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Bach/Simpson: The Art of Fugue

~ Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer)

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Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Audio CD (1 Sep 2000)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Hyperion
ASIN: B00004WMWO
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Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 237,961 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)
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Track Listings

1. The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 (arranged by Robert Simpson)

2. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus II

3. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus III

4. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IV

5. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus V

6. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VI ('In Stylo Francese')

7. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VII (Per Augmentationem Et Diminutionem)

8. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VIII

9. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IX (Alla Duodecima)

10. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus X (Alla Decima)

11. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XI

12. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XII (Rectus)

13. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XII (Inversus)

14. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIII (Rectus)

15. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIII (Inversus)

16. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIV

17. The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIV

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The Art of Fugue
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Delm� Quartet
The Art of Fugue
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

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Bach was still writing The Art of Fugue at the time of his death. The work was intended to explore the possibilities of counterpoint, but Bach never wrote dry academic music. It served its didactic purpose, but always there is warm humanity bursting from it. The Art of Fugue has been arranged for many musical groupings, and is always at best a guess at what Bach had in mind. What Robert Simpson has done here is to transpose the work so that it is playable by a string quartet. He does so without apology--Bach himself was a great transposer--and the results are totally convincing. Simpson knows a thing or two about string quartets (his own are well worth checking out) and he has breathed life into a work that is given a terrific performance here by the Delmé Quartet. To some, Bach's contrapuntal writing is a bit like a musical sewing machine, but when it is given with a true sense of ebb and flow, as it is here, it is magnificent. There are extensive explanatory notes, but you don't need to be a student of counterpoint to get a lift from this music on a pure sit-back-and-enjoy basis. --Keith Clarke

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