The Art of Fugue - Notable Recordings

Notable Recordings

See http://www.jsbach.org/1080.html and http://www.bach-cantatas.com/NVD/BWV1080.htm#Rec for more complete lists.

Harpsichord:

• Gustav Leonhardt (1953, 1969)
• Davitt Moroney (1985)
• Ton Koopman with Tini Mathot (1994), on two harpsichords
• Menno Van Delft (1999)
• Sébastien Guillot (2006)
• Bradley Brookshire (2007) includes an additional CD-ROM with score to follow along as MP3s play
• Gavin Black & George Hazelrigg (2009) on two harpsichords: voices shared equally throughout. http://www.theartofthefugue.com
• Lorenzo Ghielmi on a Silbermann piano and harpsichord with Vittorio Ghielmi and "Il Suonar Parlante" viols quartet (2009)

Organ:

• Helmut Walcha (1956, 1970)
• Glenn Gould (1962) incomplete
• Ensemble Wolfgang von Karajan (1963), on three chamber organs
• Lionel Rogg (1970)
• André Isoir (1999) Some movements performed as a duet with Pierre Farago, on the Grenzing organ of Saint-Cyprien in Périgord, France
• Wolfgang Rübsam (1992)
• Marie-Claire Alain (1993)
• Louis Thiry (1993) on the Silbermann organ of St. Thomas, Strasbourg.
• Hans Fagius (2000) on the Carsten Lund organ of Garnisons Church Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Kevin Bowyer (2001) on the Marcussen organ of Saint Hans Church, Odense, Denmark
• George Ritchie (organist) (2010) on the Richards, Fowkes & Co organ of Pinnacle Presbyterian Church in Scottsdale, Arizona. This recording includes as a bonus track an alternative take of the final unfinished fugue with the completion by Helmut Walcha.
• Bengt Tribukait on the Cahman Organ at Lefusta Bruk, north of Uppsala in Sweden

Piano:

• Richard Buhlig and Wesley Kuhnle (1934)
• Glenn Gould incomplete
• Charles Rosen (1967)
• Grigory Sokolov (1982)
• Zoltán Kocsis (1984)
• Yuji Takahashi (1988)
• Evgeni Koroliov (1991)
• Tatiana Nikolayeva (1992)
• Andrei Vieru (1994)
• Walter Riemer (2006), using a fortepiano of Mozart type
• Pierre-Laurent Aimard (2008)

String quartet:

• Roth Quartet (1934-5) includes conjectural end played by Donald Tovey on keyboard.
• Quartetto Italiano (1985)
• Juilliard String Quartet (1989)
• Keller Quartet (1997)
• Delmé Quartet (2000), arranged by composer Robert Simpson, including versions of Contrapuntus XIV unfinished and completed following Tovey's version.
• Emerson String Quartet (2003)
• Vittorio Ghielmi and "Il Suonar Parlante" viols quartet (2009) with Lorenzo Ghielmi on a Silbermann piano and harpsichord

Orchestra :

• Hermann Scherchen with Orchestre de la RTSI (1965)
• Karl Ristenpart with Chamber Orchestra of the Saar (1965)
• Neville Marriner with Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (1974)
• Jordi Savall with Hesperion XX (1986)
• Erich Bergel with Cluj Philharmonic Orchestra (1991)
• Karl Münchinger and Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (1965)
• Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (2002)
• Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano (1998)

Other:

• Milan Munclinger with Ars Rediviva (1959, 1966, 1979)
• Fine Arts String Quartet and New York Woodwind Quintet (1962)
• Yuji Takahashi (incomplete) electronic version (1975)
• Musica Antiqua Köln (director Reinhard Goebel) for string quartet/harpsichord and various such instrumental combinations (1984)
• Berliner Saxophon Quartett for saxophone (1990)
• József Eötvös for two eight-string guitars (2002)
• Zagreb Guitar Quartet for guitar quartet (2005)
• Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet for recorder quartet (1998)
• Phantasm (director: Laurence Dreyfus) for viola da gamba four-part consort (1998)
• Calefax Reed Quintet for reed instruments (2000)
• Fretwork for Consort of Viols (2002)
• Aurelia Saxophone Quartet for saxophone quartet (2005)
• The Canadian Brass for brass quintet
• The electronic art of fugue by Klangspiegel (2005)
• The Version of Jacques Chailley instrumentation of Pascal Vigneron for wind quartet, brass quartet and organ (2005)
• An electronic version, Laibachkunstderfuge, by Neue Slowenische Kunst industrial band Laibach (2008).