Cédric Pescia – Bach, J.S.: Die Kunst der Fuge (L’art de la fugue) (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Cédric Pescia – Bach, J.S.: Die Kunst der Fuge (L’art de la fugue) (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:39:11 minutes | 1,52 GB | Genre: Classical
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Harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt said that Bach had written his Art of Fugue for himself, without thought of performing it on any instrument in particular. In the presence of a speculative work, every musician is free to chisel the perfect lines of polyphony as he or she chooses. Up to the final canon, which continues to pose the question of its incompletion. It is the Franco-Swiss pianist Cédric Pescia, with his subtle, understated playing, who will make this sublime score sing. But he will do so on an untempered piano, which is hardly banal! After a first æon disc devoted to Cage, which created a tremendous stir, Cédric Pescia deploys a low-key art in Bach, a sense of rhythm combined with a rubato of extreme subtlety and an inventiveness in the phrasings and ornaments, both flowing and sharp, that have no equivalent in the discography. Such relief, such life!

Tracklist:

1-01. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I (04:31)
1-02. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus II (02:56)
1-03. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus III (04:52)
1-04. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IV (03:01)
1-05. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Canon alla Ottava (02:05)
1-06. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus V (05:47)
1-07. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VI, a 4 in Stylo Francese (05:44)
1-08. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VII, a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem (03:37)
1-09. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Canon alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza (07:28)
2-01. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VIII, a 3 (06:17)
2-02. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IX, a 4 alla Duodecima (02:32)
2-03. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus X, a 4 (06:47)
2-04. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XI, a 4 (06:32)
2-05. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta (02:18)
2-06. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus Inversus XIIa, a 4 (04:16)
2-07. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus Inversus XIIb, a 4 (04:03)
2-08. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus Inversus XIIIa, a 3 (02:15)
2-09. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus Inversus XIIIb, a 3 (02:28)
2-10. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu (10:02)
2-11. Cédric Pescia – Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Fuga a 3 Soggetti (11:32)

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