Bach: The Art of Fugue 巴赫：赋格的艺术
- 艺人
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- 语种
- 其他
- 厂牌
- Harmonia Mundi
- 发行时间
- 2002年11月04日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
Fretwork's decidedly retro approach to Bach's much-arranged and incessantly fiddled-with unfinished "last" opus is among the simplest and therefore most effective renditions on disc. This renowned ensemble takes on Bach's somewhat ambiguously scored and variously configured collection of fugues (contrapuncti) and canons and performs them on combinations of viols (six in all). Although the evidence points most strongly to this work being intended for keyboard performance--and indeed it nearly always comes off best when realized this way--Fretwork's viol-consort settings preserve the important linear and harmonic balances inherent in a single-instrument rendition while imbuing each movement with the viols' naturally warm, complexly-colored, reedy timbres. While the more densely-textured movements can lose some definition in places--where the resonance of the lower-register instruments dominates--these performances are more coherent and cohesive and clearly articulated than any of the available versions scored for assortments of winds and strings. Although invariably interesting as exercises and often sonically exciting, these latter "deconstructive" transcriptions/arrangements have a distracting effect on the listener, calling attention to individual lines rather than to the well-formed unity of the whole.
Fretwork's players deliver nothing less than polished, involving, and faithful-to-the-score performances (albeit with their own ordering of movements), ever vigilant to balances and nuances of phrasing. And their trueness to Bach remains constant to the end, where they choose the honored practice of performing the final "Fuga a 3 Soggetti" unfinished, leaving the listener in mid-sentence, to abrupt, unsettling silence. The whole effort is supported by full-bodied, vibrant sound with excellent spatial definition among and between instruments. If you want to get to know this intriguing and endlessly fascinating work, this is a perfect place to start; if you're a Bach fan and you don't have it, get it. [2/8/2003]
--David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com
Works on This Recording
1.
The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
by Johann Sebastian Bach
■ Orchestra/Ensemble: Fretwork
■ Period: Baroque
■ Written: circa 1745-1750; Leipzig, Germany
热门评论
- @achorripsis：之前我从来拒绝听任何弦乐演奏的《赋格的艺术》和《音乐的奉献》的原因是过分煽情的揉弦完全搅乱了线条。但这些不带揉弦的维奥尔音色堪比管风琴，肯定胜过钢琴和羽管键琴。Fretwork的介绍中用了reedy一词来形容他们的音色：的确，与其说他们像弦乐，不如说像簧风琴。
最新简评（共35条）
- @人民( 生活总是这样，不能...)：这个是Jordi SAVALL版本吗？
- @ricercar(中世纪/文艺复兴/巴洛克)：今日闻君赋格曲，如听仙乐耳暂明
- @Biscuit：音高好难受
- @nuonuo：)
- @SAO客vlog：与其说这个版本是极品弦乐版，不如说它在音响线条塑造方面上达到了管风琴的效果，绵长连贯，只不过它比管风琴的音响更加细腻，细节更加丰富。这些效果多半要归功于中世纪的viol，即维奥尔琴，柔和含蓄，古典特色。fretwork的动态和呼吸都拿捏得当，弦乐方面绝不故作玄虚，反而平易近人。总之，fretwork展示出了赋格艺术的重要特性：和谐美。
- @Indigo(虾米上收听最多的都是慢歌...)：此音只应天上有
- @用户某某(我还没想好要写什么...)：
- @心斋：安静。
- @kkchchff：这个版本的弦乐赞
- @ᛉ(ᛉ)：可以