The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 - Edition prepared by Sir Neville Marriner & Andrew Davis : J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 - Edition prepared by Sir Neville Marriner & Andrew Davis: Contrapunctus 4
About "The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 - Edition prepared by Sir Neville Marriner & Andrew Davis : J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 - Edition prepared by Sir Neville Marriner & Andrew Davis: Contrapunctus 4" by Celia Nicklin
Contrapunctus 4 walks a tightrope of imitative lines, Bach’s subject passed like a whispered secret through the ensemble. The oboe’s timbre lends a plaintive clarity to the fugue’s rigor—orderly on the surface, yet charged with quiet, relentless momentum.