Bach: The Art of Fugue; Musical Offering

Bach: The Art of Fugue; Musical Offering

Bach: The Art of Fugue; Musical Offering
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Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor: Karl Münchinger
Orchestra: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Edition: Music CD
Audio: German (Unknown); German (Published)
CD Release Date: 2001-03-13
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I
  2. Contrapunctus II
  3. Contrapunctus III
  4. Contrapunctus IV
  5. Contrapunctus V
  6. Contrapunctus VI
  7. Contrapunctus VII
  8. Contrapunctus VIII
  9. Contrapunctus IX
  10. Contrapunctus X
  11. Contrapunctus XI
  12. Canon alla octava
  13. Canon alla duodecima
  14. Canon alla decima
  15. Canon per augmentationem in contrario moto
  16. Contrapunctus XII (rectus)
  17. Contrapunctus XII (inversus)
  18. Fuga a 2 Clavicemabli (rectus)
  19. Fuga a 2 Clavicemabli (inversus)
Music CD 2
  1. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XII (rectus)
  2. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XII (inversus)
  3. Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Fuga a 4 soggetti
  4. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 3
  5. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Canon perpetuus a 2
  6. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Canon a 2 violini in unisono
  7. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Canon a 2 per motum contrarium
  8. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Canon a 2 per augmentationem, contrario motu
  9. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Canon a 2
  10. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Canon a 2
  11. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Canon a 2 per tonos
  12. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Canon perpetuus contrario motu
  13. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Canon a 4
  14. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Fuga canonica
  15. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Sonata a 3: I - Largo
  16. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Sonata a 3: II - Allegro
  17. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Sonata a 3: III - Andante
  18. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Sonata a 3: IV - Allegro
  19. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 6

Music reviews of Bach: The Art of Fugue; Musical Offering

Music Review: A Musical Offering - Hard Core Bach
Rating: 5 Stars

Enough has already been said about "The Art of the Fugue." It's a great work and this is a good CD for it. What intrigues me is the "Musical Offering."
What do you do when a tyrannical despot who has essentially created modern Prussia at the point of a gun, with seeming contempt, throws down a challenge to you and everything you stand for and hold dear? Fredrick the Great had Bach hauled (metaphorically, not literally) into his presence so that he could throw a 21 note string melody at him. Fredrick generally despised Bach's music as antiquated and academic. These notes were deliberately put together (according to some - see my review of "Evening in the Palace of Reason") to humiliate him. Bach took the challenge, went away and came back with what is now known as the "Musical Offering." In effect, from top to bottom, from the deliberate inscription in the German language rather than Fredrick's preferred French, it is an "in your face" - "back at ya' " work that eminently satisfies all the rules of music and more importantly, truth. This work is a celebration of order over chaos and is, to my mind, most enjoyable when heard against that background.

I think the first movement is the best. It sums up all the rest and alone would have been sufficient to the challenge. All the rest, although superb, are really just icing on the cake. None of it is music that will set you humming the rest of the day. That is not the point. The power of the movements, the cosmic orbit of counter-point themes in the canons revolving around the challenger's 21 notes, transcend mere melody. This is philosophy in sound, the reproof of error and the despising of mere mortal power, all proclaimed in brilliant composition.

Read "An Evening in the Palace of Reason" or some other work that gives some insight into Bach's life and approach to music and then listen to this work. It always lifts my heart to hear it. The good guy's work is eternal even if the despot got the glory in his life time.
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