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CDA67138


Recording details: November 1999
Temple Church, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: September 2000
Total duration: 73 minutes 19 seconds

'Music of extraordinary beauty and poise. Strongly recommended' (Fanfare)

'An impressive recording' (Fanfare)

'Terrific performances … magnificent' (Amazon.co.uk)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
The Art of Fugue
Delmé Quartet
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Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV1080  arr. Robert Simpson (1921-1997)
1
Movement 01: Contrapunctus I  [3'23]
2
Movement 02: Contrapunctus II  [2'38]
3
Movement 03: Contrapunctus III  [3'56]
4
Movement 04: Contrapunctus IV  [3'21]
5
Movement 05: Contrapunctus V  [4'45]
6
Movement 06: Contrapunctus VI 'in stylo Francese'  [3'58]
7
Movement 07: Contrapunctus VII 'per augmentationem et diminutionem'  [2'27]
8
Movement 08: Contrapunctus VIII  [6'23]
9
Movement 09: Contrapunctus IX 'alla duodecima'  [2'09]
10
Movement 10: Contrapunctus X 'alla decima'  [5'09]
11
Movement 11: Contrapunctus XI  [5'29]
12
Movement 12a: Contrapunctus XII Rectus  [2'59]
13
Movement 12b: Contrapunctus XII Inversus  [2'59]
14
Movement 13a: Contrapunctus XIII Rectus  [1'58]
15
Movement 13b: Contrapunctus XIII Inversus  [1'59]
16
Movement 14: Contrapunctus XIV  [11'10]
17
Movement 14: Contrapunctus XIV  [8'36]
Fed up with endless Bach recordings this year? Hyperion have added some variation to all of the releases for the 250th anniversary of Bach's death by recording Robert Simpson's arrangement of the well-known Art of Fugue for string quartet. The Art of Fugue has been arranged for many media, even for orchestra, but Simpson believed it was essential that the four parts should retain their identities throughout (not possible with colourful orchestral mixtures), and saw the string quartet as the ideal medium for conveying the beauty of four-part counterpoint with perfect clarity and sensitivity. Sleeve notes are by Robert Simpson, written before his death in 1997, and Howard Smith.