The Art of Fugue discography
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A list of commercial recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
's The Art of Fugue
The Art of Fugue
The Art of Fugue , BWV 1080, is an incomplete work by Johann Sebastian Bach . It was most likely started at the beginning of the 1740s, if not earlier. The first known surviving version, which contained 12 fugues and 2 canons, was copied by the composer in 1745...
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Artist | Date | Place | Recording | Instrument and Remarks |
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Gustav Leonhardt Gustav Leonhardt Gustav Leonhardt is a highly renowned Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. Leonhardt has been a leading figure in the movement to perform music on period instruments... |
1953 | Harpsichord | ||
Joseph & Grete Dichler | 1954 | two pianos | ||
Gustav Leonhardt Gustav Leonhardt Gustav Leonhardt is a highly renowned Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. Leonhardt has been a leading figure in the movement to perform music on period instruments... |
1969 | Harpsichord | ||
Davitt Moroney Davitt Moroney Davitt Moroney is a British-born and educated musicologist, harpsichordist and organist. His parents were of Irish and Italian extraction – his father was an executive with the Anglo-Dutch Unilever conglomerate... |
1985 | harpsichord | ||
Ton Koopman Ton Koopman Ton Koopman is a conductor, organist and harpsichordist.Koopman had a "classical education" and then studied the organ , harpsichord and musicology in Amsterdam... and Tini Mathot |
1994 | two harpsichords | ||
Glenn Gould Glenn Gould Glenn Herbert Gould was a Canadian pianist who became one of the best-known and most celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century. He was particularly renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach... |
1962 | piano and organ (incomplete) | ||
Menno Van Delft | 1999 | harpsichord | ||
Sébastian Guillot | 2006 | harpsichord | ||
Bradley Brookshire Bradley Brookshire Bradley Brookshire is an American-born harpsichordist.He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan School of Music , his Master of Music from Mannes College in New York City , and is a Candidate for the Ph.D... |
2007 | harpsichord includes an additional CD-ROM with score to follow along as MP3s play | ||
Gavin Black & George Hazelrigg | 2009 | on two harpsichords: voices shared equally throughout. | ||
Helmut Walcha Helmut Walcha Helmut Walcha was a blind German organist who specialized in the works of the Dutch and German baroque masters and is known for his recordings of the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach.- Biography :Born in Leipzig, Walcha was blinded at age 19 after vaccination for smallpox... |
1956 | organ | ||
Helmut Walcha Helmut Walcha Helmut Walcha was a blind German organist who specialized in the works of the Dutch and German baroque masters and is known for his recordings of the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach.- Biography :Born in Leipzig, Walcha was blinded at age 19 after vaccination for smallpox... |
1970 | organ | ||
Ensemble Wolfgang von Karajan | 1963 | on three chamber organs | ||
Lionel Rogg Lionel Rogg Lionel Rogg is a Swiss organist, composer and teacher of musical theory. Among many other distinctions, he has recorded the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach three times.... |
1970 | organ | ||
André Isoir André Isoir André Isoir is a renowned French organist.Isoir studied with Édouard Souberbielle and Germaine Mounier at the École César-Franck and under Rolande Falcinelli at the Paris Conservatoire where he won the first prizes in organ and improvisation in 1960.Thereafter he won several international organ... |
1999 | organ. Some movements performed as a duet with Pierre Farago, on the Grenzing organ of Saint-Cyprien in Périgord, France | ||
Wolfgang Rübsam Wolfgang Rübsam Wolfgang Friedrich Rübsam is a German-American organist, pianist, composer and pedagogue.-Biography:... |
1992 | organ | ||
Marie-Claire Alain Marie-Claire Alain Marie-Claire Alain is a French organist and organ teacher best known for her prolific recording career. She is particularly known for her ability to perform substantial works entirely from memory.-Background and education:... |
1993 | organ | ||
Louis Thiry Louis Thiry Louis Thiry , is a French organist, composer and pedagogue.Thiry studied at the Nancy Conservatoire, where he received a first prize in organ at the Nancy Conservatory in 1952, followed by studies with André Marchal at Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles in Paris... |
1993 | on the Silbermann organ of Saint Thomas Church (Strasbourg). | ||
Hans Fagius Hans Fagius -Biography:Fagius studied organ with Bengt Berg before entering the Royal College of Music, Stockholm where he studied with Alf Linder. After graduating in 1974 he studied organ privately with Maurice Duruflé in Paris. He taught organ in Gothenburg and Stockholm before being appointed professor of... |
2000 | on the Carsten Lund organ of the Garnisons Church, Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
Kevin Bowyer Kevin Bowyer Kevin John Bowyer is an English organist, known for his prolific recording and recital career and his interest in playing unusual, modern and extremely difficult compositions.-Biography:... |
2001 | on the Marcussen organ of Saint Hans Church, Odense, Denmark | ||
