Samuel Kummer - The Art of Fugue (2021)

In the Art of the Fugue, his last great work, Bach brings to bear all conceivable contrapuntal artistry and inventiveness, and sets the result in a planned architectural layout.

This new recording was made by Samuel Kummer on the magnificent Baroque organ of the Wenzelskirche in Naumburg, built in 1746 by Zacharias Hildebrandt, at whose acceptance Bach had been present as an expert.

Never before has this instrument been captured so convincingly in terms of sound, and for the first time the sound of the organ can now be enjoyed in a multi-channel surround recording.
Tracklist
CD1
01. Contrapunctus 1
02. Contrapunctus 2
03. Contrapunctus 3
04. Contrapunctus 4
05. Contrapunctus 5
06. Contrapunctus 6 a 4 in Stylo Francese
07. Contrapunctus 7 a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem
08. Contrapunctus 8 a 3
09. Contrapunctus 9 a 4 alla Duodecima
10. Contrapunctus 10 a 4 alla Decima
11. Contrapunctus 11 a 4

CD2
01. Contrapunctus 12,1 a 4
02. Contrapunctus 12,2 a 4
03. Contrapunctus 13,1 a 3
04. Contrapunctus 13,2 a 3
05. Canon alla Ottava
06. Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta
07. Canon alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza
08. Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu
09. Fuga a 3 Soggetti
10. Wenn wir in hoechsten Noethen, BWV 668 a
11. Fuga a 4 Soggetti