To top up an almost overflowing vessel, she performs the complete 24 preludes and fugues by shostakovich on this release. Nikolayeva studied composition with evgeny golubev, shostakoich pupils also include alfred schnittke, and she has since written two piano concertos, a sonata and much other music for solo piano, as well. A good example would be the playful prelude and fugue in b major no. Celebrated international pianist peter donohoe begins a new series of shostakovich releases on signum classics with this new recording of dmitri shostakovichs 24 preludes and fugues, op. Piano sheet music book by dmitri shostakovich 19061975. Indeed, the russian composer was motivated to write this huge work after a visit to bachs home city leipzig in 1950. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. The impulse to compose the cycle came upon the composer not as a challenging task to. Refund policy, no drm protection and pricing is per second. Prelude and fugue no 20 in c minor this is a very special pair shhostakovich pieces. Shostakovich plays shostakovich prelude and fugue no. Shostakovich s work consists of a prelude and a following fugue in each major and minor key.
And it was the same tatiana nikolaeva to whom he dedicated it, and who gave its first performance in 1952. The result of this was that shostakovich was inspired to write his own set of 24 preludes and fugues, in the spirit of bach, but clearly in the style of shostakovich. Celebrated international pianist peter donohoe begins a new series of shostakovich releases on signum classics with a new recording of dmitri shostakovichs 24 preludes and fugues, op. He began writing it in the autumn of 1950 after a visit to leipzig as a judge in the bach competition held on the occasion of the twohundredth anniversary of the death of bach.
This is the first booklength study of shostakovich s twentyfour preludes and fugues for piano, opus 87. It is modeled after bachs twovolume welltempered clavier which consists of two volumes of preludes and fugues in each key. Bach in the abstract genre of the prelude and fugue may suggest a formalist challenge to the 1948 decree, the lyric immediacy, the clear folk element, and the accessible tonalmodal language of op. He began writing it in the autumn of 1950 after a visit to leipzig as a judge in the bach competition held on. Dmitry shostakovichs twentyfour preludes and fugues op. Sep 25, 2018 following the prelude, shostakovich proceeds directly to the fugue without pause.
Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Dec 07, 2018 prelude and fugue no 20 in c minor this is a very special pair shhostakovich pieces. The prelude and fugue structure particularly use of fugue. He began writing it in the autumn of 1950 after a visit to leipzig as a judge in the bach competition held on the. Prelude and fugue no 16 in b flat minor according to tatiana nicolayeva, the bflat minor prelude is the only one of the forty eight pieces that make up this cycle about which shostakovich had second thoughts.
Shostakovich visited leipzig for the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of bachs death 1950. Dmitri shostakovich 19061975 24 preludes and fugues op. Shostakovich 24 preludes and fugues pf music theory. Hamelin plays shostakovich prelude and fugue in dflat, op. One of shostakovich s greatest and most powerful works of the late stalinist period is his huge cycle of twentyfour preludes and fugues for piano. Click to read more about 24 preludes and fugues op. Melnikov argues powerfully in his words and his playing that this is a cycle, not a work to be thumbedthrough for extracts. I think it is a shame that not many modern composers have gone through the 24 major and minor keys, and have written preludeandfugue pairs on them, the way bach did, and shostakovich after bach.
Dmitri shostakovichs epic series of preludes and fugues for solo piano was inspired by the very composer whom you would immediately suspect johann sebastian bach. This is the first booklength study of shostakovichs twentyfour preludes and fugues for piano, opus 87. Shostakovich uses the severe discipline of the fugue and the miniature forms of the prelude to create a kaleidoscopic range of. All 24 of the preludes and fugues were composed within several months of each other, after shostakovich was inspired by the performance of tatiana. Sometimes the contrast is between a prelude and its related fugue.
