Balint Karosi - Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (2017)

Bálint Karosi is a Hungarian organist and composer, especially noted for his expertise in period-style improvisation. He was educated at the Liszt Academy in Budapest and Oberlin Conservatory in the United States, and he earned his master's and doctoral degrees at Yale School of Music. His career has taken him across Europe and the United States, and he has performed at major festivals, such as the International Bach Festival in Leipzig, the Boston Early Music Festival, and the Magadino International Organ Festival in Switzerland. He has played many historic instruments, including J.S. Bach's organ at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, the organ played by Dietrich Buxtehude at the Marienkirche in Lübeck, and Gottfried Silbermann's organ at Freiburg Cathedral. As a composer, Karosi has written music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, choir, voice, and organ, and received commissions for works from the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Hungarian State Opera, and the National Concert Hall in Budapest. Karosi has also taught organ and organ improvisation at Boston University, Oberlin, and Yale.

TRACKLIST

CD1

01. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I
02. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus II
03. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus III
04. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IV
05. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus V
06. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VI a 4 in Stylo Francese
07. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VII a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem
08. The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus VIII A 3
09. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IX a 4 alla Duodecima
10. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus X a 4 alla Decima
11. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XI a 4

CD2

01. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XII a 4, inversus
02. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon II, alla Ottava
03. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XII a 4, rectus
04. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon IV, alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta
05. The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus Xiiia A 3, Rectus
06. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon I, per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu
07. The Art Of Fugue, Bwv 1080: Contrapunctus Inversus XIII A 3, Forma Inversa
08. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon III, alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza
09. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Fuga a 3 Soggetti (Contrapunctus XIV)