Prelude and fugue in e flat minord sharp minor, bwv 853 midi 9. What is the best instrumentation and hence recording for. Bach wrote hundreds of pieces for organ, choir, as well as many other instruments. Also includes biographies of the major composers, fugue lists and theory. More discographic information about most of these can be found at the bach cantatas website.
Written in the last decade of his life, the art of fugue is the culmination of bachs experimentation with monothematic instrumental works. The hollow, bloodless engineering, though, remains the same. Bach art of fuguesokolovopus 111 66 c classics today. Public domain germany 1685 1750 7095 sheet music 7774 mp3 1485 midi. It was common practice in the 17th and early 18th centuries to publish keyboard pieces in open score, especially those that are contrapuntally complex. Customers and visitors can download classical music in high quality flac or mp3 and find out more about classical music. The silent wall that blocks its authentic musical evaluation seems to me an historical injustice. The following sequences of the art of fugue are based on sequences by an unknown author.
Lorenzo ghielmi on a silbermann piano and harpsichord with vittorio ghielmi and il suonar parlante viols quartet 2009. Im very partial to the art of the fugue recording by the amsterdam loeki stardust quartet on four recorders. The pianist who undertakes performing bachs final masterpiece, art of the fugue, not only braves one of the most challenging and intense keyboard works of all time, but also confronts the ultimate tragedy of music history. Movementssectionsmovtssecs, varies according to edition. Piano recital music by bach, beethoven, chopin, liszt. Notwithstanding albert schweitzers proposal that the art of fugue is purely theoretical, or wilfrid mellers mindpicture of bach playing alone to god and himself in an empty church, it has been recorded by orchestra, quartets of strings, viols, saxophones and recorders, organists, harpsichordists and. The printing version supervised by bachs son has another order as a surviving manuscript the position of the canons changes.
Evgeni koroliov piano, andreas spreer recording engineer, producer, julia zancker cover design, toms spogis layout, thomas seedorf liner notes, jenny poole liner notes, helmut dollhopf. For lyricism, warmth, and narrative intelligence i dont think this recording of the art of fugue has been bettered. The art of fugue bwv 1080, is an incomplete musical work of unspecified instrumentation by. Mccloskey midi 7 kleine fugen for organ and harpsichord fugue 16 have no catalog numbers, fugue 7 in. Discussion in repertoire started by yaccob, apr 28, 2010. Contrapunctus vii a 4 per augmentationem et diminutionem 3. Bach contrapunctus 1 from art of fugue sheet music for piano. The order of the fugues and canons, which has long been unclear, follows the ordering from this edition. Movementssections movtssecs, varies according to edition. Fugues vi et vii, canon par augmentation et mouvement contraire, fugues viii a x side 3. I believe it is a masterful work of the western counterpoint.
Both editions of the art of fugue are written in open score, where each voice is written on its own staff. Represented by versions respectively for orchestra, chamber orchestra, saxophone quartet, two pianos, solo piano, harpsichord, two harpsichords, organ and string quartet, the art of fugue graces the current catalogue in many guises. Fugue in c minor, hwv 610 sequences by unknown author sequence by john h. D minor sounding pitch view more d minor music for piano. The majority of the material has been created already in 2006 and premierly performed the same year on june the 1st at bachfest in leipzig. Orgelkonzerte bwv 592, 593, 594, 596 johannesernst kohler berlin classics. In accompanying notes he bolsters leonhardts view an entire work of such contrapuntal complexity does not lie within the compass of two hands by accident but then departs by. Nov 26, 20 im very partial to the art of the fugue recording by the amsterdam loeki stardust quartet on four recorders.
Various canons bwv 10728, 10817 a musical offering. Thank you to those who donated to piano society in 2017. With this theme bach writes 14 fugues one was unfinished and 4 canons. Prelude prelude, adagio fugato and fugue and fugue in e flat major, bwv 852 midi 8. The quartet shows us every kind of human or cosmic drama, from an intimate dialogue up to cinemascope battle scenes, from haunting nightmares to glorious sunsets never boring. But he will do so on an untempered piano, which is hardly banal. Classical notes classical classics bachs art of the.
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