New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Lemniscate – Bach: The Art of Fugue (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Surrounded by a certain air of mystery and revered as a relic, The Art of Fugue is roundly praised for its complex, mathematical nature. However, these works are also movingly lyrical, and deserve to be enjoyed for their pure beauty, just as one enjoys the rhythms and sounds in the words of a poem, regardless of form and sometimes even meaning. Following the last version of J.S. Bach’s autograph manuscript, New Collegium champions in “Lemniscate” the reconciliation and celebration of all these aspects, bringing to the fore both the cerebral brilliance as well as the emotive intensity of this iconic masterpiece, allowing it to be both light and profound. The rich instrumentation of woodwinds, brass, strings and harpsichord allows for expressive characters to be exaggerated, hints at other musical styles, and paints diverse atmospheres, infusing fantasy and life into these twenty fugues and canons.

Tracklist:
1. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus I, BWV 1080/1 (03:43)
2. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus III, BWV 1080/3 (03:20)
3. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus II, BWV 1080/2 (02:47)
4. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus V, BWV 1080/5 (03:40)
5. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus IX a 4 alla Duodecima, BWV 1080/9 (02:13)
6. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Contrapuctus a 4, BWV 1080/10a (03:52)
7. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus VI a 4 in stilo francese, BWV 1080/6 (04:01)
8. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus VII a 4 per augmentationem et diminutionem, BWV 1080/7 (05:04)
9. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Canon alla ottava, BWV 1080/15 (02:18)
10. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus VIII a 3, BWV 1080/8 (05:17)
11. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus XI a 4, BWV 1080/11 (05:07)
12. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Canon, BWV deest (04:17)
13. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus inversus a 4, BWV 1080/12,1 (01:51)
14. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus inversus XII a 4, BWV 1080/12,2 (01:59)
15. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus inversus a 3, BWV 1080/13,1 (02:13)
16. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus a 3, BWV 1080/13,2 (02:22)
17. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Canon al roverscio et per augmentationem, BWV 1080/14 (07:19)
18. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Fuga a 2. Clav, BWV 1080/18,1 (02:15)
19. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Alio modo fuga a 2. clav., BWV 1080/18,2 (02:24)
20. New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro – Bach: The Art of Fugue: Fuga a tre soggetti, BWV 1080/19 (07:43)