The Preludes & Fugues

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Alexander Melnikov

The Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 is a cycle of 24 pieces for solo piano by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1950–51. Drawing on the model of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, the work alternates compact preludes with contrapuntal fugues that blend traditional forms with mid-20th-century harmonic and rhythmic language, and it constitutes a major component of Shostakovich's later keyboard output and of Soviet-era piano repertoire.
First released: 11th May 2010

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 1 in C major. Moderato
    3:01
  2. 2.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 14 in E-flat minor. Adagio
    4:45
  3. 3.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 1 in C major. Moderato (4 voice)
    3:15
  4. 4.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 14 in E-flat minor. Allegro non troppo (3 voice)
    2:55
  5. 5.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 2 in A minor. Allegro
    0:55
  6. 6.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 15 in D-flat major. Allegretto
    2:53
  7. 7.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 15 in D-flat major. Allegro molto (4 voice)
    1:42
  8. 8.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 2 in A minor. Allegretto (3 voice)
    1:24
  9. 9.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 16 in B-flat minor. Andante
    2:42
  10. 10.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 3 in G major. Moderato non troppo
    1:56
  11. 11.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 3 in G major. Allegro molto (3 voice)
    1:42
  12. 12.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 16 in B-flat minor. Adagio (3 voice)
    7:30
  13. 13.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 4 in E minor. Andante
    2:49
  14. 14.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 17 in A-flat major. Allegretto
    1:51
  15. 15.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 17 in A-flat major. Allegretto (4 voice)
    3:28
  16. 16.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 4 in E minor. Adagio (4 voice double fugue)
    5:00
  17. 17.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 5 in D major. Allegretto
    1:39
  18. 18.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 18 in F minor. Moderato
    2:15
  19. 19.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 18 in F minor. Moderato con moto (4 voice)
    4:00
  20. 20.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 5 in D major. Allegretto (3 voice)
    1:51
  21. 21.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 6 in B minor. Allegretto
    1:36
  22. 22.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 19 in E-flat major. Allegretto
    1:50
  23. 23.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 19 in E-flat major. Moderato con moto (3 voice)
    2:47
  24. 24.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 6 in B minor. Moderato (4 voice)
    5:22
  25. 25.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 20 in C minor. Adagio
    3:58
  26. 26.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 7 in A major. Allegro poco moderato
    1:07
  27. 27.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 20 in C minor. Moderato (4 voice)
    4:50
  28. 28.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 7 in A major. Allegretto (3 voice)
    2:26
  29. 29.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 21 in B-flat major. Allegro
    1:09
  30. 30.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 8 in F-sharp minor. Allegretto
    1:22
  31. 31.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 21 in B-flat major. Allegro non troppo (3 voice)
    2:50
  32. 32.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 8 in F-sharp minor. Andante (3 voice)
    8:43
  33. 33.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 22 in G minor. Moderato non troppo
    2:17
  34. 34.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 9 in E major. Moderato non troppo
    2:36
  35. 35.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 22 in G minor. Moderato (4 voice)
    4:01
  36. 36.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 9 in E major. Allegro (2 voice)
    1:39
  37. 37.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 23 in F major. Adagio
    3:05
  38. 38.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 10 in C-sharp minor. Allegro
    1:57
  39. 39.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 10 in C-sharp minor. Moderato (4 voice)
    5:20
  40. 40.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 23 in F major. Moderato con moto (3 voice)
    3:16
  41. 41.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 11 in B major. Allegro
    1:19
  42. 42.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 24 in D minor. Andante
    4:03
  43. 43.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 24 in D minor. Moderato (4 voice double fugue)
    7:45
  44. 44.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 11 in B major. Allegro (3 voice)
    2:09
  45. 45.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 12 in G-sharp minor. Andante
    4:17
  46. 46.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 12 in G-sharp minor. Allegro (4 voice)
    4:20
  47. 47.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 13 in F sharp major. Moderato con moto
    2:27
  48. 48.
    24 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 14 in F sharp major. Adagio (5 voice)
    4:44

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