The Art of Fugue, Johann Sebastian Bach's ultimate keyboard cycle, is baroque music's most audacious exploration of the combinatorial possibilities of a single theme. It's fugues and canons were not intended to resound in a concert venue or even in a church, but to be played in an intimate domestic setting on the harpsichord or clavichord. Martha Cook's version, nourished by the dictum and parables of Luke 14:27-35, presents what is, for her, the ideal solo harpsichord version of the work - incorporating the pieces known from the posthumous version as well as the canons alla decima and alla duodecima. A Resident of France since 1980, Cook has performed with Mark Minkowski, Philippe Herreweghe and Rene Jacobs, and has participated in lyric productions at the Opera de Lyon, Opera de Paris (Bastille), and the festivals of Aix-en-Provence, Innsbruck, and Utrecht. Notable chamber music partners have included Wieland Kuijken, Bob van Asperen, Davitt Moroney, Nima ben David, and Francois Lazarevitch.

Tracklist:

Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus I
Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus III
Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Canon Alla Decima In Contrapunto Alla Terza
Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus II
Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus IV
Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Canon Alla Ottava
Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus V
Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus IX A 4 Alla Duodecima
Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus X A 4 Alla Decima
Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus VI A 4 In Stylo Francese
Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus VII A 4 Per Augmentationem Et Diminutionem
Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Canon Alla Duodecima In Contrapunto Alla Quinta
Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus VIII A 3
Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus XI A 4
Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Canon Per Augmentationem In Contrario Motu
Die Kunst Der Fuge, Bwv 1080: Fuga A 3 Soggetti (Contrapunctus XIV)

UPC: 5425004140142
Label: Passacaille
Release Date: 10.30.15
Format: CD

J Bach S / Cook,Martha - Art of Fugue (2 CD)