Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Kunst der Fuge
Peter Kofler - Cembalo & Orgel
Originalcembalo von August Gräbner, Dresden 1782
Concealed behind Bach’s Art of Fugue BWV 1080 is an unbelievably complex musical structure, a cycle of fugues and canons that are based on a common theme. In the abundance of transformational techniques – for example, retrograde inversion, rhythmic augmentation and diminution of the theme, or the combination with additional themes – Bach takes stock of his life’s work.
With this craftsmanship as a point of departure, Peter Kofler lends sensual vitality to the mystically intertwined musical fabric, and interprets Bach’s music as a series of absorbing character pieces. Played on a two-manual original harpsichord by Karl August Gräbner (Dresden 1782) and an organo di legno.
1 Contrapunctus 1 BWV 1080/1 [ 03:23 ]
2 Contrapunctus 2 BWV 1080/2 [ 02:54 ]
3 Contrapunctus 3 BWV 1080/3 [ 03:22 ]
4 Contrapunctus 4 BWV 1080/4 [ 04:01 ]
5 Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu BWV 1080/14 [ 04:42 ]
6 Contrapunctus 5 BWV 1080/5 [ 03:49 ]
7 Contrapunctus 6 a 4 in Stylo Francese BWV 1080/6 [ 04:05 ]
8 Contrapunctus 7 a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem BWV 1080/7 [ 03:57 ]
9 Canon alla Ottava BWV 1080/15 [ 02:28 ]
10 Contrapunctus 8 a 3 BWV 1080/8 [ 06:04 ]
11 Contrapunctus 9 a 4 alla Duodecima BWV 1080/9 [ 02:56 ]
12 Contrapunctus 10 a 4 alla Decima BWV 1080/10 [ 04:33 ]
13 Contrapunctus 11 a 4 BWV 1080/11 [ 06:04 ]
14 Canon alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza BWV 1080/16 [ 05:15 ]
15 Contrapunctus inversus 12 a 4 BWV 1080/12,2 (Forma inversa) [ 03:00 ]
16 Contrapuncus inversus a 4 BWV 1080/12,1 (Forma recta) [ 03:06 ]
17 Contrapunctus inversus a 3 BWV 1080/13,2 (Forma recta) [ 02:19 ]
18 Contrapunctus inversus a 3 BWV 1080/13,1 (Forma inversa) [ 02:24 ]
19 Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta BWV 1080/17 [ 02:07 ]
20 Fuga a 3 [4] Soggetti BWV 1080/19 [ 07:29 ]
Total: [ 77:58 ]
