Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080
Recordings - Part 3

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Complete Recordings - 1960-1969

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Bach: The Art of the Fugue · Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 (excerpts) · Prelude & Fugue on BACH, BWV 898 [K-6]

1. Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 - Contrapunctus 1-9
2. Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 - Contrapunctus 1, 2, 4, 14
2. Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 - Contrapunctus 9, 11, 13
Prelude & Fugue in B flat major on the Name BACH BWV 898 [5:21]

Glenn Gould (Organ) [1] [1960 Casavant]
Glenn Gould (Piano) [2, 3, 4]

Sony

Jan-Feb 1962 [1]; Nov 1967 [3]; Apr 1980 [4]; Spring 1981 [2]

CD / TT: 69:36

Recorded at All Saints' Anglican Church, Toronto, Canada & Chapel of the Theological College, New York City [1]; CBC tevision broadcast, CBC Studios, Canada [2, 3]; Eaton's Auditorium, Toronto, Canada [4].
Includes only the first 9 Contrapuncti on organ; was intended as volume one of a complete recording, which was never finished. Contapuncti 1, 2, 4, 9, 11, 13 14 on piano from later recordings.
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Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge [A-2]
J.S. Bach: Violinkonzerte - Violinsnaten - Die Kunst der Fuge

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, arranged for string quintet & 2 harpsichords

Collegium Aureum (4 strings & 2 harpsicords)

Ulrich Grelhling (Violin); Ulrich Koch (Alt-viola); Gunther Lemmen (Tenor-viola); Reinhold Johann Buhl (Cello); Johannes Koch (Violone); Fritz Neumeyer (Harpsichord); Lilly Berger (Harpsichord)

(DHM) Orbis / IPIX / BASF [LP]
Membran/Concerto Royale [CD]

Apr 1962

2-LP / TT: ~ 89:23
3-CD / TT:

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Bach: Art of the Fugue

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, transcribed by Samuel Baron

Samuel Baron

Fine Arts Quartet & New York Woodwind Quintet

Leonard Sorkin (Violin); Abram Loft (Violin); Irving Ilmer (Viola); George Sopkin (Cello)
Samuel Baron (Flute); Ronald Roseman (Oboe); David Glazer (Clarinet); Ralph Froelich (French Horn); Arthur Weisberg (Bassoon)

Concert-Disc
Centaur

1962

2-LP / TT:
CD / TT:

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Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (?)

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Schneider (Organ)

FSM

c1962

LP / TT:

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Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (?)

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Schuba (Organ)

Christophorus

c1962

LP / TT:

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J.S. Bach: l’art de la fugue

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, arranged for three organs

Ensemble Wolfgang von Karajan

Wolfgang von Karajan, Hedy von Karajan, Hans Andrae (Walcker positive organs, 3 of them) [Grande Salle of the Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria]

André Charlin Disques (Schwann)

Jun 1963

CD / TT: 87:26

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J.S. Bach: L'art de la fugue [2-LP] [A-1]
Karl Ristenpart Conducts J.S Bach L'art De La Fugue BWV 1080 [2-CD] [A-1]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, includes Counterpoint 1, 3, 2, 4, 14, 5-7, 15, 12-13, 16, arranged for chamber orchestra by Helmut Winschermann

Karl Ristenpart

Saarländischer Rundfunk Kammerorchester (Orchestre de chambre de la Radiodiffusion sarroise )

Huguette Dreyfus (Harpsichord); Robert Veyron-Lacroix (Harpsichord)

Erato STU 70188-70189
Erato

Oct 29, 1963

2-LP / TT:
2-CD / TT:

Recorded at Saar, Fraulautern Minte, Germany.
1^st recording of Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 by K. Ristenpart.
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J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue / Musical Offering

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Karl Münchinger

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Decca

Feb 1965

2-LP / TT:
2-CD / TT: 91:49

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J.S. Bach: L’Art de la Fugue [A-4]
J.S. Bach: L’Arte della fuga

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, orchestration by Hermann Scherchen

Hermann Scherchen

Orchestre de La Radio-Television Suisse Italienne (Lugano)

Luciano Sgrizzi (Harpsichord)

Accord

May 14, 1965

2-CD / TT: 106:02

Recorded live in Lugano, Switzerland.
2^nd recording of Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 by H. Scherchen.
Review: Scherchen AoF
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Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge - Art of the Fugue [A-5]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, instrumentation by Hermann Scherchen

Hermann Scherchen

Members of Vienna Radio Orchestra & Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Herbert Tachezi (Harpsichord)

Westminster (J) / MCA

Jun 1965

2-CD / TT: 108:18 / 109:18

Recorded at Mozartsaal, Vienna, Austria.
3^rd recording of Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 by H. Scherchen.
1^st recording of Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 by H. Tachezi.
Review: Scherchen AoF

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J.S. Bach: L’Art de la Fugue [A-6]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, instrumentation by Hermann Scherchen [94:28]; Including rehearsal.

