Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue) includes 'eye-music' (Augenmusik), where some long notes are barely perceptible to the ear, accessible to the intellect alone.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Modern research shows that Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue) is not Bach's final opus or last will, but rather an artist's creed from his final years.
Recording & Production
This recording was made in Bunnik, Netherlands, in September 2008, with Adriaan Verstijnen as engineer and Tini Mathot as producer.
Interpretation
The performer, Fabio Bonizzoni, chose to follow the order of the pieces from Bach's autograph manuscript (Bach p200) for this album, as it was an order approved by Bach himself.
Instruments
The harpsichords used for this recording were made by Willem Kroesbergen, and the tuning was done by Eduard Bros.
Critical Reception
For a long time, Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue) was considered a theoretical work without relevance to musical practice, and some critics denied its aesthetic importance.
Composition History
Bach was not composing Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue) in his final years, but rather revising a composition he had worked on some years earlier.
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