Description
Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge / LP
SUA 10711/2
Product Details:
- Label: Supraphon – SUA 10711/2, SUA ST 50711, SUA ST 50712
- Format: 2x Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Box Set
- Country: Czechoslovakia
- Released: 1971
- Genre: Classical
Overview
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue) is one of the most intricate and profound works in Western classical music. This collection of contrapuntal masterpieces, left incomplete at the composer’s death, explores the possibilities of fugal writing in an extraordinary and timeless way.
This 1971 Supraphon stereo box set showcases a stellar performance by the Ars Rediviva Ensemble, Prague, conducted by Milan Munclinger. With its meticulous interpretation and attention to historical performance practices, the ensemble breathes life into Bach’s contrapuntal genius, delivering an engaging and masterful rendition.
Recorded at the renowned Supraphon Studios and presented in pristine stereo sound, this two-LP box set is a must-have for collectors and enthusiasts of Baroque music.
Track Listing
Disc 1:
Side A:
- Contrapunctus 1
- Contrapunctus 2
- Contrapunctus 3
- Contrapunctus 4
- Contrapunctus 5
- Contrapunctus 6 (Stile Francese)
- Contrapunctus 7 (Per Augmentationem Et Diminutionem)
Side B:
- Contrapunctus 8
- Contrapunctus 9 (Alla Duodecima)
- Contrapunctus 10 (Alla Decima)
- Contrapunctus 11
Disc 2:
Side C:
- Canon 1 (Per Augmentationem In Contrario Motu)
- Canon 2 (Alla Ottava)
- Canon 3 (Alla Decima In Contrapuncto Alla Terza)
- Canon 4 (Alla Duodecima In Contrapuncto Alla Quinta)
- Contrapunctus 12 (Rectus Et Inversus)
Side D:
- Contrapunctus 13 (Rectus Et Inversus)
- Fuga A 2 Clav.
- Fuga A 3 Soggetti
- Choral: "Vor Deinen Thron Tret’ Ich Hiermit" (BWV 668)
Key Credits
Performers:
- Ars Rediviva Ensemble, Prague
Conductor:
- Milan Munclinger
Instrumentalists:
- Harpsichord: Josef Hála, Viktorie Švihlíková
- Violin: Václav Snítil, Jiří Baxa, Jan Köhler, and others
- Viola: Jaroslav Motlík, Karel Řehák
- Cello: František Sláma, Karel Novotný
- Double Bass: František Pošta
- Oboe: Jiří Mihule, Stanislav Duchoň (also Oboe da Caccia)
- Bassoon: János Mészáros, Karel Bidlo
Production Team:
- Sound Engineer: Miloslav Kulhan
- Recording Supervisor: Miloslav Kuba
- Cover and Layout Design: Dominik Wallenfels
Box #151
