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Shostakovich - Prelude & Fugue for piano, Op. 87 No. 4 in E minor
Genres:
Instrumental » Piano Solos
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The first surprise of this album – which you will absolutely want to hear – is the subtlety and intimacy of Levit’s playing…Only a handful of pianists have scaled the heights of Stevenson’s... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 16th October 2021, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2021
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Recording of the Year & Instrumental Winner
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Piano
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Special offer. Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87
RecommendedAlexander Melnikov (piano)
Melnikov unquestionably gives an impression of freshness and daring, as if he's discovering the music for the first time...Certainly one's bound to feel, listening to such superb playing, that... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th May 2010
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Instrumental Award Winner
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The first surprise of this album – which you will absolutely want to hear – is the subtlety and intimacy of Levit’s playing…Only a handful of pianists have scaled the heights of Stevenson’s... —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Instrumental Choice
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2021
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Recording of the Year & Instrumental Winner
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Piano
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3 Vinyl Records
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Special offer. Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87
RecommendedAlexander Melnikov (piano)
Melnikov unquestionably gives an impression of freshness and daring, as if he's discovering the music for the first time...Certainly one's bound to feel, listening to such superb playing, that... —
Awards:
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Instrumental Award Winner
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
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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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Gramophone Awards, 1991, Winner - Instrumental
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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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Special offer. Shostakovich Plays Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich (piano), Ludovic Vaillant (trumpet), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, André Cluytens
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The faster pieces score high for clarity, and her awareness of polyphonic construction, including 'hidden' lines, is admirable. In general the textures are commendably lucid, even in the hugely... —
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No one undertakes a recording of Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues lightly, and Dutch pianist Hannes Minnaar engages an authoritative objectivity in running the ever-surprising gamut of... —
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Donohoe approaches the music with detachment and a good deal of poise, observing Shostakovich’s sparse performing instructions to the letter. His control of fingerwork in the more densely textured... —
