John Proffitt <[log in to unmask]> said:

>Margaret Mikulska wrote:
>
>>Get the real thing, Leonhardt or Moroney on harpsichord.  Art of Fugue is
>>not a work for a viol consort or a chamber orchestra, but for a harpsichord.
>
>Or organ.  Both are valid keyboard instruments for performing Art of Fugue;
>however, I feel the pipe organ does better justice to the monumentality of
>this work.

My impression was that the Art of the Fugue was not written "for" anything
in particular.  My favourite version by far is the Alexander-Daykin
two-piano renereing on Connoisseur Society.  Such breadth of vision!

Richard, who invites you to visit his classical music site at
http://opuspocus.ca