This is a list of commercial recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach's The Art of Fugue. At present this list is not comprehensive; over 450 complete or partial recordings are commercially available Other lists are available via Discogs. A publicly available database of available recordings can also be found on the following googlesheet: link
ArtistDateRecordingInstrument and remarks Roth Quartet 1934–1935 Divine Art 136/45 string quartet (includes conjectural end played by Donald Tovey on keyboard) Richard Buhlig and Wesley Kuhnle 1934-1938 Pearl 0150 piano Collegium Musicum conducted by Hermann Diener 1935 Electrola EH 1007-16 orchestra Edward Power Biggs 1940 RCA Victor Red Seal DM 833 organ conducted by Herbert von Karajan 1944 MeloClassic MC-5005 orchestra, abridged version Radio-Orchester Beromünster 1949 History 204583-308 orchestra Fritz Heitmann 1950 Telefunken AJ6.41905 organ Gustav Leonhardt 1953 Vanguard Classics OVC 2011/12 harpsichord Isolde Ahlgrimm 1953 Philips A 00242-3 L harpsichord Joseph & Grete Dichler 1954 Westminster XWN 2216 2 pianos Pro Arte Kammerorchester München conducted by Kurt Redel 1955 Telefunken LT 6535-6 AC orchestra Helmut Walcha 1956 Archiv Produktion 463 712-2 organ Ars Rediviva conducted by Milan Munclinger 1959-1966 Supraphon SV 8368-69 orchestra Collegium Aureum 1962 Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 0287 670047-2 chamber ensemble Glenn Gould 1962, 1967 & 1981 Sony Classical SMK 52 595 organ (1962: Contrapunctus 1–9) and piano (1967: Contrapunctus 9, 11 & 13 [rectus]; 1981: Contrapunctus 1, 2, 4 & 14) Fine Arts String Quartet and New York Woodwind Quintet 1962 Saga XID5302/3 string quartet and woodwind quintet 1962 Christophorus SFKLP 78073 organ Ensemble Wolfgang von Karajan 1963 André Charlin AMS 44/45 organ (on three chamber organs) Kammerorchester des Saarländischen Rundfunks conducted by Karl Ristenpart 1963 Erato STU 70188-70189 orchestra with Huguette Dreyfus, harpsichord Members of Philomusica of London conducted by George Malcolm 1964 Decca Eloquence 482 5187 orchestra Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra conducted by Karl Münchinger 1965 Decca 467 267-2 orchestra Orchestre de la RTSI conducted by Hermann Scherchen 1965 Accord 200412 orchestra with Luciano Sgrizzi, harpsichord Vienna Symphony Orchestra and members of the Vienna Radio Orchestra conducted by Hermann Scherchen 1965 MCA Records MCAD2-80352 orchestra with , harpsichord CBC Toronto Chamber Orchestra conducted by Hermann Scherchen 1965 Tahra orchestra with Kenneth Gilbert, harpsichord Kammerorchester des Saarländischen Rundfunks conducted by Karl Ristenpart 1966 Nonesuch HB-73013 orchestra (adapted for orchestra by Marcel Bitsch and Claude Pascal) Charles Rosen 1967 Sony Classical SB2K-62331 piano Tatiana Nikolayeva 1967 Melodiya MELCD-1002006 piano Isolde Ahlgrimm 1967 Tudor 7030 harpsichord Johannes-Ernst Köhler 1967 Berlin Classics 0091762BC or 0149282BC (2008 reedition) organ Gisbert Schneider 1967-1968 Baedeker Record TST 77 946/47 organ Lionel Rogg 1969 EMI His Master's Voice SLS 782 organ Gustav Leonhardt 1969 Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD77013 harpsichord Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by Neville Marriner 1974 orchestra with Christopher Hogwood, harpsichord Yuji Takahashi 1975 Columbia electronic version (incomplete) Wolfgang Rübsam 1976 Philips Classics 438 170-2 organ 1977 TELDEC 243 541-2 organ conducted by 1979 Electrecord STM-ECE 01306/01307 