Piano, unlocked recordings digitizing sponsor internet archive contributor internet archive language no linguistic content. A new recording of dmitri shostakovich s 24 preludes and fugues, deeply original and enigmatic worksencompassing charming simplicity and dazzling. Although the aspect of stamina is a significant one in performing this long and arduous cycle, even in the studio environment, shostakovich s preludes and fugues are. 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. He began writing it in the autumn of 1950 after a visit to leipzig as a judge in the bach competition held on the. Mar 12, 2009 hanssler classics dmitry shostakovich.
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. Sorry for any timing mistakes in the fugue its very difficult to follow it. Most piano collectors are aware of tatiana nikolayevas 1987 melodiya and 1990 hyperion cycles devoted to shostakovichs 24 preludes and fugues, together with a recently released video presentation. Shostakovich visited leipzig for the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of bachs death 1950. Dmitri shostakovich s opus 87 is a cycle of 24 preludes and fugues for piano, modeled after bachs welltempered clavier. Click to read more about 24 preludes and fugues op. The cycle was composed in 1950 and 1951 while shostakovich was in moscow and premiered by pianist tatiana nikolayeva in leningrad in december 1952. He was an extremely important mid20thcentury symphonist, and a leading writer of string quartets. The impulse to compose the cycle came upon the composer not as a challenging task to. Shostakovich preludes and fugues op 87 k6nq7mk3dp4w idocpub. Shostakovich composed his 24 preludes and fugues, op. The diagnosis pronounced by doctors was that shostakovich developed tendinitis in the right. A new recording of dmitri shostakovichs 24 preludes and fugues, deeply original and enigmatic worksencompassing charming simplicity and dazzling.
Like many of the great composers before him bach, handel, mozart, beethoven, chopin, liszt and rachmaninoff, among others, shostakovich possessed the skills of a keyboard virtuoso, and might well have sustained a successful career as such. Shostakovich preludes and fugues op 87 free ebook download as pdf file. Sorry for any timing mistakes in the fugue its very difficult to. The emotional range of these pieces is immense, from the luminous joy of the 7th fugue to the bleak landscape of the 14th prelude. Dmitri shostakovich keith jarrett dmitri shostakovich. Shostakovich preludes fugues download free sheet music and. Analysis of dflat major fugue from shostakovichs 24 preludes and fugues, op. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Piano sheet music book by dmitri shostakovich 19061975. They were created by the composer as a cyclic work after bachs the welltempered clavier. Through analysis structural and stylistic of selected preludes and fugues from shostakovich s opus as well as a. Dmitry shostakovichs twentyfour preludes and fugues op. Click on document shostakovich preludes and fugues op 87.
Join our community just now to flow with the file shostakovich preludes and fugues op 87 and make our shared file collection even more complete and exciting. 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. 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. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. This is the first booklength study of shostakovich s twentyfour preludes and fugues for piano, opus 87. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
As the first recording of the 24 preludes and fugues op. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Hamelin plays shostakovich prelude and fugue in dflat, op. Dmitri shostakovich 19061975 24 preludes and fugues op. This prelude and fugue are played without a pause in between.
Dmitri shostakovich s 24 preludes and fugues is one of the major pianistic statements of the past century. Dmitri shostakovich prelude and fugue in c major op. In comparison, shostakovich s earlier set of works for the piano, the preludes, op. Here you can download file shostakovich preludes and fugues op 87. 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. The fugue is in fact a double fugue, beginning with one subject. The first piece in the set begins with a harmonically complex prelude, which gives way to the fugue.
His admiration for nicolayeva and his desire to create these works for her was such that he produced all twenty four preludes and fugues in a few months. His preludes and fugues may have been emulating bachs welltempered clavier also 24 preludes and fugues in each of the 2 books, but shostakovich s key scheme was based on a circle of 5ths while bachs was chromatically ascending. Shostakovich tatiana nikolayeva 24 preludes and fugues op 87. Among shostakovich s solo piano works, only his three fantastic dances op.
A bach bicentennial tribute thesis presented to the graduate council of the north texas state university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of music by robert m. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Dmitry shostakovich s set of 24 preludes and fugues for piano op. Dec 31, 2011 dmitri shostakovichs mindblowing prelude and fugue in dflat major, op. Dmitri shostakovich prelude and fugue in e minor op. Pdf typeset by composer gdb1947 2014326 pub lisher. 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. It was composed in 195051 and premiered by tatiana nikolayeva in 1952, and has come to be considered one of the great 20th century pieces for piano. Shostakovich was inspired by the playing of tatiana nicolayeva, whom he heardsignificantly performing bachwhen he was a jury member at the leipzig bach competition in 1951. Slonimsky for permission to cite from his 24 preludes and fugues. 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. While that ordering does not necessarily imply a thematic much less a dramatic continuity between the pairs of preludes and fugues, sometimes there are thematic connections, which may in turn imply a dramatic continuity.
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