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7/7/2025, 4:39:53 PM
Man, what is it with Bach's Art of Fugue that affects people so profoundly? Check out this recording I just came across.
>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 (https://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... '
(if you go to the site, click on the Learn More button near the bottom for the episode synopses)
The dude launched an entire documentary on the work! It's got some big names too talking about Bach's music. For example, from one of the episodes, one of the people talked with,
>Counterpoint XI - Dominique Eddé
>Past and future gathered
>In a conversation in her solitary retreat on Sedef Island, Lebanese writer Dominique Eddé explores the sense of time and memory in The Art of Fugue. From similarities with Ibn Arabi’s philosophy to those with Ingmar Bergman’s cinema, for her this work is a journey on the verge between life and death, and Bach is the composer who lets even non-believers like her hear the sound of God.
As for the recording itself, it doesn't seem to be on YouTube, though there is this live performance if you're curious about his playing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYlPSQNTbiI
>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 (https://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... '
(if you go to the site, click on the Learn More button near the bottom for the episode synopses)
The dude launched an entire documentary on the work! It's got some big names too talking about Bach's music. For example, from one of the episodes, one of the people talked with,
>Counterpoint XI - Dominique Eddé
>Past and future gathered
>In a conversation in her solitary retreat on Sedef Island, Lebanese writer Dominique Eddé explores the sense of time and memory in The Art of Fugue. From similarities with Ibn Arabi’s philosophy to those with Ingmar Bergman’s cinema, for her this work is a journey on the verge between life and death, and Bach is the composer who lets even non-believers like her hear the sound of God.
As for the recording itself, it doesn't seem to be on YouTube, though there is this live performance if you're curious about his playing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYlPSQNTbiI
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