Artist: Collegium Musicum '23 Title: J. S. Bach: The Art of Fugue on Bach's Original Instruments Year Of Release: 2025 Label: Ramée Genre: Classical Quality: flac lossless (tracks) 24bits - 192.0kHz + Booklet Total Time: 01:22:39 Total Size: 2.73 gb Tracklist 01. Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75: VII. Chorale. Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (Transcr. for Organ by Johannes Lang) 02. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 1, Contrapunctus 1 03. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 3, Contrapunctus 3 04. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 2, Contrapunctus 2 05. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 4, Contrapunctus 4 06. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 14a, Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu, perpetuus 07. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 5, Contrapunctus 5 08. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 6, Contrapunctus 6 in Stylo Francese 09. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 7, Contrapunctus 7 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem 10. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 14, Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu 11. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 8, Contrapunctus 8 a 3 12. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 9, Contrapunctus 9 alla Duodecima 13. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 15, Canon alla Ottava 14. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 10, Contrapunctus 10 alla Decima 15. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 11, Contrapunctus 11 16. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 12,1, Contrapunctus 12 17. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 12,2, Contrapunctus 12, forma inversa 18. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 16, Canon alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza 19. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 13,1, Contrapunctus 13 a 3, forma inversa 20. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 13,2, Contrapunctus 13 a 3, forma recta 21. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 17, Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta 22. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: No. 19, Fuga a 3 Soggetti 23. Vor deinen Thron tret' ich, BWV 668: Chorale. Wenn wir in hoechsten Noethen (Transcr. for Organ by Johannes Lang) Johann Sebastian Bach took the opportunity to enhance the previously mediocre inventory of string instruments in Leipzig's two main churches in 1729 by purchasing four violins, two violas and two cellos from the workshop of Johann Christian Hoffmann (Leipzig 1683-1750). Three of these eight instruments, two violins and a viola, are still owned by the Thomaskirche. They could only be admired in a display case for decades, but here they can be heard in a recording for the first time. The Art of Fugue is framed by Bach's first and last Leipzig chorale arrangements, recorded on the Hildebrandt organ in Stormthal near Leipzig, which Bach had examined and inaugurated. Hearing these emblematic works on instruments that the Cantor himself had played is an extraordinary experience that provides direct historical testimony to the sound world of Johann Sebastian Bach