Art of Fugue

Well, I have only one version, that of Helmut Walcha on the organ. And it really is quite something (it also has Walcha's completion of the final fugue). You can read Fredrik discussing it far better than I can here. This older thread (on the work more generally) might also be worth a look.

Sadly, disgracefully, the Walcha reading is only available as part of his complete 12 disc stereo cycle (and fine though I'm sure it is - I only have his earlier mono cycle - it's a real shame you can't get it more cheaply).

regards, Tam

It's refreshing to see one and the same person start a thread on the Art of Fugue and one on Iron Maiden at virtually same time

Thanks for that. RdS's reviews were very intersting.

Cheers

Mike

If you love Art of Fugue, and can move from one art form to another, you owe it to yourself to read Vikram Seth's miraculous novel 'An Equal Music'.

Graham

I really like this version on ECM by the Keller Quartet:




Fred

easily avaible is the emerson quartet's string version of AoF. very well recorded, performancewise I am no one to judge.They play with a bold and lively persentation I would say.

check it out : http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Fugue-Emerson-String-Quartet...7418?ie=UTF8&s=music

Thanks. Just ordered the Emerson - and dug out Leonhardt.

I'm quite tempeted to try the Christiansen, too....

Cheers

Mike

quote:

Originally posted by Michael_B.:
Thanks. Just ordered the Emerson - and dug out Leonhardt.

I'm quite tempeted to try the Christiansen, too....

Cheers

Mike

Of all the 27 organ-versions, I know of The Art of Fugue, this is the slowest and most introvert. Either you do like it or don´t like it at all - difficult to say. I would say, that it is mentally exausting listening, but some like it in that way.

Thanks for the Emerson recommendation. I am listening to it at the moment....

Cheers

Mike