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巴哈: (賦格的藝術)四重奏版
卡薩爾斯四重奏

Notated on four staves, as though intended for some unspecified set of instruments (or even voices? or keyboard?), these thirteen erudite contrapuncti, four canons, and an unfinished triple fugue—incorporating the letters of Bach’s name—are often considered to be his musical testament. Shrouded in myths traceable to its very origins, The Art of Fugue is a puzzle for the performers and for the listeners alike, but when a brilliant string quartet takes up the challenge, a solution becomes obvious, and the music takes flight.

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080
L’Art de la fugue / The Art of Fugue

1 Contrapunctus I, a 4 3’02
2 Contrapunctus II, a 4 2’52
3 Contrapunctus III, a 4 2’29
4 Contrapunctus IV, a 4 3’05
5 Contrapunctus V, a 4 2’40
6 Contrapunctus VI, a 4 in stilo francese 3’26
7 Contrapunctus VII, a 4 per augmentationem et diminutionem 3’25
8 Contrapunctus VIII, a 3 5’21
9 Contrapunctus IX, a 4 alla duodecima 2’20
10 Contrapunctus X, a 4 alla decima 3’21
11 Contrapunctus XI, a 4 5’15
12 Contrapunctus XII, a 4 2’02
13 Contrapunctus XIII, a 3 2’11
14 Canon per augmentationem in contrario motu 4’43
15 Canon alla ottava 2’25
16 Canon alla decima in contrapunto alla terza 4’24
17 Canon alla duodecima in contrapunto alla quinta 2’25
18 Contrapunctus XIV, a 4 Fuga a tre soggetti 9’17
19 Chorale Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich BWV 668 3’32
(extr. 18 Chorale Preludes, BWV 651-668)

Cuarteto Casals
Abel Tomas Realp, violin
Vera Martinez Mehner, violin
Jonathan Brown, viola
Arnau Tomas Realp, cello