As the first recording of the 24 preludes and fugues op. Oct 02, 2006 thus, while on one level shostakovich s idea of creating an homage to j. Note also that shostakovich followed chopin, not bach, in the progression of keys i think it is safe to assume that shostakovich was aware of chopins preludes. Prelude and fugue in e minor prelude and fugue in f major prelude and fugue in f minor prelude and fugue in fsharp major prelude and fugue in fsharp minor prelude and fugue in g major prelude and fugue in g minor yeardate of composition yd of comp. Shostakovich s 1950 visit to leipzig to attend the bicentennial bach competition, where he heard and was impressed by tatiana nikolayeva playing bachs welltempered clavier, served as an impetus to write his own set of twentyfour preludes and fugues, loosely modelled on bachs. The variations on a theme of shostakovich principal composer orsa, lena sheet music prelude in memorial d. Following the prelude, shostakovich proceeds directly to the fugue without pause. Prelude and fugue in d minor prelude and fugue in eflat major prelude and fugue in eflat minor prelude and fugue in e major prelude and fugue in e minor prelude and fugue in f major prelude and fugue. Shostakovichs works, such as his tenth and eleventh symphonies, and his fifteenth. Shostakovich 24 preludes and fugues, ashkenazy download. In contrast to the characteristic harmonic complexity of the prelude, the fugue is written in the purest c major, without a single accidental. Bach composed his two books of twentyfour preludes and fugues, dmitry shostakovich became the first composer in musical history to follow bachs challenging experience by composing his own cycle of. I think it is a shame that not many modern composers have gone through the 24 major and minor keys, and have written prelude and fugue pairs on them, the way bach did, and shostakovich after bach.
For as long as i can remember there have been two pieces of received wisdom about shostakovichs 24 preludes and fugues. Update, feb 20 i just bought it a fourth time as mp3s. The beautifully quiet first half of fugue in d minor no. One of shostakovichs greatest and most powerful works of the late stalinist period is his huge cycle of twentyfour preludes and fugues for piano. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Work title 24 preludes and fugues, book i alt ernative. Shostakovich 24 preludes and fugues pf free ebook download as pdf file.
An exciting and brand new recording by lithuanian pianist muza rubackyte. He composed them quickly, starting on october 10, 1950, and finishing on february 23, 1951. Shostakovich midi files download for free midiworld. Also shostakovich s earlier set of 24 preludes, op. Shostakovich preludes fugues download free sheet music and. The cycle was composed in 1950 and 1951 while shostakovich was in moscow and premiered by pianist tatiana nikolayeva in leningrad in december 1952.
Just back from a trip to leipzig in the early autumn of 1950 where he heard bachs welltempered klavier at the bicentennial bach competition played by the russian pianist tatiana nikolaeva, shostakovich began his own series of 24 preludes and fugues, op. Thus, while on one level shostakovichs idea of creating an homage to j. Dmitri shostakovich keith jarrett dmitri shostakovich. Unlike bachs order, of semitonal ascent, shostakovich adopted the same format used in his earlier set of 24 preludes for piano opus 34 19323, of ascending fifths. Also, as with the opus 34 preludes, the preludes and fugues were composed in the order in which they are published. Analyses polyphoniques tonales principal composer alexandra, liana sheet music. Shostakovich was asked after completing this work whether he would compose another set, to parallel bachs two sets. Grigory kalinovsky violin, tatiana goncharova piano. Shostakovichs work consists of a prelude and a following fugue in each major and minor key. The set is dedicated to nikolayeva, who premiered the work in leningrad in december 1952. Dmitri shostakovich keith jarrett 24 preludes and fugues op.
Schostakovich principal composer saboohi,ehsan sheet music menuet k. Dmitri shostakovich s epic series of preludes and fugues for solo piano was inspired shostakovich 24 preludes and fugues the very composer whom you would immediately suspect johann sebastian bach. The preludes and fugues, opus 87 of dmitri shostakovich archive, par terence r. Mark mazullo explains the cultural context in which shostakovich composed, relates the cycle to piano works by bach, hindemith, and others, and offers individual commentaries on each of the preludes and fugues.
Yet it emerges in his account as much less monolithic than usual. Most preludes and fugues in the seventeenth century had a long fugal section in the middle, while the prelude and fugue with a simple combination of a prelude in free or homophonic style and a fugue in contrapuntal style. Dmitri shostakovichs mindblowing prelude and fugue in dflat major, op. Master of music music theory, august, 1981, 242 pp.