Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of Fugue On Bach's Original...

Johann Sebastian Bach took the opportunity to enhance the previously mediocre inventory of string instruments in Leipzig's two main churches in 1729 by purchasing four violins, two violas and two cellos from the workshop of Johann Christian Hoffmann (Leipzig 1683-1750). Three of these eight instruments, two violins and a viola, are still owned by the Thomaskirche. They could only be admired in a display case for decades, but here they can be heard in a recording for the first time. The Art of Fugue is framed by Bach’s first and last Leipzig chorale arrangements, recorded on the Hildebrandt organ in Störmthal near Leipzig, which Bach had examined and inaugurated. Hearing these emblematic works on instruments that the Cantor himself had played is an extraordinary experience that provides direct historical testimony to the sound world of Johann Sebastian Bach.

1: Was Gott Tut, Das Ist Wohlgetan
2: Contrapunctus 1
3: Contrapunctus 3
4: Contrapunctus 2
5: Contrapunctus 4
6: Canon Per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu, Perpetuus
7: Contrapunctus 5
8: Contrapunctus 6 in Stylo Francese
9: Contrapunctus 7 Per Augmentationem Et Diminutionem
10: Canon Per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu
11: Contrapunctus 8 a 3
12: Contrapunctus 9 Alla Duodecima
13: Canon Alla Ottava
14: Contrapunctus 10 Alla Decima
15: Contrapunctus 11
16: Contrapunctus 12
17: Contrapunctus 12, Forma Inversa
18: Canon Alla Decima in Contrapunto Alla Terza
19: Contrapunctus 13 a 3, Forma Inversa
20: Contrapunctus 13 a 3, Forma Recta
21: Canon Alla Duodecima in Contrapunto Alla Quinta
22: Fuga a 3 Soggetti
23: Wenn Wir in Hoechsten Noethen

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

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