lots of alternative performances of Bach's Art of Fugue coming out these days, here's two

Phantasm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp4MtgVu0Ek&list=OLAK5uy_l0JQMz7ANZA6_e0s59-Rdd8VtQhLzx4Vc&index=4

Quartetto di Cremona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSIoIoK5zNY&list=OLAK5uy_mVjIdZwqs-hpe6-89uz7fIpHStseO6N-M&index=14

Fretwork
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi0r2vrqYzA&list=OLAK5uy_mEJoCuByopGSr5Vx15uR332_knNW2nYsE&index=9

>Bach never specified what instrument or instruments he wanted The Art of Fugue played on; nor did he finish it. Fretwork, a group of six superb viol players, leave the work incomplete, stopping in mid-phrase--the effect is persuasive rather than unsatisfying. The sound of the six different-sized viols is just right for listening to the way Bach intermingles the multiple lines through and around one another--we can learn what counterpoint is just by listening to this CD. Some find the work severe and difficult, and played on a single instrument, like a harpsichord, it can be. But Fretwork manage to vary their tones sufficiently to turn the work into entertainment, albeit intellectual entertainment. You may not come away humming, but you'll be fascinated. --Robert Levine

Amsterdam Loeki Stardast Quartet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipf65roMZYM&list=OLAK5uy_kdHzOc9HW1IE-7FWz--cYop81hdIkAPOs&index=9

That said, I find myself repeatedly listening to Trifonov's The Art of Life album. Something about this work fascinates and deeply resonates with me. Funny because I always thought I would end up loving the Goldberg Variations in the same way. Hopefully one day I will. Anyway, hope at least one of these recordings is found to be enjoyable to you all.