The Art of Fugue (played on Bach's original instruments)

The Art of Fugue (played on Bach's original instruments)

The Art of Fugue (played on Bach's original instruments)

The Art of Fugue (played on Bach's original instruments)

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The Art of Fugue (played on Bach's original instruments)

Label Ramée

Artists Collegium Musicum ’23

€29,99 EUR

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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.

Collegium Musicum '23 Nadja Zwiener – violin 1 Anna Dmitrieva – violin 2 Magdalena Schenk-Bader – viola Joseph Crouch – cello Johannes Lang – organ Hedwig Ohse – violin (tracks 7–9) Anna Reisener – cello (tracks 7 and 17)

Tracklist

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Total time: 01:22:29

1. Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75: VII. Chorale. Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (Transcr. for Organ

01:43

2. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 1, Contrapunctus 1

03:13

3. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 3, Contrapunctus 3

02:48

4. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 2, Contrapunctus 2

02:55

5. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 4, Contrapunctus 4

04:53

6. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 14a, Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu, perpetuus

04:05

7. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 5, Contrapunctus 5

03:02

8. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 6, Contrapunctus 6 in Stylo Francese

03:28

9. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 7, Contrapunctus 7 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem

02:51

10. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 14, Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu

05:02

11. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 8, Contrapunctus 8 a 3

05:48

12. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 9, Contrapunctus 9 alla Duodecima

02:29

13. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 15, Canon alla Ottava

02:42

14. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 10, Contrapunctus 10 alla Decima

04:00

15. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 11, Contrapunctus 11

06:32

16. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 12,1, Contrapunctus 12

01:41

17. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 12,2, Contrapunctus 12, forma inversa

01:47

18. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 16, Canon alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza

03:58

19. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 13,1, Contrapunctus 13 a 3, forma inversa

02:11

20. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 13,2, Contrapunctus 13 a 3, forma recta

02:14

21. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 17, Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta

02:08

22. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 19, Fuga a 3 Soggetti

07:54

23. Vor deinen Thron tret' ich, BWV 668: Chorale. Wenn wir in hoechsten Noethen (Transcr. for Organ

05:05

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Additional Information

Label

Ramée

SKU

RAM2406

Qualities

DSD 512, DSD 256, FLAC 192 kHz, DSD 128, FLAC 96 kHz, DSD 64, DXD 24 Bit

Channels

2ch Stereo

Artists

Collegium Musicum ’23

Composers

Bach

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

PCM 192k

Release Date

June 26, 2025

Higher Rates Program
Not Available on SACD

Reviews

CD HotList

Rick Anderson

It’s a provocative title, but well justified. Four of the five stringed instruments used for this recording (two violins and a viola built by Johann Christian Hoffmann in 1729; an anonymous 18th-century cello built in Leipzig; a five-string cello built by Andreas Hoyer in Klingenthal in 1742) were acquired by the Thomaskirche in Leipzig for use by Johann Sebastian Bach and his musicians several years into his tenure as cantor. The instruments have been in continuous use since then, so they’ve been subject to repairs and some degree of modernization, but there is still a significant fascination to hearing them used in service of Bach’s music today. What makes this recording even better is the pleasure of hearing this particular masterwork, The Art of Fugue, played on what is effectively a string quartet. Hearing the different voices of these counterpoint exercises performed on different instruments (rather than on a keyboard) sheds a different light on the music and makes Bach’s genius even more apparent. Academic libraries should take special note of this release.

Source: cdhotlist.com

The Art of Fugue (played on Bach's original instruments)

The Art of Fugue (played on Bach's original instruments)

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