巴哈: (賦格的藝術) 四重奏版 / 卡薩爾斯四重奏

作曲家: J.S. Bach
樂團: Cuarteto Casals

註記在四張五線譜上, 似乎是要給未指定的樂器組(或甚至於給聲樂, 或鍵盤樂器?), 這十三首博大精深的對位法(contrapuncti), 四首卡農和一組三首賦格 - 包含巴哈名字的字母 - 經常被認為是他的音樂遺囑. 籠罩在可追溯到其最初起源的傳說中, (賦格的藝術)是一個演奏家和聽眾等人的謎題, 但當一組技術高超的四重奏接下此挑戰時, 一個解答就變得很明確, 然後音樂就跟著飛揚起來.

Notated on four staves, as though intended for some unspecified set of instruments (or even voices? or keyboard?), these thirteen erudite contrapuncti, four canons, and an unfinished triple fugue—incorporating the letters of Bach's name—are often considered to be his musical testament. Shrouded in myths traceable to its very origins, The Art of Fugue is a puzzle for the performers and for the listeners alike, but when a brilliant string quartet takes up the challenge, a solution becomes obvious, and the music takes flight.

曲目:

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080
L'Art de la fugue / The Art of Fugue

1. Contrapunctus I, a 4 3'02
2. Contrapunctus II, a 4 2'52
3. Contrapunctus III, a 4 2'29
4. Contrapunctus IV, a 4 3'05
5. Contrapunctus V, a 4 2'40
6. Contrapunctus VI, a 4 in stilo francese 3'26
7. Contrapunctus VII, a 4 per augmentationem et diminutionem 3'25
8. Contrapunctus VIII, a 3 5'21
9. Contrapunctus IX, a 4 alla duodecima 2'20
10. Contrapunctus X, a 4 alla decima 3'21
11. Contrapunctus XI, a 4 5'15
12. Contrapunctus XII, a 4 2'02
13. Contrapunctus XIII, a 3 2'11
14. Canon per augmentationem in contrario motu 4'43
15. Canon alla ottava 2'25
16. Canon alla decima in contrapunto alla terza 4'24
17. Canon alla duodecima in contrapunto alla quinta 2'25
18. Contrapunctus XIV, a 4 Fuga a tre soggetti 9'17
19. Chorale Vor deinen Thron tret' ich BWV 668 3'32
(extr. 18 Chorale Preludes, BWV 651-668)