Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op 87

Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op 87

PTC5187480 (Pentatone Classics, CD, 2 discs)

FIRST RELEASE (30 May 2025)

Playing time: 77'30'/69'52' - TT 147'22"
Tracks: 28 + 22
Booklet pages: 12
℗ 2025 Pentatone Classics
© 2025 Pentatone Classics
Main country of recording: Germany
Received: 1 May 2025
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Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):

Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues, Op 87

CD1

Book 1

1 No 1, in C: Prelude
2 No 1, in C: Fugue
3 No 2, in A minor: Prelude
4 No 2, in A minor: Fugue
5 No 3, in G: Prelude
6 No 3, in G: Fugue
7 No 4, in E minor: Prelude
8 No 4, in E minor: Fugue
9 No 5, in D: Prelude
10 No 5, in D: Fugue
11 No 6, in B minor: Prelude
12 No 6, in B minor: Fugue
13 No 7, in A: Prelude
14 No 7, in A: Fugue
15 No 8, in F sharp minor: Prelude
16 No 8, in F sharp minor: Fugue
17 No 9, in E: Prelude
18 No 9, in E: Fugue
19 No 10, in C sharp minor: Prelude
20 No 10, in C sharp minor: Fugue
21 No 11, in B: Prelude
22 No 11, in B: Fugue
23 No 12, in G sharp minor: Prelude
24 No 12, in G sharp minor: Fugue

Book 2

25 No 13, in F sharp: Prelude
26 No 13, in F sharp: Fugue
27 No 14, in E flat minor: Prelude
28 No 14, in E flat minor: Fugue

CD2

1 No 15, in D flat: Prelude
2 No 15, in D flat: Fugue
3 No 16, in B flat minor: Prelude
4 No 16, in B flat minor: Fugue
5 No 17, in A flat: Prelude
6 No 17, in A flat: Fugue
7 No 18, in F minor: Prelude
8 No 18, in F minor: Fugue
9 No 19, in E flat: Prelude
10 No 19, in E flat: Fugue
11 No 20, in C minor: Prelude
12 No 20, in C minor: Fugue
13 No 21, in B flat: Prelude
14 No 21, in B flat: Fugue
15 No 22, in G minor: Prelude
16 No 22, in G minor: Fugue
17 No 23, in F: Prelude
18 No 23, in F: Fugue
19 No 24, in D minor: Prelude
20 No 24, in D minor: Fugue

Dmitri Shostakovich / Krzysztof Meyer (born 1943):

Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor

21 Prelude
22 Fugue

Yulianna Avdeeva says: 'To me, the music encapsulates the very essence of Shostakovich's soul and personality - no fewer than forty-eight distinct characters are brought to life within the cycle. As a whole, it is an intimate, deeply honest expression of the composer's most profound emotions.'

Recorded between 24 February and 4 March 2025 at the Mendelssohn-Saal of the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, Germany.

 

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