Bach: The Art of Fugue Filippo Gorini

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080:
• 1 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I 03:40
• 2 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus II 03:07
• 3 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus III 03:56
• 4 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IV 05:42
• 5 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon alla ottava 02:14
• 6 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus V 04:23
• 7 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VI a 4 in stylo francese 04:03
• 8 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VII a 4 per augmentationem et diminutionem 04:14
• 9 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon per augmentationem in contrario motu 07:02
• 10 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus VIII a 3 08:35
• 11 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus IX a 4 alla duodecima 02:42
• 12 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus X a 4 alla decima 05:48
• 13 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XI a 4 09:02
• 14 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon alla duodecima in contrapunto alla quinta 01:59
• 15 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus inversus XII a 4. Forma recta 04:34
• 16 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus inversus XII a 4. Forma inversa 04:20
• 17 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus inversus XIII a 3. Forma recta 02:19
• 18 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus inversus XIII a 3. Forma inversa 02:28
• 19 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Canon alla decima in contrapunto alla terza 05:38
• 20 Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Fuga a 3 soggetti 11:18
• Total Runtime 01:37:04

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The Italian pianist Filippo Gorini took advantage of the world health crisis to immerse himself in The Art of Fugue, Johann Sebastian Bach’s unfinished mystical masterpiece: ‘The view that it should be seen solely as a theoretical marvel is misguided: as the counterpoints and canons evolve in formal complexity, so does their emotional tension, until the heartbreaking mystery of the unfinished Fuga XIV’, says the young pianist, winner of a Borletti-Buitoni Trust prize in 2020, whose first two albums for Alpha have been very well received (Diapason d’Or, 5 Stars in BBC Music Magazine etc.). In parallel with the release of the disc, Filippo Gorini will launch a website (www.TheArtOfFugueExplored.com), with a documentary series featuring conversations with personalities, films about Bach’s work and more. The young pianist has even gone so far as to write poems and haikus about the work: ‘We pray in trepidation, / When the blessed night is here...’

Filippo Gorini, piano

Filippo Gorini
Italian pianist, Filippo Gorini, is praised for his “rare intellect, temperament…and vivid imagination”. In 2015, he received both the first and audience prizes at the Telekom-Beethoven Competition Bonn, for his performances of works by Schubert, Beethoven (including the Diabelli Variations), Schönberg, Bartok and Thomas Adès.

After hearing Filippo’s performance of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, Alfred Brendel invited Filippo to work with him, and they have since continued to work together regularly. The Diabelli Variations will feature on Filippo’s debut disc, which will be released later this year on Alpha Classics.

Upcoming performances include a selection of concerti with L’Orchestre de Chambre de Paris at the Play-Direct Academy, a recital tour throughout Italy, and further recital appearances at the Beethovenhaus Bonn, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and the Piano Days Festival in Flagey, Brussels. In May 2017, Filippo will receive the Beethoven-Ring prize from the Citizens for Beethoven Association in Bonn. His previous competition achievements include first prize at the Neuhaus Competition in Moscow, and prize of the Young Euro Classics Festival in Berlin.

His concert appearances in Europe have drawn unanimous acclaim; in particular, his tour with the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn and his debut in Warsaw at the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival. He has performed on many prestigious stages such as the Konzerthaus Berlin, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Die Glocke Bremen, Royal Academy of Music London, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Beethovenhaus Bonn, and Sale Apollinee at Teatro La Fenice. Alongside his solo career, Filippo continues to perform as a chamber musician: last year he performed at “Chamber Music Connects the World” in Kronberg, with Steven Isserlis.

Filippo continues his studies with Alfred Brendel, Maria Grazia Bellocchio, and with Pavel Gililov at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.

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