Bach, Johann Sebastian / Bergel, Erich - Die Kunst Der Fuge (CD)

This live recording is an homage to a great musician known as one of the best interpreters of Bach's chef d'oeuvre.Experts consider Bach's last great work the zenith of his career and also the centre of European musical culture. Erich Bergel contributed to the after-life of The Art of Fugue not only with scientific conclusions, but also as a composer: he completed the unfinished closing fugue of the cycle, a feat later judged an epoch-making achievement' by Karajan.Track ListingDisc 1: Four simple fugues 1: I. The direct main subject Four simple fugues 1: II. The direct main subject Four simple fugues 1: III. The inverted main subject Four simple fugues 1: IV. The inverted main subject Three counter-fugues: V. Both the direct and inverted main subject, dotted variation (two framings) Three counter-fugues: VI. Both the direct and inverted main subject, dotted variation - both diminished (four framings) Three counter-fugues: VII. Both the direct and inverted main subject, dotted variatio