Title: Kunst Der Fuge
Artist: Bach, J.S. / Belder
Label: Brilliant Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5028421960357
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019-09-20
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: 2 PACK

When he died in July 1750, Bach left tantalisingly unfinished his final masterpiece, The Art of Fugue. He had been composing and compiling it during the last decade of his life, alongside several other compendious projects such as the Mass in B minor and The Musical Offering, whose fugal masterpieces are excerpted on this recording. However, The Art of Fugue remains an absorbing testimony to Bach's genius and to his life-long love and mastery of counterpoint. A single theme is elaborated with unprecedented variety over the course of 14 fugues and four canons. One of the fugues is composed for two harpsichords - where Belder is joined by Gerard de Wit - and composed in such a way that it can be performed backwards: an extraordinary feat of ingenuity. Playing both a modern copy of a Blanchet harpsichord and a clavichord modelled on a Friederici original, Belder intersperses canons within the sequence of fugues at strategic intervals. His extensive catalogue of Bach recordings has won international praise: here, for example is Fanfare's verdict on his second recording of The Well-Tempered Clavier: 'Tempos dance in more sprightly ways in the faster-paced preludes, and air between voices in the fugues assists the ear in appreciating Bach's invention. Listen, for example to the sheer joyousness of the C?-Major Prelude and Fugue with it's ornamental twists and turns... a fantastic Book II.' 'Belder's Goldberg Variations is commendably humane and technically strongly competitive.' (MusicWeb International). 'Without bringing anything provocative into his interpretations, he dependably makes the listener comfortable and attentive. He draws attention not to himself but to the music. His imagination serves the composer. This new recording is quickly becoming one of my favorite interpretations of the Goldberg Variations.' (American Record Guide). Belder's new account of The Art of Fugue sets the seal on a distinguished catalogue of Bach recordings made over the course of 20 years.

Tracks:
1.1 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus 1
1.2 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus 2
1.3 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus 3
1.4 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus 4
1.5 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Canon Alla Ottava
1.6 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus 5
1.7 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus 6. a 4 in Style Francese
1.8 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus 7. a 4 Per Augmentationem Et Diminutionem
1.9 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Canon Alla Decima in Contrapuncto Alla Terza
1.10 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus 8. a 3
1.11 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus 9. a 4 Alla Duodecima
1.12 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus 10. a 4 Alla Decima
1.13 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus 11. a 4
2.1 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Canon Alla Duodecima in Contrapuncto Alla Quinta
2.2 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus Inversus 12(1) a 4
2.3 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus Inversus 12(2) a 4
2.4 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus Inversus 13(1) a 3
2.5 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus 13 Inversus 13(2) a 3
2.6 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Canon Per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu
2.7 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus 14 (Fuga a 3 Soggetti)
2.8 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus 13(1) a Due Cembali
2.9 Kunst Der Fuge Bwv1080-Contrapunctus 13(2) a Due Cembali
2.10 Duetto in E minor BWV 802
2.11 Duetto in F BWV 803
2.12 Duetto in G BWV 804
2.13 Duetto in a Minor BWV 805
2.14 2 Ricercares from Musikalisches Opfer Bwv1079-Ricercar a 3
2.15 2 Ricercares from Musikalisches Opfer Bwv1079-Ricercar a 6

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