Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080
Discography - Part 1

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1

Bach: The Art of Fugue

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080: contrapuncti 1-14, in the string quartet version by Roy Harris & Mary Norton

Roth Quartet (String Quartet)

Columbia ROX 136/45
Divine Art

1934 (String Quartet); 1935 (Tovey completion)

10 x 78´discs
CD / TT: 76:15

First AoF recording ever. Includes the conjectural completion of the great unfinished quadruple fugue composed and played by Sir Donald Tovey. Digitally remastered by Andrew Rose.
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2

Bach: The Art of the Fugue [A-1]

Bach-R. Buhlig: Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, arranged for 2 pianos [74:47]

Richard Buhlig & Wesley Kuhnle (Pianos)

Pearl 0150
Pavilion Records

1935-1938

CD / TT: 79:38

Recorded in Los Angeles, California, USA (?).
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3

Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (?)

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Hermann Diener

Collegium Musicum (Hampe, Grümmer)

Electrola

1935

? / TT:

4

Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (?)

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Fritz Heitmann (Organ)

Telefunken

c1936

LP / TT:

5

Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (?)

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Edward Power Biggs (Organ) [1937 Aeolian-Skinner, Harvard Memorial Church(?), Cambridge, MA]

Victor

1940

LP / TT:

1^st organ recording of Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080. Omits the four canons

6

Bach: The of Fugue BWV 1080 [A-1]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, abridged version for string orchestra [45:19]

Herbert von Karajan

Reichs-Bruckner-Orchester des Grossdeutschen Rundfunks

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MeloClassic MC-5005

Dec 14, 1944

CD / T: 45:19

Recorded at Linz Stadttheater, Austria.
Producer & Audio Restoration: Lynn Ludwig.
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7

Hermann Scherchen conducts Bach and Schoenberg [A-2]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, orchestrated by Roger Vuataz

Hermann Scherchen

Orchester Radio Beromünster

Decca / Tahra / History

Nov 1949

2-CD / TT: 98:45

1^st recording of Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 by H. Scherchen.
Review: Scherchen AoF
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron & Thomas Radleff (January 2004 - March 2017)
Thanks to contributors: Farhan Malik (October 2011), Peter Smaill (June 2006)