Richard Buhlig Richard Buhlig Richard Buhlig was an American pianist.Buhlig was born in Chicago, where he received his early training. In 1897 he moved to Vienna to study under Teodor Leszetycki. Upon completing his studies in 1900, he gave his first public concert in 1901 in Berlin, and toured extensively in Europe until late... and Wesley Kuhnle |
1934 | piano | ||
Charles Rosen Charles Rosen Charles Rosen is an American pianist and author on music.-Life and career:In his youth he studied piano with Moriz Rosenthal. Rosenthal, born in 1862, had been a student of Franz Liszt... |
1967 | piano | ||
Grigory Sokolov Grigory Sokolov Grigory Lipmanovich Sokolov is a concert pianist, often considered one of the greatest pianists alive. He was born April 18, 1950 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.-Biography:... |
1982 | piano | ||
Zoltán Kocsis Zoltán Kocsis Zoltán Kocsis is a Hungarian pianist, conductor, and composer.Born in Budapest, he started his musical studies at the age of five and continued them at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 1963, studying piano and composition... |
1984 | piano | ||
Yuji Takahashi Yuji Takahashi is a Japanese composer, performer, pianist and author.Studied under Roh Ogura and Minao Shibata at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1960, he made his debut as a pianist by performing Bo Nilsson's Quantitaten. He lived in Europe from 1963 to 1966 where he worked with Iannis Xenakis. He gave the... |
1988 | piano | ||
Tatiana Nikolayeva Tatiana Nikolayeva Tatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva was a Russian Soviet pianist, composer and teacher.-Early life:Nikolayeva was born in Bezhitsa in the Bryansk district on May 4, 1924... |
1992 | piano | ||
Andrei Vieru | 1994 | piano | ||
Walter Riemer | 2006 | piano using a fortepiano of Mozart type | ||
Pierre-Laurent Aimard Pierre-Laurent Aimard Pierre-Laurent Aimard is a French pianist. He was born in Lyon, where he entered the conservatory. Later he studied with Yvonne Loriod and with Maria Curcio.... |
2008 | piano | ||
Roth Quartet | 1934–1935 | String quartet includes conjectural end played by Donald Tovey on keyboard. | ||
Quartetto Italiano | 1985 | String quartet | ||
Juilliard String Quartet Juilliard String Quartet The Juilliard String Quartet is a classical music string quartet founded in 1946 at the Juilliard School in New York. The original members were violinists Robert Mann and Robert Koff, violist Raphael Hillyer, and cellist Arthur Winograd; Current members are Joseph Lin and Ronald Copes violinists,... |
1989 | String quartet | ||
Keller Quartet | 1997 | String quartet | ||
Delmé Quartet | 2000 | String quartet arranged by composer Robert Simpson, including versions of Contrapuntus XIV unfinished and completed following Tovey's version. | ||
Emerson Quartet | 2003 | String quartet | ||
Hermann Scherchen Hermann Scherchen Hermann Scherchen was a German conductor.-Life:Scherchen was originally a violist and played among the violas of the Bluthner Orchestra of Berlin while still in his teens... with Orchestre de la RTSI |
1965 | Orchestra | ||
Karl Ristenpart Karl Ristenpart Karl Ristenpart was a German conductor.Born in Kiel, Germany, he studied at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin and in Vienna. He was heavily involved in creating three orchestras in his lifetime, most notably the Chamber Orchestra of the Saar. With this group he created one of the recorded... with Chamber Orchestra of the Saar |
1965 | Orchestra | ||
Neville Marriner Neville Marriner Sir Neville Marriner is an English conductor and violinist.-Biography:Marriner was born in Lincoln and studied at the Royal College of Music and the Paris Conservatoire. He played the violin in the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Martin String Quartet and London Symphony Orchestra, playing with the... with Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Academy of St. Martin in the Fields The Academy of St Martin in the Fields is an English chamber orchestra, based in London.Sir Neville Marriner founded the ensemble as The Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields in London as a small, conductorless string group. The ensemble's name comes from Trafalgar Square's St Martin-in-the-Fields... |
1974 | Orchestra | ||
Jordi Savall Jordi Savall Jordi Savall i Bernadet is a Catalan viol player, conductor and composer. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for bringing the viol back to life on the stage... with Hesperion XX |
1986 | Orchestra | ||
Erich Bergel Erich Bergel Erich Bergel was a conductor from Transylvania .-Professional career:Bergel was a flutist of the Hermannstädter Philharmoniker age 18. From 1950 to 1955 he studied conducting, organ and composition at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca... with Cluj Philharmonic Orchestra |
1991 | Orchestra | ||
Karl Münchinger Karl Münchinger Karl Münchinger was a German conductor of European classical music. He helped to revive the now-ubiquitous Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel, through recording it with his Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in 1960... and Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra |
1965 | Orchestra | ||
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra | 2002 | Orchestra | ||
Rinaldo Alessandrini Rinaldo Alessandrini Rinaldo Alessandrini is a virtuoso on Baroque keyboards, including harpsichord, fortepiano, and organ. He is founder and conductor of the Italian early music ensemble Concerto Italiano, performing music of Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Couperin, J. S. Bach, and others... and Concerto Italiano Concerto Italiano Concerto Italiano is an Italian early music ensemble well-known for their interpretations of Monteverdi and Vivaldi, among others.The historically informed performance ensemble was formed by the harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini, and made its Rome debut with Francesco Cavalli's La Calisto in 1984... |
