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Bach: The Art Of Fugue [DVD] [2004]
 
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Bach: The Art Of Fugue [DVD] [2004]

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  • Actors: Keller Quartet, Anner Bylsma
  • Format: Anamorphic, Classical, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, French, German
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Euroarts Music International
  • DVD Release Date: 2 Aug 2004
  • Run Time: 115 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B0002JYAGE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 130,335 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Featuring performances of 'Chamber Works By Gyorgy Kurtag' by the Keller Quartet and 'Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1 And 5' by cellist Anner Bylsma.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Be Warned! This is not Bach alone. It's also György Kurtįg!, 4 Nov 2004
By J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews
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I'm not at all sure who the audience for this DVD is?. The front cover (and the information provided by Amazon), does not make at all clear what the DVD contains. The back cover does not make it much clearer, either, without close scrutiny, that this is NOT a complete traversal of the Bach 'Art of the Fugue' played by a string quartet, here the estimable Keller Quartet. It includes, rather, only Contrapuncti 1-4, 6, 9, 11 and 18. And interspersed amongst these Bach fugues are several compositions for quartet or string trio by contemporary Hungarian composer György Kurtįg, who is a fine composer with enormous craft but who writes ultramodern music; the jarring nature of switching back and forth between Bach and Kurtįg was simply more than I could tolerate. (For what it's worth, the booklet notes make grand rationalizations about why they interleaved Bach and Kurtįg here. I was not convinced.) The Keller have recorded the complete 'Art of Fugue' on CD and if you are truly interested in their version of this masterpiece, I'd suggest you go there; it is available here at Amazon (go to ASIN B000025HN5) but I don't think it is the same performance as on this DVD. One other caution about the DVD, though--even though they are in a fairly reverberant space, they play, as if often the custom these days, with almost no vibrato.

The DVD's second part (roughly 44 minutes compared to the Keller's 71 minutes) contains the distinguished Dutch cellist playing two of Bach's Cello Suites, No. 1 in G and No. 5 in C Minor. Shot in gloriously beautiful surroundings--a room in the St. Bartholomew Church in Dornheim--this is altogether a more enjoyable experience. Bylsma's tone is soft, rounded and beautifully phrased, graced with just enough vibrato to take away the raspy quality so often heard these days in Baroque music performances. A lovely performance of both suites. I only wish the DVD had contained all six of them. Bylsma has recorded all six on audio CD (here at Amazon as ASIN B0000027TV).

Scott Morrison

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