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The Art of Fugue
Johann Sebastian Bach

The Art of Fugue

Colm Carey

Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212002728
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Catalog number: SIGCD 027
Releasedate: 01-03-04
Die Kunst der Fuge: is one of J.S.Bach's great contrapuntal masterpieces - extraordinary for each movement being in the same key. It is a remarkable cohesion of material and style; Bach, at the end of his life, seems to be in pursuit of a pure and abstract contrapuntal beauty, which encourages a retrospective foray into the works of past masters such as Palestrina and Frescobaldi.

Playing the van Leeuwen/Flentrop organ in the Dutch Church, London, Colm Carey confronts and examines the nature of the music; its emotional impact and relevance in the context of the early 21st century.