1998 | Orchestra | ||
Milan Munclinger Milan Munclinger Milan Munclinger was a significant Czech flautist, conductor, composer and musical scientist.-Biographical:... with Ars Rediviva Ars Rediviva Ars Rediviva was a Czech instrumental early music group, whose historically informed performances played a key role in the revival of Baroque music in Czechoslovakia.-Ars Rediviva chamber ensemble:... |
1959 | |||
Milan Munclinger Milan Munclinger Milan Munclinger was a significant Czech flautist, conductor, composer and musical scientist.-Biographical:... with Ars Rediviva Ars Rediviva Ars Rediviva was a Czech instrumental early music group, whose historically informed performances played a key role in the revival of Baroque music in Czechoslovakia.-Ars Rediviva chamber ensemble:... |
1966 | |||
Milan Munclinger Milan Munclinger Milan Munclinger was a significant Czech flautist, conductor, composer and musical scientist.-Biographical:... with Ars Rediviva Ars Rediviva Ars Rediviva was a Czech instrumental early music group, whose historically informed performances played a key role in the revival of Baroque music in Czechoslovakia.-Ars Rediviva chamber ensemble:... |
1979 | |||
Fine Arts String Quartet and New York Woodwind Quintet New York Woodwind Quintet The New York Woodwind Quintet is an ensemble-in-residence at the Juilliard School in New York City, originally appointed in 1987. At Juilliard, the members of the New York Woodwind Quintet present seminars each year for student woodwind ensembles, give regular coachings, and perform.The quintet's... |
1962 | |||
Yuji Takahashi Yuji Takahashi is a Japanese composer, performer, pianist and author.Studied under Roh Ogura and Minao Shibata at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1960, he made his debut as a pianist by performing Bo Nilsson's Quantitaten. He lived in Europe from 1963 to 1966 where he worked with Iannis Xenakis. He gave the... (incomplete) electronic version |
1975 | |||
Yuji Takahashi Yuji Takahashi is a Japanese composer, performer, pianist and author.Studied under Roh Ogura and Minao Shibata at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1960, he made his debut as a pianist by performing Bo Nilsson's Quantitaten. He lived in Europe from 1963 to 1966 where he worked with Iannis Xenakis. He gave the... |
piano, early version of the art of fugue | |||
Musica Antiqua Köln Musica Antiqua Köln Musica Antiqua Köln was an early music group that was founded in 1973 by Reinhard Goebel and fellow students from the Conservatory of Music in Cologne. Musica Antiqua Köln devoted itself largely to the performance of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries... (director Reinhard Goebel Reinhard Goebel Reinhard Goebel is a German conductor and violinist specialising in early music on authentic instruments. Goebel received his first violin lessons at the age of twelve... ) for string quartet/harpsichord and various such instrumental combinations |
1984 | |||
Berliner Saxophon Quartett for saxophone | 1990 | |||
József Eötvös József Eötvös József baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény was a Hungarian writer and statesman, the son of Ignacz baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény and Anna von Lilien, who stemmed from an Erbsälzer family of Werl in Germany.... for two eight-string guitars |
2002 | |||
Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet The Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet is a professional Dutch recorder quartet which was founded in 1978 by four students of the Sweelinck Conservatory Amsterdam; Daniël Brüggen, Bertho Driever, Paul Leenhouts and Karel van Steenhoven... for recorder quartet |
1998 | |||
Phantasm Phantasm Phantasm may refer to:In comics:* Phantasm , a short-lived member of the New Teen TitansIn film:* Don Coscarelli's Phantasm series** Phantasm , a 1979 horror film** Phantasm II... (director: Laurence Dreyfus Laurence Dreyfus Laurence Dreyfus, FBA is a Bach scholar. He was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and attended Cherry Hill High School West in New Jersey. He earned a B.A., Yeshiva U., studied cello under Leonard Rose, at the Juilliard School, later reading Musicology at the Columbia University... ) for viola da gamba four-part consort |
1998 | |||
Fretwork Fretwork Fretwork is an interlaced decorative design that is either carved in low relief on a solid background, or cut out with a fretsaw, coping saw, jigsaw or scroll saw. Most fretwork patterns are geometric in design. The materials most commonly used are wood and metal. Fretwork is used to adorn... for Consort of Viols |
2002 | |||
Aurelia Saxophone Quartet for saxophone quartet | 2005 | |||
The Canadian Brass for brass quintet | ||||
The Version of Jacques Chailley instrumentation of Pascal Vigneron for wind quartet, brass quartet and organ ]] | 2005 | |||
An electronic version, Laibachkunstderfuge LAIBACHKUNSTDERFUGE LAIBACHKUNSTDERFUGE is a concept album by NSK industrial group Laibach... , by Neue Slowenische Kunst industrial band Laibach Laibach Laibach can refer to one of the following:* German name for Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia* Laibach , Slovenian industrial musical group** Laibach , the title of the debut album by the band with this name... |
2008 | |||
An electronic version by Jeffrey C Hall | 2007? |
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