Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Filippo Gorini
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA755
Release: 2021
Size: 1.55 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
CD 01
01. Contrapunctus I
02. Contrapunctus II
03. Contrapunctus III
04. Contrapunctus IV
05. Canon alla ottava
06. Contrapunctus V
07. Contrapunctus VI a 4 in stylo francese
08. Contrapunctus VII a 4 per augmentationem et diminutionem
09. Canon per augmentationem in contrario motu
10. Contrapunctus VIII a 3
11. Contrapunctus IX a 4 alla duodecima
12. Contrapunctus X a 4 alla decima
13. Contrapunctus XI a 4
CD 02
01. Canon alla duodecima in contrapunto alla quinta
02. Contrapunctus inversus XII a 4. Forma recta
03. Contrapunctus inversus XII a 4. Forma inversa
04. Contrapunctus inversus XIII a 3. Forma recta
05. Contrapunctus inversus XIII a 3. Forma inversa
06. Canon alla decima in contrapunto alla terza
07. Fuga a 3 soggetti
The Italian pianist Filippo Gorini took advantage of the world health crisis to immerse himself in The Art of Fugue, Johann Sebastian Bach’s unfinished mystical masterpiece: “The view that it should be seen solely as a theoretical marvel is misguided: as the counterpoints and canons evolve in formal complexity, so does their emotional tension, until the heartbreaking mystery of the unfinished Fuga XIV”, says the young pianist, winner of a Borletti-Buitoni Trust prize in 2020, whose first two albums for Alpha have been very well received. In parallel with the release of this recording, Filippo Gorini will launch a website (www.TheArtOfFugueExplored.com), with a documentary series featuring conversations with personalities, films about Bach’s work and more. The young pianist has even gone so far as to write poems and haikus about the work: “We pray in trepidation, / When the blessed night is here…”.