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J. S. Bach: The Art of Fugue on Bach's Original Instruments

6/13/2025, 23 Tracks, 1:22:39

Featuring

  • Johannes Lang
  • Nadja Zwiener
  • Anna Dmitrieva
  • Hedwig Ohse
  • Magdalena Schenk-Bader
  • Joseph Crouch
  • Anna Reisener
  • Collegium Musicum '23
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

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Instruments

The violins used in this recording were made by Johann Christian Hoffmann, a court instrument and lute maker in Leipzig, who was considered one of the best violin makers in Central Germany during his lifetime.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The Art of Fugue has no specific instrumentation, allowing performers to explore various interpretations, and the Collegium Musicum '23 chose it to showcase the Thomaskirche's string instruments.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Three of the instruments used in this recording—a viola and two violins by Johann Christian Hoffmann from 1729—are still owned by the Thomaskirche in Leipzig.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

The ensemble Collegium Musicum '23 chose to record Bach's first and last Leipzig chorale arrangements on this album, connecting his arrival in Leipzig in 1723 with his final work.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

The organ featured in this recording is the Zacharias Hildebrandt organ in Störmthal, which Johann Sebastian Bach himself tested and inaugurated in 1723.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

In 1732, Johann Christian Hoffmann, a violin maker, took over the responsibility for maintaining the instruments in Leipzig's main churches, a role previously held by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Source: Booklet

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