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CDA66631/2
2CDs


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Recording details: January 1992
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Arthur Johnson
Engineered by Antony Howell & Robert Menzies
Release date: August 1992
Total duration: 119 minutes 44 seconds

'The remarkable Tatiana Nikolayeva ... uncovers Bach's revelations as if they were her own' (The Independent)

'Absolutely superb. Certainly I can think of no finer recording of this endlessly fascinating masterpiece, whatever the medium. Highly recommended' (CDReview)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
The Art of Fugue
Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano)
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Ein musikalisches Opfer, BWV1079
CD1
1
Movement 1: Ricercare a 3  [6'53]
2
Movement 5: Ricercare a 6  [9'40]
3
Duet in E minor, BWV802  [2'42]
4
Duet in F major, BWV803  [3'21]
5
Duet in G major, BWV804  [3'23]
6
Duet in A minor, BWV805  [4'00]
Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV1080
7
Movement 01: Contrapunctus 1  [4'51]
8
Movement 02: Contrapunctus 2  [3'52]
9
Movement 03: Contrapunctus 3  [2'58]
10
Movement 04: Contrapunctus 4  [4'33]
11
Movement 05: Canon in hypodiapason 'Canon alla ottava'  [3'57]
12
Movement 06: Contrapunctus 5  [2'42]
13
Movement 07: Contrapunctus 6 'per diminutionem' in stylo Francese  [5'37]
14
Movement 08: Contrapunctus 7 per augmentationem et diminutionem  [3'25]
15
Movement 09: Canon alla duodecima in contrapunto alla quinta  [3'41]
CD2
1
Movement 10: Contrapunctus 8  [6'25]
2
Movement 11: Contrapunctus 9 alla duodecima  [2'59]
3
Movement 12: Contrapunctus 10 alla decima  [4'34]
4
Movement 13: Contrapunctus 11  [6'04]
5
Movement 14: Canon 'in hypodiatessaron' per augmentationem in contrario motu  [4'35]
6
Movement 15: Canon alla decima 'Contrapunto alla terza'  [4'29]
7
Movement 16: Contrapunctus 13 'Rectus'  [2'31]
8
Movement 17: Contrapunctus 13 'Inversus'  [2'32]
9
Movement 18: Contrapunctus 12 'Rectus'  [3'41]
10
Movement 19: Contrapunctus 12 'Inversus'  [3'41]
11
Movement 20: Contrapunctus 14  [12'38]