Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer: Peter Donohoe
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: 2017
Release: Signum
Size: 2.08 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87
CD 01
01. Prelude No. 1 in C Major “Moderato”
02. Fugue No. 1 in C Major “Moderato”
03. Prelude No. 2 in A Minor “Allegro”
04. Fugue No. 2 in A Minor “Allegretto”
05. Prelude No. 3 in G Major “Moderato non troppo”
06. Fugue No. 3 in G Major “Allegro molto”
07. Prelude No. 4 in E Minor “Andante”
08. Fugue No. 4 in E Minor “Adagio”
09. Prelude No. 5 in D Major “Allegretto”
10. Fugue No. 5 in D Major “Allegretto”
11. Prelude No. 6 in B Minor “Allegretto”
12. Fugue No. 6 in B Minor “Allegro poco moderato”
13. Prelude No. 7 in A Major “Allegro poco moderato”
14. Fugue No. 7 in A Major “Allegretto”
15. Prelude No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor “Allegretto”
16. Fugue No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor “Andante”
17. Prelude No. 9 in E Major “Moderato non troppo”
18. Fugue No. 9 in E Major “Allegro”
19. Prelude No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor “Allegro”
20. Fugue No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor “Moderato”
21. Prelude No. 11 in B Major “Allegro”
22. Fugue No. 11 in B Major “Allegro”
23. Prelude No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor “Andante”
24. Fugue No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor “Allegro”
25. Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major “Moderato con moto”
26. Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major “Adagio”
CD 02
01. Prelude No. 14 in E-Flat Minor “Adagio”
02. Fugue No. 14 in E-Flat Minor “Allegro non troppo”
03. Prelude No. 15 in D-Flat Major “Moderato non troppo”
04. Fugue No. 15 in D-Flat Major “Allegretto”
05. Prelude No. 16 in B-Flat Minor “Allegro molto”
06. Fugue No. 16 in B-Flat Major “Andante”
07. Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major “Allegretto”
08. Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major “Allegretto”
09. Prelude No. 18 in F Minor “Moderato”
10. Fugue No. 18 in F Minor “Moderato con moto”
11. Prelude No. 19 in E-Flat Major “Allegretto”
12. Fugue No. 19 in E-Flat Major “Moderato con moto”
13. Prelude No. 20 in C Minor “Adagio”
14. Fugue No. 20 in C Minor “Moderato”
15. Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major “Allegro”
16. Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major “Allegro non troppo”
17. Prelude No. 22 in G Minor “Moderato non troppo”
18. Fugue No. 22 in G Minor “Moderato”
19. Prelude No. 23 in F Major “Adagio”
20. Fugue No. 23 in F Major “Moderato con moto”
21. Prelude No. 24 in D Minor “Andante”
22. Fugue No. 24 in D Minor “Moderato”
Celebrated international pianist Peter Donohoe begins a new series of Shostakovich releases on Signum Classics with this new recording of Dmitri Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87.
All 24 of the preludes and fugues were composed within several months of each other, after Shostakovich was inspired by the performance of Tatiana Nicolayeva, whom he heard as a jurist for the Leipzig Bach Competition in 1951. Although doubtlessly inspired by J.S. Bach’s own 48 Preludes and Fugues in his use of form and counterpoint, Shostakovich’s compositions are all deeply original and rooted in his own enigmatic and ambiguous style, moving from charming simplicity to dazzling virtuosity.