2 CDs for the price of 1. Bach's Art of Fugue is a great musical enigma; left strangely unfinished, it is thought perhaps to have been intended not for performance but as a definitive guide to the writing of fugues, or a personal musical message meant as the composer's greatest legacy in any event it is a supreme masterpiece and here is given a brilliant and individual interpretation, in which Diana Boyle (whose Metier CD of the 48 Preludes and Fugues, Book II is also highly praised) brings out classical-style emphasis and phrasing, bring the music alive more than in traditional dry and academic accounts. The recording omits the optional 'canons' but includes the 'Inversus' sections of Contrapuncti 12 and 13.

Tracklist:

The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus I
The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus II
The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus III
The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus IV
The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus V
The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus VI
The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus VII
The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus VIII
The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus IX
The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus X
The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus XI
The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus XII Rectus
The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus XII Inversus
The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus XII Rectus
The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus XIII Inversus
The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus XIV

UPC: 884502302158
Label: Divine Art
Release Date: 2.14.12
Format: CD

Diana Boyle - Art of the Fugue (2 CD)