J.s. Bach: Die Kunst Der Fuge
Label: GLOSSA Catalog: GCDP31510 Format: CD Mariko Uchimura, harpsichord (tracks 13-17); Fabio Bonizzoni, harpsichordJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) The fact that Johann Sebastian Bach may have been working on Die Kunst der Fuge up until the point that he died and the fact that the work's concluding contrapunctus may have been left incomplete are just two factors which have subsequently allowed posterity's imagination to operate in full flight. When Bach passed away, without further delay his sons busied themselves preparing this score work for printing and were the first in nurturing the legend that Bach, incapable of completing the final contrapunctus, dictated a four-part chorale on his deathbed in order to compensate for the abrupt end and as a way of saying farewell ... In any case, what we are left with is a unique composition which for a great deal of time has been considered as a purely theoretical exercise and one which was not intended to be performed. Price: $27.98 |