orchestra Ars Rediviva conducted by Milan Munclinger 1979 Supraphon 1411 2971-2 orchestra Grigory Sokolov 1982 Melodiya RCID26063363 piano Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum conducted by Max Pommer 1983 Capriccio 10 026/1-2 orchestra Zoltán Kocsis 1984 Philips Classics 412 729-2 piano Musica Antiqua Köln (director Reinhard Goebel) 1984 Deutsche Grammophon 463027-2 string quartet/harpsichord and various such instrumental combinations Davitt Moroney 1985 Harmonia Mundi HMG50116970 harpsichord Quartetto Italiano 1985 Nuova Era 7342 string quartet Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra conducted by ) 1985 Hungaroton 12810/11-2 orchestra with , harpsichord Jordi Savall with Hesperion XX 1986 Astrée E-2001/E-2002 orchestra Juilliard String Quartet 1987 Sony Classical S2K 45 937 string quartet The Canadian Brass 1987 CBS Masterworks MK 44501 brass quintet Felix Gottlieb 1987 Melodiya 10 10 01645 harpsichord David Lively 1988 BNL Productions 112729 piano Yuji Takahashi 1988 Lontec Music piano (earlier version of the autograph score) Kenneth Gilbert 1989 Archiv Produktion harpsichord (earlier version of the autograph score) Evgeni Koroliov 1990 Tacet 13 piano Barbara Harbach 1990 Gasparo (1990) or MSR Classics MS-1442 (2014 reedition) organ 1990 CPO 999 058-2 saxophone quartet Cluj Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Erich Bergel 1991 Budapest Music Center 011 orchestra Tatiana Nikolayeva 1992 Hyperion CDA-66631/2 piano and Zuzana Němečková 1992 Bonton 71 0107-2 organ Wolfgang Rübsam 1992 Naxos 8.550703/04 organ Marie-Claire Alain 1993 Erato 4509-91946-2 organ Louis Thiry 1993 Studio SM 12 22.15 organ (Silbermann organ of Saint Thomas Church, Strasbourg) Ton Koopman and Tini Mathot 1994 Erato 0630-16173-2 harpsichords 1994 INA IMV025 piano Vladimir Feltsman 1996 Nimbus NI 2549/50 piano 1997 ECM 1652 string quartet Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet 1998 Channel Classics CCS12698 recorder quartet Phantasm (director: Laurence Dreyfus) 1998 Simax PSC 1135 viola da gamba four-part consort. Excerpts : movements 1 to 11 and 19 Robert Hill 1998 Hänssler Classic 92.134 harpsichord Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano 1998 Naïve OP30191 orchestra André Isoir 1999 La Dolce Volta LDV200 or LDV515 (reedition) organ. Some movements performed as a duet with Pierre Farago, on the Grenzing organ of Saint-Cyprien in Périgord, France 1999 Brilliant Classics 99372-8 harpsichord Hans Fagius 2000 BIS 1034 organ (on the Carsten Lund organ of the Garnisons Church, Copenhagen, Denmark) Delmé Quartet 2000 Hyperion 67138 string quartet (arranged by composer Robert Simpson, including versions of Contrapuntus XIV unfinished and completed following Tovey's version) Kevin Bowyer 2001 Nimbus Records NI 5738/40 organ (on the Marcussen organ of Saint Hans Church, Odense, Denmark) Peter Elyakim Taussig 2001 Pilgrim Records piano József Eötvös 2002 Self-published EJ-06WZ two eight-string guitars Fretwork 2002 Harmonia Mundi HMU907296 consort of Viols Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra conducted by Karl Münchinger 2002 Decca E4672672 orchestra Emerson Quartet 2003 Deutsche Grammophon 4744952 string quartet 2003 Etcetera KTC1348 harpsichord New Century Saxophone Quartet 2004 Channel Classics CCS SA 20204 saxophone quartet 2005 Challenge Classics CC72148 saxophone quartet The Version of Jacques Chailley instrumentation of Pascal Vigneron 2005 wind quartet, brass quartet and organ Sébastian Guillot 2006 