034571171388

Bach & Simpson: The Art Of Fugue

Delme Quartet

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Cat No: CDA67138

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Release Date:  01 September 2000

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571171388

Genres:  Classical  Baroque  

  • Description

    Fed up with endless Bach recordings this year? Hyperion have added some variation to all of the releases for the 250th anniversary of Bach's death by recording Robert Simpson's arrangement of the well-known Art of Fugue for string quartet. The Art of Fugue has been arranged for many media, even for orchestra, but Simpson believed it was essential that the four parts should retain their identities throughout (not possible with colourful orchestral mixtures), and saw the string quartet as the ideal medium for conveying the beauty of four-part counterpoint with perfect clarity and sensitivity.
    Sleeve notes are by Robert Simpson, written before his death in 1997, and Howard Smith.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Art of Fugue
      • 2. BWV1080 (arranged by Robert Simpson)
      • 3. The Art Of Fugue
      • 4. BWV 1080: Contrapunctus II
      • 5. The Art Of Fugue
      • 6. BWV 1080: Contrapunctus III
      • 7. The Art Of Fugue
      • 8. BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IV
      • 9. The Art Of Fugue
      • 10. BWV 1080: Contrapunctus V
      • 11. The Art Of Fugue
      • 12. BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VI ('In Stylo Francese')
      • 13. The Art Of Fugue
      • 14. BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VII (Per Augmentationem Et Diminutionem)
      • 15. The Art Of Fugue
      • 16. BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VIII
      • 17. The Art Of Fugue
      • . BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IX (Alla Duodecima)