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Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87

Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano)

Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87

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The recording is clear and atmospheric, and the playing has power, grandeur, character, intellectual clarity and unforced intensity

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Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87

Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano)

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The recording is clear and atmospheric, and the playing has power, grandeur, character, intellectual clarity and unforced intensity

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Nikolayeva's third and final recording of the Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87 was made in 1991.

Contents and tracklist

Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87
Work length2:45:54
Ia. Prelude in C major
Track length2:40
Ib. Fugue in C major
Track length2:36
No 02a. Prelude in A minor
Track length0:56
No 02b. Fugue in A minor
Track length1:28
No 03a. Prelude in G major
Track length1:57
No 03b. Fugue in G major
Track length2:16
No 04a. Prelude in E minor
Track length3:13
No 04b. Fugue in E minor
Track length5:48
No 05a. Prelude in D major
Track length1:44
No 05b. Fugue in D major
Track length2:02
No 06a. Prelude in B minor
Track length2:22
No 06b. Fugue in B minor
Track length7:00
No 07a. Prelude in A major
Track length1:20
No 07b. Fugue in A major
Track length2:17
No 08a. Prelude in F sharp minor
Track length1:17
No 08b. Fugue in F sharp minor
Track length7:29
No 09a. Prelude in E major
Track length2:33
No 09b. Fugue in E major
Track length1:45
No 10a. Prelude in C sharp minor
Track length1:47
No 10b. Fugue in C sharp minor
Track length5:02
No 11a. Prelude in B major
Track length1:24
No 11b. Fugue in B major
Track length2:39
No 12a. Prelude in G sharp minor
Track length5:14
No 12b. Fugue in G sharp minor
Track length3:57
No 13a. Prelude in F sharp major
Track length2:31
No 13b. Fugue in F sharp major
Track length7:42
No 14a. Prelude in E flat minor
Track length4:47
No 14b. Fugue in E flat minor
Track length2:38
XVa. Prelude in D flat major
Track length3:14
No 15b. Fugue in D flat major
Track length2:07
XVIa. Prelude in B flat minor
Track length3:19
No 16b. Fugue in B flat minor
Track length9:29
No 17a. Prelude in A flat major
Track length1:46
No 17b. Fugue in A flat major
Track length4:06
XVIIIa. Prelude in F minor
Track length3:11
No 18b. Fugue in F minor
Track length2:53
No 19a. Prelude in E flat major
Track length2:27
No 19b. Fugue in E flat major
Track length2:26
No 20a. Prelude in C minor
Track length3:54
No 20b. Fugue in C minor
Track length6:26
No 21a. Prelude in B flat major
Track length1:32
No 21b. Fugue in B flat major
Track length3:07
No 22a. Prelude in G minor
Track length3:16
No 22b. Fugue in G minor
Track length5:04
No 23a. Prelude in F major
Track length3:43
No 23b. Fugue in F major
Track length3:13
No 24a. Prelude in D minor
Track length3:54
No 24b. Fugue in D minor
Track length8:23

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Awards and reviews

The recording is clear and atmospheric, and the playing has power, grandeur, character, intellectual clarity and unforced intensity

May 2014

Nikolayeva has made something of a speciality of recording Shostakovich's solo piano works, and this complete set of the 24 Preludes and Fugues, recorded only shortly before her death, was her third recording of them - perhaps not surprisingly, since Shostakovich originally dedicated them to her. Her affinity and intimate feeling for the Preludes and Fugues is certainly in evidence here.
David Smith
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