JS Bach : Die Kunst der Fuge

JS Bach : Die Kunst der Fuge

Each of the fugues in this culminating masterpiece of Bach’s is played on a different combination of instruments. Instead of a glorious unity diversified, it sounds, of all things, a bit vulgar. Michael Tanner

 

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Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:30 pm

COMPOSERS: JS Bach
LABELS: Arthaus
WORKS: Die Kunst der Fuge
PERFORMER: Adademie für Alte Musik, Berlin
CATALOGUE NO: 101 467

Each of the fugues in this culminating masterpiece of Bach’s is played on a different combination of instruments. Instead of a glorious unity diversified, it sounds, of all things, a bit vulgar. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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