Eloise Bella Kohn – J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24bit/96kHz | Time – 01:21:14 minutes | 1,3 GB | Genre: Classical
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After several decades of debate, it is now firmly established that The Art of Fugue was composed for harpsichord. The notation on four staves could lead to confusion and wrongly suggest that the work was intended for an ensemble of four instruments. But this scheme of notation for a keyboard instrument was not uncommon in the past (e.g. it was used by the Italian Girolamo Frescobaldi in his Fiori Musicali), as it facilitates the visualization and grasp of each individual voice’s progression and beauty.
Elo”ise Bella Kohn is convinced that played appropriately and with artistic integrity, the piano can serve Bach’s music superbly. In this recording she has played entirely without pedal so that the splendour of the contrapuntal lines is fully rendered. In some cases, for instance an appoggiatura, the piano allows for perfect imitation of a form of vocality, like a singer following the tonic accents of a language and pronouncing one syllable more quietly than another.
Tracklist:
1. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus I
2. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus II
3. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus III
4. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus IV
5. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus V
6. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus VI `a 4 in stylo francese
7. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus VII `a 4 per augmentationem et diminutionem
8. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus VIII `a 3
9. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus IX `a 4 alla duodecima
10. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus X `a 4 alla decima
11. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus XI `a 4
12. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus XIIa `a 4 in forma rectus
13. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus inversus XII `a 4
14. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus XIII `a 3
15. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus inversus XIII `a 3
16. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Canon alla ottava
17. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Canon alla decima
18. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Canon alla duodecima
19. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Canon per Augmentationem in contrario motu
20. Elo”ise Bella Kohn – Contrapunctus XIV “Fuga `a 3 soggetti” [Completed T. Escaich]
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