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The Early Music Show - Bach's Art of Fugue

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Lucie Skeaping delves into the riddles which lie behind Bach's late great masterpiece, the Art of Fugue. Considered to be the definitive exploration of musical counterpoint, there are still many mysteries about the work which remain unsettled to this day. Bach: Contrapunctus I (version for 2 harpsichords) (Art of Fugue) Ton Koopman ERATO 4509-96387-2 - Tr 1 Bach: Contrapunctus 3 and 4 (Art of Fugue) Joanna MacGregor COLLINS CLASSICS 70432 (2) - Trs 3 and 4 Bach: Contrapunctus 8 (Art of Fugue) Gustav Leonhardt DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI GD77013 - Disc 1 Tr 8 Bach: Contrapunctus 9 (Art of Fugue) Hesperion XX Jordi Savall (director) ASTREE E8522 - Tr 20 Bach: Contrapunctus 10 (Art of Fugue) Julliard String Quartet SONY CLASSICAL S2K45937 - Tr 10 Bach: Contrapunctus 13 a 3 inversus/ a 3 rectus (Art of Fugue) Charles Rosen SONY CLASSICAL SB2K63231 - Disc 2 Trs 12 and 13 Bach: Contrapunctus 14 (unfinished) (Art of Fugue) Glenn Gould SONY CLASSICAL SMK52595 - Tr 16 Bach: Organ Prelude Vor deinen Thron tret ich, BWV 686 Ton Koopman Teldec 4509944592 - Disc 1, Tr 18. Producer: Sam Phillips BBC Manchester