by Joseph Kerman ✦ Review by David Lorimer, December 2005
A relatively technical work but one that will delight any lover of Bach fugues, especially as it comes with a special CD. It treats some of the great works of the 48 along with the amazing Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, but, sadly, none of the great organ fugues. A quotation in the preface from Charles Rosen indicates correctly that a fugue can not only be heard but also felt through the muscles and the nerves (also for the careful listener); and how the individual voices can be heard 'as part of an inseparable harmony'. Speaking of which, Rosalyn Tureck is playing a fugue on the harpsichord as I write.
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