24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Jenny Lin

24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 is a cycle of 24 piano preludes and fugues by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1950–51. The cycle adapts the Baroque prelude-and-fugue model into a mid-20th-century tonal and harmonic language, combining strict counterpoint with stark, often chromatic harmonies and varied pianistic textures, and represents Shostakovich's engagement with contrapuntal tradition within his early 1950s output.
First released: 12th March 2009

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 1 in C major
    2:40
  2. 2.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 15 in D-flat major
    2:59
  3. 3.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 15 in D-flat major
    2:09
  4. 4.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 1 in C major
    2:51
  5. 5.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 16 in B-flat minor
    2:52
  6. 6.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 2 in A minor
    0:49
  7. 7.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 2 in A minor
    1:21
  8. 8.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 16 in B-flat minor
    6:28
  9. 9.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 3 in G major
    1:49
  10. 10.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 17 in A-flat major
    1:49
  11. 11.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 17 in A-flat major
    3:54
  12. 12.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 3 in G major
    2:04
  13. 13.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 4 in E minor
    2:26
  14. 14.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 18 in F minor
    2:18
  15. 15.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 18 in F minor
    3:30
  16. 16.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 4 in E minor
    4:59
  17. 17.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 5 in D major
    1:57
  18. 18.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 19 in E-flat major
    1:54
  19. 19.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 5 in D major
    1:59
  20. 20.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 19 in E-flat major
    2:10
  21. 21.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 20 in C minor
    2:57
  22. 22.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 6 in B minor
    1:32
  23. 23.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 20 in C minor
    5:03
  24. 24.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 6 in B minor
    4:33
  25. 25.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 21 in B-flat major
    1:29
  26. 26.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 7 in A major
    1:08
  27. 27.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 21 in B-flat major
    3:17
  28. 28.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 7 in A major
    2:03
  29. 29.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 8 in F-sharp minor
    1:01
  30. 30.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 22 in G minor
    2:26
  31. 31.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 8 in F-sharp minor
    5:32
  32. 32.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 22 in G minor
    3:49
  33. 33.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 9 in E major
    2:07
  34. 34.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 23 in F major
    2:50
  35. 35.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 9 in E major
    1:40
  36. 36.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 23 in F major
    3:40
  37. 37.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 24 in D minor
    3:40
  38. 38.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 10 in C-sharp minor
    1:56
  39. 39.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 24 in D minor
    7:29
  40. 40.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 10 in C-sharp minor
    4:56
  41. 41.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 11 in B major
    1:13
  42. 42.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 11 in B major
    2:10
  43. 43.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 12 in G-sharp minor
    4:13
  44. 44.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 12 in G-sharp minor
    4:03
  45. 45.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 13 in F-sharp minor
    2:07
  46. 46.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 13 in F-sharp minor
    3:56
  47. 47.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 14 in E-flat minor
    4:34
  48. 48.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 14 in E-flat minor
    2:47

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