpoint V (3'20 '')
6. Counterpoint VI to 4 "in stile franceses" (4'39 '')
7. Counterpoint VII to 4 by increase and decrease (3'58 '')
8. Counterpoint VIII to 3 (6'39 '')
9. Counterpoint IX at 4 "alla duodecima" (3'42 '')
10. Counterpoint X at 4 "alla decima" (5'04 '')
Disc 2
11. Counterpoint XI to 4 (6'35 '')
12. Counterpoint XII Octave barrel (2'50 '')
13. Counterpoint XIII "canon alla duodecima in contrapuncto alla quinta" (2'27 '')
14. Counterpoint XIV "Canon alla decima in contrapucto alla terza" (5'14 '')
15. Counterpoint XV Canon by augmentation in opposite movement (4'32 '')
16. Counterpoint XVI to 3 with its inversion (5'27 '')
17. Counterpoint XVIII to 4 with its inversion (8'02 '')
18. Counterpoint XIX Fugue with 4 subjects (8'56 '')