24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Tatiana Nikolayeva

The 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 is a cycle of solo piano pieces by Dmitri Shostakovich, completed in 1951. The cycle pairs preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, blending Baroque contrapuntal techniques with mid-20th-century harmonic language, dissonance and rhythmic drive, and it was composed in the post-war Soviet era as part of Shostakovich's engagement with historical forms in his middle period.
First released: 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 11 in B major
    3:51
  2. 2.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 17 in A-flat major
    6:02
  3. 3.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 1 in C major
    5:37
  4. 4.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 12 in G-sharp major
    8:55
  5. 5.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 2 in A minor
    2:28
  6. 6.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 18 in F minor
    6:14
  7. 7.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 13 in F-sharp major
    9:44
  8. 8.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 3 in G major
    4:04
  9. 9.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 19 in E-flat major
    5:06
  10. 10.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 20 in C minor
    11:07
  11. 11.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 4 in E minor
    8:50
  12. 12.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 14 in E-flat minor
    7:10
  13. 13.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 5 in D major
    3:39
  14. 14.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 21 in B-flat major
    4:38
  15. 15.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 15 in D-flat major
    5:13
  16. 16.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 22 in G minor
    8:16
  17. 17.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 6 in B minor
    9:36
  18. 18.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 16 in B-flat minor
    12:01
  19. 19.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 7 in A major
    3:34
  20. 20.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 23 in F major
    6:53
  21. 21.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 24 in D minor
    13:14
  22. 22.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 8 in F-sharp minor
    10:04
  23. 23.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 9 in E major
    4:33
  24. 24.
    24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, op. 87: no. 10 in C-sharp minor
    7:33

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