24 Preludes, op. 34 / Piano Sonata no. 2, op. 61
Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Polina Osetinskaya
24 Preludes, Op. 34 and Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 61 are solo piano compositions by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1933 and 1943 respectively. The preludes traverse a broad range of moods and pianistic textures within a neoclassical and modernist idiom, while the sonata adopts a darker, more contrapuntal and dramatic approach associated with Shostakovich's wartime output, and together they reflect key stages in his development as a composer for the piano.

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- 1.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 1 in C major1:22
- 2.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 2 in A minor0:55
- 3.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 3 in G major1:53
- 4.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 4 in E minor1:31
- 5.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 5 in D major0:30
- 6.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 6 in B minor1:14
- 7.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 7 in A major1:40
- 8.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 8 in F-sharp minor0:54
- 9.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 9 in E major0:35
- 10.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 10 in C-sharp minor2:07
- 11.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 11 in B major1:00
- 12.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 12 in G-sharp minor1:22
- 13.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 13 in F-sharp major1:22
- 14.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 14 in E-flat minor2:30
- 15.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 15 in D-flat major0:58
- 16.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 16 in B-flat minor1:00
- 17.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 17 in A-flat major2:02
- 18.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 18 in F minor0:53
- 19.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 19 in E-flat major1:24
- 20.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 20 in C minor0:40
- 21.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 21 in B-flat major0:49
- 22.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 22 in G minor2:11
- 23.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 23 in F major1:36
- 24.24 Preludes, op. 34: no. 24 in D minor1:22
- 25.Piano Sonata no. 2 in B minor op. 61: I. Allegretto6:37
- 26.Piano Sonata no. 2 in B minor op. 61: II. Largo5:48
- 27.Piano Sonata no. 2 in B minor op. 61: III. Moderato11:58






