Bach: Art of Fugue
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Composer: BachPerformer: Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-03-11
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
- Contrapunctus I
- Contrapunctus II
- Contrapunctus III
- Contrapunctus IV
- Contrapunctus V
- Contrapunctus VI, a 4 in Style Francese
- Contrapunctus VII, a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem
- Contrapunctus VIII, a 3
- Contrapunctus IX, a 4 alla Duodecima
- Contrapunctus X, a 4 alla Decima
- Contrapunctus XI, a 4
- Contrapuncuts XII.1, a 4
- Contrapunctus inversus XII.2, a 4
- Contrapunctus inversus XIII.1, a 3
- Contrapunctus inversus XIII.2, a 3
- Canon alla Ottava
- Canon alla Decima in Contrapuncto alla Terza
- Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapuncto alla Quinta
- Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu
- Contrapunctus XIV (Fuga a 3 Soggetti)
Free Music Notes for Bach: Art of Fugue
Free Music Review: Professional but not transcendent...
Hit: 3 Stars
If I have to pick a performance on Piano, Glenn Gould's recording, incomplete though it is, remains my favorite. After that, Feltsman's remains my preferred. I also have Sokolov, but Feltsman, to my ears, brings more joy where there is joy, and more sorrow where there is sorrow. Sokolov's playing is cleaner, more Gould-like, but without Gould's intense "romanticism" or emotional investment. Feltsman is also a more idiosyncratic pianist, willing to inflect the music with his own personality. Sometimes he does so to a fault, as with his recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, which I wouldn't recommend.
One of my favorites is Contrapunctus 9. Feltsman digs into the fugue with all the gusto of Gould's famous performance on the organ. Sokolov's performance of the same piece is slower and comes with a sense of detachment - a little too studied.
Aimard's rendition takes a similarly happy pace to Gould and Feltsman, but it is oddly monochromatic. The sense of an overarching direction or drama is missing, and this is the feeling that much of Aimard's performances leave me with. I have no doubt that he can conceive of the piece in its entirety, but somehow he doesn't translate that in his playing. The sum does not exceed its parts.
The other element that I miss in Aimard's playing is idiosyncrasy. Each of his fingers strikes the keys with the sort of pearled consistency that is the mark, not of the artist, but of the professional. I miss the unexpected turns of phrases and emphasis that are the hallmarks of a Gould and, to a degree, Feltsman.
Bach: Art of Fugue Poster
Pierre-Laurent Aimard's debut on Deutsche Grammophon is the first recording of the mystical The Art of Fugue by a world-renowned pianist in 25 years. As a pre-eminent performer of modern music, Aimard brings a unique and exciting approach to his first ever Bach recording also serving as his first recording of Baroque repertoire.Given his links to many of the great contemporary composers, the high-profile Aimard is certain to generate much interest in the musical press with his first Bach recording. Aimard will perform The Art of Fugue in many musical venues around the world, in cities including New York, Paris, Vienna, Berlin and Tokyo.
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