Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
A new recording of Bach’s final testament and love-letter to the art of counterpoint, performed in exemplary style by the Dutch harpsichordist.
When he died in July 1750, Bach left tantalisingly unfinished his final masterpiece, The Art of Fugue. He had been composing and compiling it during the last decade of his life, alongside several other compendious projects such as the Mass in B minor and The Musical Offering, whose fugal masterpieces are excerpted on this recording. However, The Art of Fugue remains an absorbing testimony to Bach’s genius and to his life-long love and mastery of counterpoint. A single theme is elaborated with unprecedented variety over the course of 14 fugues and four canons. One of the fugues is composed for two harpsichords – where Belder is joined by Gerard de Wit – and composed in such a way that it can be performed backwards: an extraordinary feat of ingenuity.
Playing both a modern copy of a Blanchet harpsichord and a clavichord modelled on a Friederici original, Belder intersperses canons within the sequence of fugues at strategic intervals. The recording set contains also the 4 Duetti BWV 802-805, and two Ricercares from the Musical Offering. © Brilliant Classics
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From 13,50€/month
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Pieter-Jan Belder, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Albumbeschreibung
A new recording of Bach’s final testament and love-letter to the art of counterpoint, performed in exemplary style by the Dutch harpsichordist.
When he died in July 1750, Bach left tantalisingly unfinished his final masterpiece, The Art of Fugue. He had been composing and compiling it during the last decade of his life, alongside several other compendious projects such as the Mass in B minor and The Musical Offering, whose fugal masterpieces are excerpted on this recording. However, The Art of Fugue remains an absorbing testimony to Bach’s genius and to his life-long love and mastery of counterpoint. A single theme is elaborated with unprecedented variety over the course of 14 fugues and four canons. One of the fugues is composed for two harpsichords – where Belder is joined by Gerard de Wit – and composed in such a way that it can be performed backwards: an extraordinary feat of ingenuity.
Playing both a modern copy of a Blanchet harpsichord and a clavichord modelled on a Friederici original, Belder intersperses canons within the sequence of fugues at strategic intervals. The recording set contains also the 4 Duetti BWV 802-805, and two Ricercares from the Musical Offering. © Brilliant Classics
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 01:57:47
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Pieter-Jan Belder
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Label: Brilliant Classics
- Area: Allemagne
- Genre: Klassiek
- Period: Baroque Music
2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics
Improve album informationWhy buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.