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Good fugues

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« on: July 27, 2009, 12:58:49 pm »

Does any one know any really good fugues, apart from Bach's? I was listening to-day to Busoni's Variations and fugue on a theme of Chopin, and while it is well worth a hearing it remains strangely unsatisfactory. The same may be said of Reger's fugues, and indeed of Beethoven's (Grosse Fugue, Hammerklavier, etc.). Perhaps it is something to do with the unexpected harmonic progressions generated by their counterpoint.
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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2009, 01:34:55 pm »

I think that shostakovich's A major fugue is a really good one in particular (i won't comment on this recording in particular).



I find several of Kapustin's and Castelnuovo-Tedesco's fugues to be Really Very good.  I can't think of particular ones to recommend off the top of my head.

Of the other recent fugue-writers, I think Henry Martin is also significant (he did a set of 24 preludes and fugues a couple of years back); though I think you might reject the fugue status of some of his fugues on formal grounds.

 (If there would be interest in hearing any of the above I could have a rummage around).

[igor rehkin's fugues for solo guitar I've looked at a few times, but I've not really gotten into/out of them too much].

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