JS Bach - Die Kunst der Fuge
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Label: BIS
Cat No: BIS2531
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 22nd March 2024
Contents
Works
Chorale Prelude BWV668a 'Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein'The Art of Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV1080
Artists
Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord)Masato Suzuki (harpsichord)
Works
Chorale Prelude BWV668a 'Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein'The Art of Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV1080
Artists
Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord)Masato Suzuki (harpsichord)
About
In this work, the theoretical component of Bach’s thinking is at its clearest: theory and practice merge, old and new stylistic elements and compositional techniques are integrated and demonstrate in an incomparable way his individual approach to composition. Since Bach gave no indication of the instrument, nor does his writing shed any further light on the subject, one might even wonder whether this work is a purely theoretical work, intended solely for musical analysis. However, since the composer’s rediscovery in the nineteenth century, musicians have appropriated the work, whatever their instrument. It is now generally accepted that the work was composed for the keyboard. A second harpsichord part is added for three fugues, played here by Masato Suzuki.
After several acclaimed recordings of Bach’s works for keyboard instruments, Masaaki Suzuki finally takes on this immense work, the pinnacle of the cantor’s art and one of the absolute peaks of Western music.
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