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Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Op. 87
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)
it's a jewel box of treasures...as the brief pieces flit by, their myriad characters are drawn out by Avdeeva's nimble fingers, cool approach and nuanced understanding. She particularly makes...
Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Op. 87
Yulianna Avdeeva (piano)
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it's a jewel box of treasures...as the brief pieces flit by, their myriad characters are drawn out by Avdeeva's nimble fingers, cool approach and nuanced understanding. She particularly makes...
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The internationally renowned pianist Yulianna Avdeeva presents Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87, one of the most important works in the piano repertoire.
This monumental cycle harks back to Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier and is considered one of the most demanding works for piano ever written. Avdeeva joins an elite group of pianists who have undertaken the challenge of performing the complete opus, which is rarely heard in its entirety. To complement this iconic work, Avdeeva also presents the completion of an alternative Prelude and Fugue in C-Sharp Minor, discovered by leading Shostakovich expert Olga Digonskaya and completed by composer and Shostakovich biographer Krzysztof Meyer. Shostakovich sketched an initial prelude in C-Sharp Minor in 1950, but then decided to compose a new prelude-fugue pair in this key, which eventually found its way into Opus 87. The sketch of the original prelude was found in the Shostakovich archive in Moscow in 2005; Krzysztof Meyer completed the fragment in 2019 and added his own fugue "in the style of Shostakovich". This discovery adds a new and exciting dimension to the cycle and will be an important part of the story behind the album.
Avdeeva returns to PENTATONE after her acclaimed label debut with Resilience (2023), and Chopin: Voyage (2024), both of which received outstanding reviews for their exceptional artistry and interpretation.
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September 2025
it's a jewel box of treasures...as the brief pieces flit by, their myriad characters are drawn out by Avdeeva's nimble fingers, cool approach and nuanced understanding. She particularly makes the more elusive, quiet numbers gleam like gems.
4th July 2025
Comparing Nikolayeva’s performances with those by Yulianna Avdeeva on her new set is fascinating. Avdeeva, who won the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2010, takes a lighter approach, less forthright, and perhaps not digging as deeply into the barely disguised tragedy of the E minor Prelude as Nikolayeva does, but equally dazzling in the exuberant display of the A minor.
