Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Hannes Minnaar

Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, is a cycle of 24 piano preludes and fugues composed by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1950–51. The cycle, modelled on Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, traverses all 24 major and minor keys and combines Baroque contrapuntal techniques with twentieth-century harmonic language, juxtaposing concise preludes and rigorous fugues and representing a major engagement with historical forms in Shostakovich's mid-century output.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    No. 1 in C major - Prelude: Moderato
    3:00
  2. 2.
    No. 1 in C major - Fugue (a 4): Moderato
    3:11
  3. 3.
    No. 2 in A minor - Prelude: Allegro
    1:00
  4. 4.
    No. 2 in A minor - Fugue (a 3): Allegretto
    1:21
  5. 5.
    No. 3 in G major - Prelude: Moderato non troppo
    1:36
  6. 6.
    No. 3 in G major - Fugue (a 3): Allegro molto
    1:52
  7. 7.
    No. 4 in E minor - Prelude: Andante
    3:20
  8. 8.
    No. 4 in E minor - Fugue (a 4): Adagio
    4:33
  9. 9.
    No. 5 in D major - Prelude: Allegretto
    1:37
  10. 10.
    No. 5 in D major - Fugue (a 3): Allegretto
    1:41
  11. 11.
    No. 6 in B minor - Prelude: Allegretto
    1:41
  12. 12.
    No. 6 in B minor - Fugue (a 4): Moderato
    4:46
  13. 13.
    No. 7 in A major - Prelude: Allegretto poco moderato
    1:27
  14. 14.
    No. 7 in A major - Fugue (a 3): Allegretto
    2:16
  15. 15.
    No. 8 in F sharp minor - Prelude: Allegretto
    1:13
  16. 16.
    No. 8 in F sharp minor - Fugue (a 3): Andante
    7:13
  17. 17.
    No. 9 in E major - Prelude: Moderato non troppo
    2:37
  18. 18.
    No. 9 in E major - Fugue (a 2): Allegro molto
    1:28
  19. 19.
    No. 10 in C sharp minor - Prelude: Moderato con moto
    2:13
  20. 20.
    No. 10 in C sharp minor - Fugue (a 4): Moderato
    5:25
  21. 21.
    No. 11 in B major - Prelude: Allegro
    1:15
  22. 22.
    No. 11 in B major - Fugue (a 3): Allegro
    2:07
  23. 23.
    No. 12 in G sharp minor - Prelude: Andante
    4:27
  24. 24.
    No. 12 in G sharp minor - Fugue (a 4): Allegro
    3:36
  25. 25.
    No. 13 in F sharp major - Prelude: Moderato con moto
    2:43
  26. 26.
    No. 13 in F sharp major - Fugue (a 5): Adagio
    5:09

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    No. 14 in E flat minor - Prelude: Adagio
    4:38
  2. 3.
    No. 14 in E flat minor - Fugue (a 3): Allegro non troppo
    2:51
  3. 4.
    No. 15 in D flat major - Prelude: Allegretto
    2:59
  4. 5.
    No. 15 in D flat major - Fugue (a 4): Allegro molto
    1:47
  5. 6.
    No. 16 in B flat minor - Prelude: Andante
    2:58
  6. 7.
    No. 16 in B flat minor - Fugue: Adagio
    7:18
  7. 8.
    No. 17 in A flat major - Prelude: Allegretto
    1:52
  8. 9.
    No. 17 in A flat major - Fugue: Allegretto
    3:35
  9. 10.
    No. 18 in F minor - Prelude: Moderato
    2:23
  10. 11.
    No. 18 in F minor - Fugue (a 4): Moderato con moto
    3:04
  11. 12.
    No. 19 in E flat major - Prelude: Allegretto
    2:19
  12. 13.
    No. 19 in E flat major - Fugue (a 3): Moderato con moto
    2:08
  13. 14.
    No. 20 in C minor - Prelude: Adagio
    4:28
  14. 15.
    No. 20 in C minor - Fugue (a 4): Moderato
    5:07
  15. 16.
    No. 21 in B flat major - Prelude: Allegro
    1:17
  16. 17.
    No. 21 in B flat major - Fugue (a 3): Allegro non troppo
    2:58
  17. 18.
    No. 22 in G minor - Prelude: Moderato non troppo
    2:13
  18. 19.
    No. 22 in G minor - Fugue (a 4): Moderato
    3:48
  19. 20.
    No. 23 in F major - Prelude: Adagio
    3:44
  20. 21.
    No. 23 in F major - Fugue (a 4): Moderato con moto
    3:23
  21. 22.
    No. 24 in D minor - Prelude: Andante
    4:16
  22. 23.
    No. 24 in D minor - Fugue (a 4): Moderato
    8:18

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