Description
This live recording is an homage to a great musician known as one of the best interpreters of Bach's chef d'oeuvre.
Experts consider Bach's last great work the zenith of his career and also the centre of European musical culture. Erich Bergel contributed to the after-life of The Art of Fugue not only with scientific conclusions, but also as a composer: he completed the unfinished closing fugue of the cycle, a feat later judged an epoch-making achievement' by Karajan.
Track Listing
Disc 1:- Four simple fugues 1: I. The direct main subject
- Four simple fugues 1: II. The direct main subject
- Four simple fugues 1: III. The inverted main subject
- Four simple fugues 1: IV. The inverted main subject
- Three counter-fugues: V. Both the direct and inverted main subject, dotted variation (two framings)
- Three counter-fugues: VI. Both the direct and inverted main subject, dotted variation - both diminished (four framings)
- Three counter-fugues: VII. Both the direct and inverted main subject, dotted variation - both diminished as well as augmented (six framings)
- Four simple fugues 2: VIII. Two double fugues: each one with a new subject and the main subject
- Four simple fugues 2: IX. Two double fugues: each one with a new subject and the main subject
- Four simple fugues 2: X. Two triple fugues: each one with a new polythematic subjects and the main subject fugues
- Four simple fugues 2: XI. Two triple fugues: each one with a new polythematic subjects and the main subject fugues
- Four canons with two voices in the form of a fugue: XII. Canone all ottava
- Four canons with two voices in the form of a fugue: XIII. Canone alla decima
- Four canons with two voices in the form of a fugue: XIV. Canone alla duodecima
- Four canons with two voices in the form of a fugue: XV. Mirror - and augmentation canon
- Two mirror fugues, each one to be performed twice - direct (rectus) and totally inverted (inversus): XVI. A mirror - an counterfugue for three voices with the main a) rectus
- Two mirror fugues, each one to be performed twice - direct (rectus) and totally inverted (inversus): XVI.b) inversus
- Two mirror fugues, each one to be performed twice - direct (rectus) and totally inverted (inversus): XVII. Mirror fugue with a) rectus
- Two mirror fugues, each one to be performed twice - direct (rectus) and totally inverted (inversus): XVII.b) inversus
- XVIII. The last (closing) quadruple fugue
Additional Details
Label: BMC Records
Genre: Classical
Run Time: 92 mins
Release Date: 06/06/98
UPC: 5998309300110
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