I hope youll enjoy your visit and come back again to see if theres anything new. The piano works of dmitri shostakovich 19061975 are among the most treasured musical. For as long as i can remember there have been two pieces of received wisdom about shostakovichs 24 preludes and fugues. For as long as i can remember there have been two pieces of received wisdom about shostakovich s 24 preludes and fugues. The shostakovich preludes and fugues, opus 87 can be divided into two. There is rude humor here, pastoral bliss, great sadness, all culminating in the angry defiance of the final. Dmitri shostakovich keith jarrett dmitri 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. The opus 87 preludes and fugues for solo piano were written in 195051 as a homage to bach for the pianist tatyana nikolaieva during a particularly bleak period in the composer s life. Slonimsky for permission to cite from his 24 preludes and fugues. Master of music music theory, august, 1981, 242 pp. 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. The 24 preludes, however, show a somewhat mellowed composer, drawing, as shostakovich did at his best, upon diverse eras of the musical past, but still clearly communicating his own rather melancholy personality. That is that come very close to imitating bachs well tempered clavier.
Such overlapping sequences are merged into a single sequence. A fusion of bachian archetypes, a particularly russian counterpoint instigated in the late 19th century by taneyev, soviet classicism and shostakovichs unmistakable voice, shostakovichs op. Lin that the listener would be at a loss to do without any one of these miniature masterpieces. 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.
The emotional range of these pieces is immense, from the luminous joy of the 7th fugue to the bleak landscape of the 14th prelude. In answering the above question, it is important to take a look at the applicable bach and shostakovich works. Indeed, the russian composer was motivated to write this huge work after a visit to bachs home city leipzig in 1950. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Shostakovich, dmitry all original works compositions and arrangements of this person are still under in canada, the eu, japan and elsewhere and are thus subject to immediate deletion. Does the bachshostakovichmustonen consortium make any sense, or is this corporate endeavor dead in the water. Prior to the present set of preludes shostakovich had not composed anything for piano since his op. You can detect hymnlike solemnity, minimalist toccatas and formalist fugues, tonality and atonality, musical selfreference, as well as nods towards folk and klezmer.
These brash works, immediately preceded by the equally brash piano sonata no. The preludes and fugues, shostakovichs largest and most ambitious work for his. 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. Officially denounced in the late 1940s, shostakovich began to retreat into himself, churning out several uninspiring propaganda pieces whilst expressing his true. Shostakovich began composing the preludes in december 1932, shortly after finishing composition of the opera lady macbeth of the mtsensk district.
Bach, dmitri shostakovich wrote his collection of twentyfour preludes and fugues, op. Clavier 1722 and twentyfour preludes and fugues 1744, commonly known as the. Dmitri shostakovich keith jarrett 24 preludes and fugues op. This thesis is a study of the fugal technique of shostakovich as observed in op. Shostakovich, 48 preludes and fugues 1951 piano notes.
This is the first booklength study of shostakovichs twentyfour preludes and fugues for piano, opus 87. This is the first booklength study of shostakovich s twentyfour preludes and fugues for piano, opus 87. But shostakovich paid subtle homage to the earlier master. Of all shostakovichs large scale works, that symphony is the closest in style to the twenty four preludes and fugues for piano solo, written 14 years later.
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. They are arranged following the circle of fifths, with one prelude in each major and minor key. S hostakovich s 24 preludes and fugues pay tribute to js bach, but are they parodies. The complete work takes about two and a half hours to play.
An exciting and brand new recording by lithuanian pianist muza rubackyte. Shostakovich preludes and fugues op 87 k6nq7mk3dp4w idocpub. Even though shostakovich did not intend his 24 preludes and fugues to be heard complete, they are such a delight as presented by ms. Surely the bach preludes shouldnt prick like a thousand needles. Towering over those pieces are the 24 preludes and fugues, written for tatiana nikolayeva after shostakovich heard her at the bicentennial bach competition in leipzig in 1950. Mar 30, 2017 s hostakovich s 24 preludes and fugues pay tribute to js bach, but are they parodies. Shostakovich tatiana nikolayeva 24 preludes and fugues. The score of shostakovichs twentyfour preludes and fugues has. To top up an almost overflowing vessel, she performs the complete 24 preludes and fugues by shostakovich on this release.
Dmitri shostakovichs 24 preludes and fugues is one of the major pianistic statements of the past century. Yes, i realize its standard to put the first 12 preludes and fugues on one cd, but that means some performances cant manage to fit the second group of 12 on one more cd. Dmitry shostakovichs cycle of twentyfour preludes and fugues, op. Shostakovich preludes and fugues op87 nikolayeva ds. Towering over those pieces are the 24 preludes and fugues, written for tatiana nikolayeva after shostakovich heard her at. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. The cycle was composed in 1950 and 1951 while shostakovich was in moscow and premiered by pianist tatiana nikolayeva in leningrad in december 1952. They are arranged following the circle of fifths, with one prelude in each major and minor key composition. 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.
They arent better known, i imagine, because many are deeply depressing. Dmitri shostakovich s 24 preludes and fugues is one of the major pianistic statements of the past century. The 24 preludes, however, show a somewhat mellowed composer, drawing, as shostakovich. The impulse to compose the cycle came upon the composer not as a challenging task to. Generic lapses in shostakovichs prelude 10 in csharp minor, mm. Shostakovich wrote his massive cycle of 24 preludes and fugues op. 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. Piano sheet music book by dmitri shostakovich 19061975.
That shostakovichs most popular and most politically savvy workhis fifth symphonyis ambiguous and and enigmatic from first note to last is part of its greatness. Dmitri shostakovich 19061975 24 preludes and fugues for piano, op. The first three prelude and fugues are bachian in nature. Shostakovich preludes fugues download free sheet music and. Each is based on the laws of mathematics and represents a logical. Shostakovich, 48 preludes and fugues 1951 these preludes and fugues are among the masterpieces of the twentieth century. These works are also probably still under in the u. Also, as with the opus 34 preludes, the preludes and fugues were composed in the order in which they are published. With one notable exceptionthe twentyfour preludes and fugueshis best. This is a simple place no frames, no big pictures, just a simple home for my midi sequences of shostakovichs preludes and fugues opus 87, a place where people can come to and listen to the music or download the files easily and quickly. The first half in fact have a subdivision of the first three and then the following nine up to no. It is one of several examples of music written in all major andor minor keys. Dmitry shostakovichs twentyfour preludes and fugues op.
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