Hermann Scherchen

CBC Toronto Chamber Orchestra

Kenneth Gilbert (Harpsichord)

Tahra

Dec 1965

2-CD / TT: 122:26

4^th recording of Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 by H. Scherchen.
1^st recording of Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 by K. Gilbert.
Review: Scherchen AoF
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Bach: Art of the Fugue [A-1]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, arranged by Leonard Isaacs

George Malcolm

Members of the Philomusica of London

Argo (Ace of Diamonds. Decca)

1965

2-LP / TT:

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Bach: Art of the Fugue [A-2]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

George Malcolm

The Thuringian Bach Orchestra

The Canons are played by Johannes Ernst Köhler (Organ)

Baroque Music Club

Mid 1960 ?

CD / TT: 74:28

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J.S. Bach: L'Art de la fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge) [A-2]

Bach-Bitsch: Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, arranged for orchestra

Karl Ristenpart

Orchestre de Chambre de la Sarre

Georg-Friedrich Hendel (Violin); André Navarra (Cello); Michel Debost (Flute); Alain Marion (Flute); Lucien Debray (Oboe); Jacques Chambon (Oboe); Maurice Bourgue (Horn); Maurice Allard (Bassoon); Roger Dupont (Bassoon)

Le Club Français du disque 138-139
Accord
Nonesuch 73013

Jun 16-19, 1966

2-LP / TT: 90:16

Recorded at Saarlouis-Fraulautern, Saarebrücken, Germany.
2^nd recording of Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 by K. Ristenpart.
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Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge [A-2]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, instrumentation and realization by Milan Munclinger

Milan Munclinger

Ars Rediviva Orchestra Prague

Viktorie Švihlíková (Harpsichord); Josef Hála (Harpsichord); Jiři Mihule (Oboe); Stanislav Duchoň (Oboe, Oboe da caccia); Karel Bidlo, Jan Mészáros (Bassoons); Břetislav Ludovík, Václav Snítil, Jiři Baxa, Jan Plšek, Jan Hölzel, Jan Köhler, Josef Kroft, Robert Mjazga (Violins); Jaroslav Motlík, Vladimír Klár, Karel Řehák (Violas); František Sláma, Karel Novotn‎‎ý, Ladislav Popíšil (Cellos); František Pošta (Double-bass)

Supraphon SV 8368-9/DV 6258-9

1966

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1^st recording of Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 by M. Munclinger.

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Bach: The Keyboard Album - Featuring The Italian Concerto & Art of the Fugue [K-1]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Charles Rosen (Piano); Olsen Archers (Piano, tracks 12-15)

Sony

Jan, Mar 1967

CD / TT: 74:23

Recorded at 30^th Street Studios, New York City, NY, USA.
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J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge [C-5]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Isolde Ahlgrimm (Pedal Harpsichord) [Ammer pedal harpsichord, 1937/1941]; assisted by Friederike Bretschneider-Resele on a few tracks

Tudor 06100-1 / Belvedere

1969 (or May 1967)

LP / TT:
CD / TT: 93:18

2^nd recording of AOF BWV 1080 by I. Ahlgrimm.

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Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge - The Art of Fugue / Orgelkonzerte – Organ Concertos

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, arranged by Wolfgang Graeser

Johannes-Ernst Köhler (Organ) [1746 Hildebrandt, St. Wenzel's, Naumburg, Germany]

Berlin Classics

June 1967

2-CD / TT: 89:50

This recording predates the recent restoration of the organ.
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Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (?)

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, H.Scherchen´s orchestration.

Richard Travis

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt

Edith Picht-Axenfeld (Harpsichord)

Hessischer Rundfunk – unreleased

1968

? / TT:

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Bach: The Art of Fugue, 4 Solo Organ Concertos [A-1]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, with Final Fugue completed by L. Rogg. [93:39]

Lionel Rogg (Organ)

EMI Classics

May 1969

2-LP / TT:
2-CD / TT: 141:49

Recorded at Cathédrale St Pierre , Geneva, Switzerland.
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J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge - The Art of the Fugue

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Gustav Leonhardt (Harpsichord); Bob Van Asperen (Harpsichord)

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

June 1969

CD / TT: 80:01

2^nd recording of Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 by G. Leonhardt.
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J.S. Bach: die kunst der fuge bwv. 1080 [A-1]

From Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080:
Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapuncto alla Quinta
Fuga a 2 Clav. Rectus
Fuga a 2 Clav. inversus

Frigyes Sándor

Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra

János Sebestyén (Hapsichord); Zsuzsa Pertis (Harpsichord)

Hungaroton

Jul 21-Aug 6, 1969

LP / TT:

Recorded in Pannonhalma, Hungary.

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Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (?)

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Herbert Hoffman (Organ)

Pelca-Iramac

Late 1960’s ?

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