Description
D. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues for Piano Op. 87 Nos. 17-24 - Tatiana Nikolaeva / Melodiya Audio CD 2004 / MEL CD 10 00075
UPC 460031700753
The 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 by Dmitri Shostakovich are a set of 24 musical pieces for solo piano, one in each of the major and minor keys of the chromatic scale. The cycle was composed in 1950 and 1951 while Shostakovich was in Moscow, and premiered by pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva in Leningrad in December 1952; it was published the same year. A complete performance takes approximately 2 hours and 32 minutes. It is one of several examples of music written in all major and/or minor keys.
| Label: | Melodiya – MEL CD 10 00075 |
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| Format: |
CD
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| Country: | Russia |
| Released: |
2004 |
| Genre: | Classical |
Tracklist:
1. No. 17 in A flat major 5:58
2. No. 18 in F minor 6:11
3. No. 19 in E flat major 5:03
4. No. 20 in C minor 11:05
5. No. 21 in B flat major 4:31
6. No. 22 in G minor 8:14
7. No. 23 in F major 6:48
8. No. 24 in D minor 13:14
- Piano - Tatiana Nikolaeva
