Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080

​Johann Sebastian Bach incomplete musical work of unspecified instrumentation, The Art of Fugue, was written in the last decade of his life (1740 – 1746). It was Bach’s experimentation with monothematic instrumental works consisting of fourteen fugues and four canons in D minor, each using some variation of a single principal subject increasing in complexity. It is generally accepted by scholars that the work was envisioned for the keyboard, and in Bach’s days, it would be the harpsichord. However, in the modern era, the instrumentation for The Art of Fugue, has been extended to string quartets, two pianos, and the solo violin.

Here are four albums:

J.S. Bach, The Art of Fugue. Rachel Podger (violin) with Brecon Baroque. Release Date: 23 Sept 2016. Label: Channel.

Bach, The Art of Fugue. Angela Hewitt (piano). Release Date: 29 Sept 2014. Label: Hyperion.

J.S. Bach, The Art of Fugue. Tatyana Nikolayeva (piano). Release Date: 28 Feb 2020. Label: First Hand.

​J.S. Bach, The Art of Fugue. Cuarteto Casals (string quartet). Release Date: 9 Jun 2023. Label: Harmonia Mundi.

Reference: (2013). Schwarm. The Art of Fugue, Work by Bach. Britannica.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Art-of-Fugue