Fugue in C of Dog (2005)

This 2005 double-disc from the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet on Challenge Classics has its obvious quirks: Die Kunst der Fuge, as played on soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxes, is guaranteed to sound a little outré; and the 15 contemporary works that follow it, riffing in various ways on J.S. Bach's monument to fugue, may well run counter to expectations. But that is the charm of Fugue in C of Dog by this creative Dutch saxophone ensemble, which previously put out innovative recordings of Debussy's and Ravel's string ... Read More

This 2005 double-disc from the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet on Challenge Classics has its obvious quirks: Die Kunst der Fuge, as played on soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxes, is guaranteed to sound a little outré; and the 15 contemporary works that follow it, riffing in various ways on J.S. Bach's monument to fugue, may well run counter to expectations. But that is the charm of Fugue in C of Dog by this creative Dutch saxophone ensemble, which previously put out innovative recordings of Debussy's and Ravel's string quartets, and lively arrangements of Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas. Not that these unusual offerings are intended to be jokes. The level of musicality in Aurelia's rendition of Bach's contrapuntal masterpiece is astonishingly high, and the contemporary meditations and take-offs are emotionally compelling as often as they are witty or aesthetically challenging. Bach's fugues and canons require a serious commitment to line, a smooth execution, and an evenly blended tone from the... Read Less

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