In a finely produced set, George Ritchie performs the Art of Fugue on the recently built (2006) Richards, Fowkes & Co. organ in Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, Scottsdale, Arizona, as well as additional works selected from his outstanding and highly acclaimed Bach Organ Works Complete played on the Taylor and Boody organ in Worcester, Massachusetts and the Brombaugh & Associates organ in Collegedale, Tennessee, as well as a rendition of the Ricercar from the Musical Offering on a Bedient Organ in Lincoln, Nebraska. The DVD included in the set is a feature length film with Ritchie and Bach scholar Christoph Wolff discussing the Art of Fugue and its placement in western musical history, organbuilders Richards and Fowkes discussing the matching of instruments to Bach's music, and treatments of other issues surrounding the Art of Fugue and Bach’s musical legacy. A 111-minute lecture by George Ritchie completes the video production and includes a detailed introduction to the 20 movements of the Art of Fugue and dozens of musical examples both played and illustrated with the Peters Edition of the score. A superb compilation of scholarly discussion and remarkable music making. CD 1 Richards, Fowkes, & Co. Opus 14, 2006 Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, Scottsdale, Arizona Contrapunctus 1 Contrapunctus 2 Contrapunctus 3 Contrapunctus 4 Contrapunctus 5 Contrapunctus 6, a 4 in Style Francese Contrapunctus 7, a 4 per Augmentationem et Dimunitionem Contrapunctus 8, a 3 Contrapunctus 9, a 4 alla Duodecima Contrapunctus 10, a 4 alla Decima Contrapunctus 11, a 4 Contrapunctus inversus 12(1), a 4 Contrapunctus inversus 12(2), a 4 Contrapunctus inversus 13(1), a 3 Contrapunctus inversus 13(2), a 3 Canon alla Ottava Canon all Decima in Contrapunto all Terza CD 2 Richards, Fowkes, & Co. Opus 14, 2006 Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, Scottsdale, Arizona Canon all Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta Canon per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu Contrapunctus 14, Fuga a 3 Soggetti Additional Late Works Taylor and Boody Organbuilders, Opus 9, 1985 College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachhusetts Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiermit, BWV 668 Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel Hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 769a a 2 claviers et pedale Canone all’ ottava Canone alla quinta Canto fermo in canone Canone alla settima Canon per augmentationem Bedient Pipe Organ Co., Opus 8, 1977 Cornerstone, Lincoln, Nebraska Ricercar a 6 (from Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079) John Brombaugh & Associates, Opus 26, 1986 The Anton Heiller Memorial Organ Church of Seventh-Day Adventists, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, Tennessee Schübler Chorales Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 646 Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 647 Meine Selle erhebt den Herren, BWV 648 Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649 Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmer herunter, BWV 650 Richards, Fowkes, & Co. Opus 14, 2006 Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, Scottsdale, Arizona Contrapunctus 14, Fuga a 3 Soggetti Completed by Helmut Walcha DVD Desert Fugue A Feature Length Documentary (90 minutes) about the Art of Fugue with Christoph Wolff, George Ritchie, Ralph Richards and Bruce Fowkes Produced by Fugue State Films, Will Fraser, Director George Ritchie’s Introduction to the Art of Fugue (111 minutes) Lecture by George Ritchie detailing Bach’s fugal and composition techniques Two CDs and a DVD boxed set