SKU: CY.CC2683

J. S. Bach's massive work, The Art of Fugue, is a summation of his powers as a composer of contrapuntal music. Each fugue is a masterpiece in its own right.

Number 15 is an unfinished four-voice, quadruple fugue. Only the first three subjects are introduced, the third being a chromatic subject built from the letters of Bach's name—B (B-flat), A, C, H (B-natural). Just at the point where all three subjects are combined, the manuscript breaks off, and C. P. E. Bach wrote in the score that the composer has died. Bach clearly intended that the original Art of Fugue theme was to be the final subject and all four themes would combine in a glorious climax. Whether he intended to finish the work or leave it up to others to complete is conjecture. About 8 minutes in length.

SKU: CY.CC2678

J. S. Bach's massive work, The Art of Fugue, is a summation of his powers as a composer of contrapuntal music. Each fugue is a masterpiece in its own right.

Number Ten is a four-voice, double fugue with use of stretto. A new theme is introduced that combines with the original Art of Fugue theme, this time inverted. Double counterpoint is used at the interval of a 10th. About 3 minutes in length.

SKU: CY.CC2681

J. S. Bach's massive work, The Art of Fugue, is a summation of his powers as a composer of contrapuntal music. Each fugue is a masterpiece in its own right.

Number Thirteen is a three-voice, mirror fugue that introduces a new form of the original Art of Fugue theme in the Rectus and then turns everything upside down in the Inversus. About 5 minutes in length.

SKU: CY.CC2670

J. S. Bach's massive work, The Art of Fugue, is a summation of his powers as a composer of contrapuntal music. Each fugue is a masterpiece in its own right.

Number Two is a four-voice fugue that uses the direct form of the theme (as in Number One) but with a swinging feel due to the French style dotted eighth – sixteenth rhythm. About 3 minutes in length.