Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Op. 87

Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Op. 87

Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Op. 87

Artist(s):

Yulianna Avdeeva

Composer(s):

Dmitri Shostakovich, Krzysztof Meyer
Release Date: 04-07-2025
PTC: 5187480
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Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

24 Preludes & Fugues Op. 87

Disc 1

Book 1

1) No. 1, in C Major: Prelude 2:40
2) No. 1, in C Major: Fugue 3:18
3) No. 2, in A Minor: Prelude 0:57
4) No. 2, in A Minor: Fugue 1:27
5) No. 3, in G Major: Prelude 1:39
6) No. 3, in G Major: Fugue 2:09
7) No. 4, in E Minor: Prelude 3:00
8) No. 4, in E Minor: Fugue 4:47
9) No. 5, in D Major: Prelude 1:49
10) No. 5, in D Major: Fugue 2:03
11) No. 6, in B Minor: Prelude 1:34
12) No. 6, in B Minor: Fugue 4:04
13) No. 7, in A Major: Prelude 1:24
14) No. 7, in A Major: Fugue 2:40
15) No. 8, in F-Sharp Minor: Prelude 1:12
16) No. 8, in F-Sharp Minor: Fugue 7:16
17) No. 9, in E Major: Prelude 2:30
18) No. 9, in E Major: Fugue 1:40
19) No. 10, in C-Sharp Minor: Prelude 1:55
20) No. 10, in C-Sharp Minor: Fugue 4:52
21) No. 11, in B Major: Prelude 1:17
22) No. 11, in B Major: Fugue 2:09
23) No. 12, in G-Sharp Minor: Prelude 3:13
24) No. 12, in G-Sharp Minor: Fugue 3:36

Book 2

25) No. 13, in F-Sharp Major: Prelude 2:12
26) No. 13, in F-Sharp Major: Fugue 4:27
27) No. 14, in E-Flat Minor: Prelude 4:58
28) No. 14, in E-Flat Minor: Fugue 2:29

Disc 2

1) No. 15, in D-Flat Major: Prelude 2:54
2) No. 15, in D-Flat Major: Fugue 1:57
3) No. 16, in B-Flat Minor: Prelude 2:23
4) No. 16, in B-Flat Minor: Fugue 7:33
5) No. 17, in A-Flat Major: Prelude 1:42
6) No. 17, in A-Flat Major: Fugue 3:54
7) No. 18, in F Minor: Prelude 1:59
8) No. 18, in F Minor: Fugue 2:58
9) No. 19, in E-Flat Major: Prelude 2:42
10) No. 19, in E-Flat Major: Fugue 2:28
11) No. 20, in C Minor: Prelude 4:08
12) No. 20, in C Minor: Fugue 5:05
13) No. 21, in B-Flat Major: Prelude 1:24
14) No. 21, in B-Flat Major: Fugue 2:56
15) No. 22, in G Minor: Prelude 2:14
16) No. 22, in G Minor: Fugue 3:35
17) No. 23, in F Major: Prelude 3:13
18) No. 23, in F Major: Fugue 2:47
19) No. 24, in D Minor: Prelude 3:16
20) No. 24, in D Minor: Fugue 7:12

Dmitri Shostakovich / Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943)

Prelude & Fugue in C-Sharp Minor

21) Prelude 1:45
22) Fugue 1:38
Total Tracks 50
Total Duration 02hr 27min

Album information

SHOSTAKOVICH’S ICONIC OPUS, PAIRED WITH A SKETCH-DERIVED PRELUDE & FUGUE COMPLETED BY KRZYSZTOF MEYER

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.

Released physically on 2 standard CDs.

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