Helmut Walcha Art of Fugue (Kunst Die Fuge) BWV 1080 completing the Contrapunctus 14
25.01.2012 
Kommentare(4)
Kommentare(4) Helmut Walcha plays ‘Die kunst der fuge’ BWV 1080 Contrapunctus 14 and completing this last contapunctus on the organ from the Église Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Strasbourg.
To my opinion, Walcha’s solution is much more elegant than Göncz one, which is heavy, repetitive and too much demonstrative. The two combinations of the 4 themes Walcha gives at the end are well introduced, elegant, and.. enough. Good job.
Noting that it’s at 07:57 that JS Bach laid down his pen, Walcha’s solution is not bad (it’s simpler and more humble than what Göncz did in 2006); however, Göncz is still much more successful (notably in exploring the possibilities of having all 4 themes together, with the last and most important one – the real theme of the whole work – being shown in both original and inverted forms.
It doesn’t help that Walcha’s dealing with a smaller organ than he did with Alkmaar’s Laurenskerk. 4/5
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