Johann Sebastian Bach’s Die Kunst Der Fuge (The Art of The Fugue) (2 CDs) Max Pommer (Capriccio – German Import)

Simple Fugues
1-1 Contrapunctus 1 (Subject In Similar Motion)
Viol [Alto] – Thomas Fritsch
Viol [Tenor] – Nikolaus Gädeke, Siegfried Pank
Viol [Treble] – Monika Tutschku
Violone – Achim Beyer
3:28
1-2 Contrapunctus 2 (Subject In Similar Motion)
Bassoon – Knut Sönstevold, Thomas Reinhardt
Double Bass – Rainer Hucke
English Horn – Axel Schmidt
Oboe d’Amore – Burkhard Glaetzner
2:57
1-3 Contrapunctus 3 (Subject In Contrary Motion)
Cello – Burkhard Schmidt (2)
Double Bass – Rainer Hucke
Viol [Tenor] – Siegfried Pank
Violin – Eberhard Palm, Roald Reinecke
3:08
1-4 Contrapunctus 4 (Sunject In Contrary Motion)
Bassoon – Knut Sönstevold, Thomas Reinhardt
Cello – Burkhard Schmidt (2)
Double Bass – Rainer Hucke
Flute – Wolfgang Loebner
Oboe – Burkhard Glaetzner
Oboe d’Amore – Axel Schmidt
Viol [Tenor] – Nikolaus Gädeke
Viola – Wolfgang Espig
Violin – Eberhard Palm, Roald Reinecke
4:29
1-5 Canon Alla Ottava
Organ – Walter Heinz Bernstein
4:54
Fugues By Contrary Motion And Stretto Fugues
1-6 Contrapunctus 5 (Subject In Contrary And In Similar Motion)
Orchestra – Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig
3:53
1-7 Contrapunctus 6 In Stile Francese (Sunject In Similar And Inverted Motion, Stretto)
Bassoon – Knut Sönstevold, Thomas Reinhardt
English Horn – Axel Schmidt
Flute – Wolfgang Loebner
Oboe – Burkhard Glaetzner
4:18
1-8 Contrapunctus 7 Per Augmentationem (Subject In Augmentation And Diminution)
Bassoon – Knut Sönstevold
Cello – Burkhard Schmidt (2)
Double Bass – Rainer Hucke
Flute – Heinz Maier, Wolfgang Loebner
Viola – Wolfgang Espig
4:38
1-9 Canon Per Augmentation In Contrario Motu
Organ – Walter Heinz Bernstein
4:38
Fugues With More Than One Subject
2-1 Contrapunctus 8 (Fugue With Three Subjects)
Bassoon – Knut Sönstevold
Double Bass – Rainer Hucke
Oboe d’Amore – Burkhard Glaetzner
Viola – Wolfgang Espig
6:32
2-2 Contrapunctus 9 Alla Duodecima (Fuge With Two Subjects, Exchange Of Parts At Twelfth)
Flute – Wolfgang Loebner
3:02
2-3 Contrapunctus 10 Alla Decima (Fugue With Two Subjects, Exchange Of Parts At Tenth)
Bassoon – Knut Sönstevold
Cello – Burkhard Schmidt (2)
Double Bass – Rainer Hucke
English Horn – Axel Schmidt
Violin – Eberhard Palm
4:22
2-4 Contrapunctus 11 (Four-part Fugue With Three Subjects
Bassoon – Knut Sönstevold, Thomas Reinhardt
English Horn – Axel Schmidt
Oboe – Burkhard Glaetzner
5:59
2-5 Canon Alla Decima, Contrapunto Alla Terza
Organ – Walter Heinz Bernstein
5:28
Mirror Fugues
2-6 Contrapunctus 12 (Four-part Fugue, Inverted In All Parts) a. Rectus b. Inversus
Harpsichord – Max Pommer, Walter Heinz Bernstein
5:15
2-7 Contrapunctus 13 (Three-Part Fugue, Inverted In All Parts) a. Rectus b. Inversus
Bassoon – Knut Sönstevold
Cello – Burkhard Schmidt (2)
English Horn – Axel Schmidt
Flute – Wolfgang Loebner
Violin – Eberhard Palm, Roald Reinecke
3:47
2-8 Contrapunctus 13 “Alio Modo” (In Bach’s Arrangement For 2 Harpsichords) a. Rectus b. Inversus
Harpsichord – Max Pommer, Walter Heinz Bernstein
4:47
2-9 Canon Alla Duodecima In Contrapunto Alla Quinta (Canon At Twelfth And Exchange Of Parts To An Octave Canon)
Organ – Walter Heinz Bernstein
4:05
2-10 Fuga A Tre Soggetti (Fugue With Three Subjects Unfinished)
Bassoon – Knut Sönstevold, Thomas Reinhardt
Oboe – Burkhard Glaetzner
Oboe d’Amore – Axel Schmidt
Viol [Alto] – Thomas Fritzsch
Viol [Tenor] – Monika Tutschku, Nikolaus Gädeke, Siegfried Pank