Bach Johann Sebastian : The Art Of Fugue : Helmut Walcha - 2CDs - (1956,1960) 2007.

Bach Johann Sebastian : The Art Of Fugue : Helmut Walcha - 2CDs - (1956,1960) 2007.
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Total rar size : (CD 1 : 385 Mb/ 4 parts + CD 2/Covers : 390 MB / 4 parts) : 776 MB / 8 parts.
Total playing-time : (CD 1 : 78,22 mins + CD 2 : 71,22 mins) : 149,44mins.
Included : Full Covers, Full Booklet, CDs all in 300 dpi.

A short introduce into "Bach's Art of Fugue":
''Bach and the fugue have become so closely associated that Art of Fugue, as Bach's ultimate statement on the subject, commands great interest in and of itself. And yet there's more. Written in Bach's last years, while he slowly went blind, Art of Fugue trails off unfinished in the climactic four-part fugue which would have crowned the work as well as his career. And woven inside it, musical notation spelling out his name . . . B A C H.
Of such things are legends born, and scholars and performers have been arguing about it ever since. When did Bach actually write Art of Fugue? Did he intend it to be played and listened to for pleasure, or is it an"abstract" work of interest only to music scholars? Did Bach's failing health account for the unfinished movement, or is it Bach's idea of a musical puzzle? The issues are far from settled.''
(from) pipedreams.publicradio.org

"Bach opens a vista onto the Universe. After hearing him, people feel there may be meaning to life after all.''
Helmut Walcha

'One of the century's greatest interpreters of the organ music of J. S. Bach with an intuitive grasp of the composer's mind and intentions that never failed him.'
The Guardian

Tracklist :

CD 1 : Johann Sebastian Bach - Bach The Art of Fugue - Helmut Walcha

01. Contrapunctus I [0:03:53.55]
02. Contrapunctus II [0:03:16.12]
03. Contrapunctus III [0:03:23.53]
04. Contrapunctus IV [0:05:31.27]
05. Contrapunctus V [0:04:17.30]
06. Contrapunctus VI, a 4, in Stylo Francese [0:04:14.03]
07. Contrapunctus VII, a 4, per Augumentationem et Diminutionem [0:04:01.05]
08. Contrapunctus VIII, a 3 [0:06:41.70]
09. Contrapunctus IX, a 4, alla Duodecima [0:04:19.40]
10. Contrapunctus X, a 4, alla Decima [0:04:19.35]
11. Contrapunctus XI, a 4 [0:07:39.15]
12. (XIV) Canon alla Ottava [0:03:07.25]
13. (XVII) Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapuncto alla Quinta [0:02:35.10]
14. (XVI) Canon alla Decima in Contrapuncto alla Terza [0:04:50.15]
15. (XV) Canon per Augumentationem in Contrario Motu [0:04:13.22]
16. (XIII) Contrapunctus a 3 - rectus [0:02:51.41]
17. (XIII) Contrapunctus a 3 - inversus [0:02:56.09]
18. (XII) Contrapunctus a 4 - rectus [0:03:04.04]
19. (XII) Contrapunctus a 4 - inversus [0:03:06.19]


CD 2 : Johann Sebastian Bach - Bach The Art of Fugue - Helmut Walcha

01. Fuga a 3 Soggetti [0:08:46.03]
02. Prelude & Fuge BWV 547 - Praeludium [0:05:03.28]
03. Prelude & Fuge BWV 547 - Fuga [0:05:35.53]
04. Trio Sonata no.1 BWV 525 - (Allegro) [0:03:14.04]
05. Trio Sonata no.1 BWV 525 - Adagio [0:05:38.65]
06. Trio Sonata no.1 BWV 525 - Allegro [0:04:26.69]
07. Toccata, Adagio & Fugue BWV 564 - Toccata [0:05:26.53]
08. Toccata, Adagio & Fugue BWV 564 - Adagio [0:04:36.12]
09. Toccata, Adagio & Fugue BWV 564 - Fuga [0:05:16.06]
10. Trio Sonata no.6 BWV 530 - Vivace [0:04:26.63]
11. Trio Sonata no.6 BWV 530 - Lento [0:05:08.40]
12. Trio Sonata no.6 BWV 530 - Allegro [0:04:15.11]
13. Toccata & Fugue BWV 565 - Toccata: Adagio [0:02:35.36]
14. Toccata & Fugue BWV 565 - Fuga [0:06:52.23]

Reviews :

All Music Guide : Editorial Review : Uncle Dave Lewis
Performance : *****
Sound : ****1/2
There are numerous recordings of Bach's valedictory masterwork and nearly as many realizations of its "open" score ranging from the harpsichord that Bach likely intended to realizations for full orchestra. Nevertheless, for a long, long time critics generally considered Walcha's recording the gold standard for "The Art of Fugue," and there are compelling reasons why this performance stands apart from the rest. Walcha favored the ordering of the 1927 Barenreiter edition of the work prepared by Wolfgang Graeser; indeed, Walcha may have attended the first public performance of "The Art of Fugue," given in Leipzig in Graeser's orchestral arrangement that same year. Graeser's was the first practical performing edition of the piece, and the concern about making Bach's jumbled score musically sound in practice appears here to override any other concerns. Walcha's use of registration renders all of Bach's sometimes knotty and frequently criss-crossing contrapuntal lines in this work completely clear. As Walcha plays from memory, the emotional content of the performance is natural, unforced, and of great depth. The sound of the Original Masters issue, though analog, is not dated and almost of digital quality in itself; clearly, this master tape has not been handled much, as it comes through clear as a bell, minus the tape hiss and gritty sonics that sometimes plague Deutsche Grammophon's 1950s recordings. This two-disc package is filled out with two trio sonatas, the "C major Prelude and Fugue, BWV 547"; the "Toccata, Adagio and Fugue, BWV 564"; and the famous "D minor Toccata," all works recorded at the same 1956 sessions that produced "The Art of Fugue."
Some unscrupulous record labels have taken advantage of the long period in which this recording was unavailable as a separate performance in issuing Walcha's "The Art of Fugue" in a cheap, inferior package derived from an LP. Don't be fooled! Archiv Produktion's release is the real deal and should be the only one listeners pursue in order to experience this historically important, and in every way remarkable, recording.

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