Bach (The) Art of Fugue
Contrapuntal consistency in Bach’s valedictory masterpiece
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Composer or Director: Johann Sebastian Bach
Label: Orfeo
Magazine Review Date: 4/2011
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 96
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: C802102A
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
(Die) Kunst der Fuge, '(The) Art of Fugue' |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Konstantin Lifschitz, Piano |
Wenn wir höchsten Nöten sein |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Konstantin Lifschitz, Piano |
Author: Jed Distler
At least Lifschitz remains consistent in his interpretative point of view and repeated hearings reveal interesting details, such as the slight melodic alteration in Contrapunctus I’s bass voice, the delightfully shaped interplay when Contrapunctus IV’s “cuckoo” motive gets going and the technical ease with which the pianist presents the awkwardly laid-out three-voice mirror fugues. He also overdubs himself in the latter’s two-keyboard versions and offers both the earlier and more commonly performed versions of the extraordinary Canon in Augmentation in Contrary Motion. In short, anyone in the market for a piano version of Bach’s valedictory masterpiece won’t go wrong with Lifschitz, but try to hunt down Koroliov and Rosen first.
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