24 Preludes & Fugues for Piano

Shostakovich (Artist), Nikolayeva (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 13, 1995)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: Melodiya
• ASIN: B000001HBQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #316,922 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 1 In C Major

2. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 2 In A Minor

3. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 3 In G Major

4. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 4 In E Minor

5. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 5 In D Major

6. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 6 In B Minor

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Disc: 2

1. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 11 In B Major

2. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 12 In G Sharp Major

3. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 13 In F Sharp Major

4. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 14 In E Flat Minor

5. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 15 In D Flat Major

6. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 16 In B Flat Minor

Disc: 3

1. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 17 In A Flat Major

2. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 18 In F Minor

3. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 19 In E Flat Major

4. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 20 In C Minor

5. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 21 In B Flat Major

6. 24 Preludes And Fugues For Piano, Op.87: No. 22 In G Minor

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Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A masterful performance of masterful music, October 24, 1999

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This review is from: 24 Preludes & Fugues for Piano (Audio CD)

This is magical, magical music. It is intimate Shostakovich, at his most poetic and lyrical, the thought of Bach creating a balance, beauty, and spiritual quality to Shostakovich's music that, for me,surpasses all his other music.

Nikolaeva captures the poetry and noble weight of this music. This is the better of her two recordings available on disc. It is more tightly recorded,and it is more economical in performance, more direct than her Hyperion recording.

It is said, that, unlike Ashkenazy, she doesn't capture the humour of this music, according to a reviewer above. I have never found Shostakovich humorous.Sometimes he is satirical, but not in this music.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Around Shostakovich ` s centenary!, March 31, 2006

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This review is from: 24 Preludes & Fugues for Piano (Audio CD)

The prodigal hands and astonishing spirituality of Tatiana Nikolayeva has been submitted of intense analysis in the spheres of the Western World. She seemed a legitimate heiress of past traditions, that characterized the creative atmosphere generated by them at the same time to play just the first bar.

Curiously she is scantily known in spite of by her winning performances of Johan Sebastian Bach. So since that state of things it is so easy to understand these Shostakovich ' s preludes are so wonderful and fabulously played; impeccable phrasing, earnest expression, dramatic breath and first order inspiration. Somehow she was a muse for Dimitri at those hard times of oppression and struggling environment; where the art went much further.

The eternal debt of these Preludes are because Bach, but represent to my mind the highest legacy bequeathed by Shostakovich for this instrument.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A collector's "must have"!, January 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 24 Preludes & Fugues for Piano (Audio CD)

These Preludes & Fugues, inspired from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, are performed by the individual to whom they were dedicated. Tatiana Nikolayeva interprets these pieces with the utmost excellence of execution, and shows us the remarkable multi-facetedness of these works. Impeccable technique, poetry, sensitivity, and authoritative scholarship make this recording of Shostakovich's 24 masterpieces a "must have" for any serious music collector.