Naxos 8.557796 harpsichord 2006 ORF fortepiano (using a fortepiano of Mozart type) Bradley Brookshire 2007 Bach Harpsichord BHI1080 harpsichord (includes an additional CD-ROM with score to follow along as MP3s play) Gösta Funck 2007 Classic Concert Record CCR-42408 harpsichord (Christian Zell, 1728) Laibachkunstderfuge, by Neue Slowenische Kunst industrial band Laibach 2008 electronic version An electronic version by Jeffrey C Hall 2007? Pierre-Laurent Aimard 2008 Deutsche Grammophon 4794381 piano Sergio Vartolo 2008 Naxos 8.570577-78 harpsichord Gavin Black & George Hazelrigg 2009 Outer Marker Records OM07100H harpsichords (on two harpsichords with voices shared equally throughout) Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 2011 Harmonia Mundi HMC902064 orchestra Angela Hewitt 2014 Hyperion CDA67980 piano Martha Cook 2015 Passacaille PAS1014 harpsichord 2015 Genuin GEN15374 piano Marco Angius with 2015 Stradivarius STR37008 orchestra (adapted for orchestra by Hermann Scherchen) 2015 La Bottega Discantica BDI287 piano Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque 2015 Channel CCSSA38316 string quartet/harpsichord and various such instrumental combinations 2016 IFO ORG7260 organ Stephanie Ho and Saar Ahuvia 2016 New Focus FCR181 piano duo FM_Kantor 2016 Die Verkehrung der Fuge Yamaha DX7, Yamaha TX7 synthesizers The Art of Fugue 2016 Oehms OC1854 violin, viola, cello, bassoon, and contrabass Kimiko Douglass-Ishizaka, including her own completion to the final fugue 2017 piano Accademia Bizantina (director Ottavio Dantone) 2017 Decca 4832329 string quartet/harpsichord and various such instrumental combinations Quintaessentia 2017 ARS Produktion ARS38230 recorder quartet Wolfgang Rubsam 2017 Counterpoint Records CR23351/52 Lautenwerk (lute-harpsichord) Bálint Karosi 2017 Hungaroton HCD32784-85 organ, harpsichord and clavichord Bob van Asperen 2018 Aeolus AE10154 harpsichord Vincent Grappy 2018 Hortus 246748 organ Berlin Saxophone Quartet 2018 CPO 555162-1 saxophone quartet Matthias Maierhofer 2019 Ambiente 2037 organ Pieter-Jan Belder 2019 Brilliant Classics 96035 harpsichord/clavichord Samuel Kummer 2020 Aeolus AE11291 organEvan Shinners2020The W.T.F. Bach Podcastpiano/organ/synthesizer Les inAttendus 2021 Harmonia Mundi HMM905313 chamber ensemble Margaret Phillips (musician) 2021 Regent REGCD558 organ Salzburg Chamber Soloists 2021 Gramola 98009 string orchestra Aston Magna (ensemble) 2021 Centaur CRC3851 chamber ensemble Geoffrey Douglas Madge 2021 Zefir ZEF9683 piano Eloise Bella Kohn 2021 Hänssler HC21049 piano Filippo Gorini 2021 Alpha 755 piano 2022 Paraty PTY12211115 harpsichord Maurizio Ricci 2023 Casa Musicale Eco 860272 organ New Collegium 2023 Ramée RAM2208 chamber ensemble Noël Akchoté 2023 NoA OWSG-000 guitar Cuarteto Casals 2023 Harmonia Mundi HMM902717 string quartet Les Récréations 2023 Ricercar RIC453 chamber ensemble Christophe Rousset 2023 Aparté AP313 harpsichord Andrzej Ślązak 2023 DUX 2053-54 piano Anatolii Trushin: Die Kunst Der Fuge (272 Jahre Der Ersten Ausgabe) 2023 Anatolii Trushin harpsichord Aapo Häkkinen 2024 Ondine ODE1437-2 harpsichord Masaaki Suzuki 2024 BIS 2531 harpsichord Quartetto di Cremona 2024 Orchid Classics ORC100342 string quartet Paul Suits; completion of Contrapunctus XIX by 2024 resonando rn-10020 piano Vulfmon (featuring Michael Winograd)2024VV006clarinet Without recording date – to be inserted in the list
References
Sources http://www.jsbach.org/1080.html https://www.bach-cantatas.com/NVD/BWV1080.htm#Rec