Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080
Discography - Part 5

Complete Recordings 1980-1989

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68

Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (?)

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Pietro Grossi (Computer)

Ayna Records

1980

? / TT:

69

J.S. Bach: Art of Fugue [A-1]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Louis Bagger (Harpsichord) [by William Hyman, 1974]; Suzanne Cleverdon (2^nd Harpsichord) [no. 18].

Titanic TI-151

Sep 5-7 & 12, 1981

CD / TT: 70:00 / 70:10

Recorded at the Congregational Church, Lyndeboro Center, New Hampshire, USA.
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70

J.S. Bach: Umetnost fuge - Die Kunst der Fuge

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, arranged for flute choir (13) & 2 cellos by Miodrag Azanjac

Miodrag Azanjac

Hor Flauta (The Flute Choir)

PGP / RTS Beograd

May 1982; June 1985

2-CD / TT: 106:03

71

Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge [A-1]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Wolfgang Stockmeier (Organ)

Psallite

1983

2-LP / TT: ~ 100’

72

Edition Bach Leipzig: Die Kunst der Fuge · The Art of Fugue

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, instrumentation by Max Pommer & Walter Heinz Bernstein

Max Pommer

Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum

Capriccio

1983

2-CD / TT: 91:02

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73

Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge - The Art of Fugue

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Portland String Quartet

Stephen Kecskemethy (Violin); Ronald Lantz (Violin); Julia Adams (Viola); Paul Ross (Cello)

Arabesque

Jan 1984

2-CD / TT: 73:17

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74

Bach: The Art of Fugue - Canons [LP] [A-2]
J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge [A-2]
J.S. Bach: Meisterwerke Vol. 25: Die Kunst der Fuge [A-2]
Bach 2000 Vol. 13: The Chamber Works [Box Set] [A-2]
J.S. Bach Conpact Disc Edition: Musikalisches Opfer; Die Kunst der Fuge = Art of Fugue; Musical Offering; Canons [Box Set] [B-3]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 [75:40]

Reinhard Goebel

Musica Antiqua Köln

Reinhard Goebel, Hajo Bäß, Mary Utiger, Jan Reichow (Violins); Hajo Bäß, Karlheinz Steeb (Violas); Phoebe Carrai (Cello); Andreas Staier, Robert Hill (Harpsichords)

Archiv Produktion
Archiv Produktion 447293-2
Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon
Teldec

Jun 1984

2-LP / TT: 90:29
CD / TT: 75:33
MP3 / TT: 75:41
CD / TT:
3-CD / TT:
13-CD / TT:

Recorded at Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg-Harburg, Germany.
Archiv 2-LP includes AOF and Canons.
Archiv CD includes only AOF.
Canons are included in DGG CD of MO (2000) [A-1] above.
Teldec Box Set includes only Canons.
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75

J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge [A-1]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Zoltán Kocsis (Piano); Ferenc Rados (Piano, Contrapunctus 12-14, 19)

Philips

1984

2-CD / TT: 101:13

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76

J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge [A-1]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Davitt Moroney (Harpsichord) [by John Phillips]

Harmonia Mundi France
Harmonia Mundi HMG-501169.70

Jan 1985

2-CD / TT: 98:35
2-CD / TT: 98:41

Recorded at Salle Adyar, Paris, France.
Recording Director Michel Bernard; Engineer: Jean-Francois Pontefract; Tuning: Patrick Yègre.
1^st recording of Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 by D. Moroney.
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77

J.S. Bach · Fritz Stiedry: Die Kunst der Fuge

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, orchestration by Fritz Stiedry

Hans Zender

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Klaus Hellwig (Piano); Thomas Weber (Piano)

Koch Schwann

Mar 1985

CD / TT: 71:46

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78

J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge - The Art of Fugue

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Amsterdam Bach Soloists

Ottavo

Apr 1985

CD / TT: 73:17

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79

J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, version for String Quartet

Borciani String Quartet

Paolo Borciani; Elisa Pegreffi; Tommaso Poggi (Viola); Luca Simoncini

Nuova Era

May 1985

2-CD / TT: 106:22

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80

J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

János Rolla

Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra

Miklós Spányi (Organ & Harpsichord); Zsuzsa Pertis (Harpsichord)

Hungaroton

1985

2-CD / TT: 97:46

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81

J.S. Bach: Sonatas / Art of the Fugue

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 - Contrapunctus 14-17 [19:53]

Hans-Joachim Erhard (Harpsichord); Ingo Goritzki (Arranger, Oboe)

Hänssler Classics

Feb 1986 - May 1987

CD / TT: 59:44

Recorded at Sendesaal Radio Bremen., Germany.
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82

J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge [A-1]
J.S. Bach: The Testament of Bach: Musikalisches Opfer; Die Kunst der Fuge [B-1]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Jordi Savall

Hespèrion XX (4 viols, 4 Renaissance winds)

Bruce Dickey (Cornetto); Paolo Crazzi (Oboe da caccia); Charles Toet (Trombone); Claude Wasmer (Bassoon); Jordi Savall (Viole de gambe soprano); Christophe Coin (Viole de gambe altus); Roberto Gini (Viole de gambe tenor); Paolo Pandofo (Viole de gambe bass)

Astrée E-2001/E-2002
Alia Vox AV-9817
Alia Vox AVSA-9818
=
Alia Vox AV-9819

Mar 1986

2-CD / TT: 92:03
2-CD / TT: 92:03
2-SACD / TT:
MP3 / TT: 92:04
3-CD / TT: 163:48

Recorded at La Collégiale de St. Jean-Baptiste à Roquemaure, France.
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83

J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge - The Aof the Fugue

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Juilliard String Quartet

Robert Mann (Violin); Joel Smirnoff (Violin); Samuel Rhodes (Viola); Joel Krosnick (Cello)

Sony

May 1987

CD / TT: 89:53

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84

J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge - The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080 (The Earlier Version) [A-1]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Robert Hill (Harpsichord); assisted by Bradley Brookshire on a few tracks

Music & Arts

Aug 1987

CD / TT: 52:56

Recorded at Mary Duke Biddle Music Building, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
1^st recording of Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 by R. Hill. 
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85

Bach: The Art of the Fugue

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, arranged for brass ensemble

Canadian Brass

Sony

1987

CD / TT: 56:34

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86

J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 · Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 [A-1]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Felix Gottlieb (Harpsichord)

Melodiya 10 10 01645

1987 (or Mid 1970's ?)

2-CD / TT: 90:13

1^st harpsichord recording in the USSR.
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87

J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge - L’Art de la fuge - The Art of Fugue [A-1]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

David Lively (Piano)

BNL Productions 112729

Apr 1988

CD / TT: 70:16

Recorded in Paris, France.

88

J.S. Bach : The Art of Fugue [A-2]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 (earlier version of the autograph score)

Yuji Takahashi (Piano)

Lontec Music

Aug 6, 1988 or Mar 25, 1995

CD / TT:

89

J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, arranged by Bruno G. Seidlhofer

Clarissa Graf Costa & Hans Graf (Piano - 4 Hands)

Extraplatte

Jan 1989

CD / TT: 70:43

90

J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge [A-2]

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Kenneth Gilbert (Harpsichord)

Archiv Produktion

1989

CD / TT: 58:41

2^nd recording of Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 by K. Gilbert.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron & Thomas Radleff (January 2004 - December 2017)
Thanks to contributors: Bradley Lehman (February 2004)