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22 Apr 2026 · London
Dmitri Shostakovich Op.87 Preludes & Fugues w/ Monocarpics
Some are playable for an average pianist, some of the preludes anyway. The fugues, a lot harder. I tried, it remains my ambition. Shostakovich wrote his Op.87 in just 3 months. A masterpiece of staggering complexity, & shows his ferocity, darkness, humour. The Soviet Union's Union of Composers didn’t like it of course. “It didn’t feel like I was playing someone else’s music.. the pieces are coming from some strange quirky place that I’m familiar with.” Keith Jarrett (see Preludes No.8 and No.13). “One might go so far as to say that [Op.87] places him among the supreme composers in any phase of Europe’s history. Listen and you will hear.” Wilfrid Mellers (musicologist).
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Tracklist
- Dmitri Shostakovich, Keith JarrettPreludes And Fugues Op. 87, 1-12
- Chopin, Vladimir AshkenazyFugue In A Minor
- RichterPrelude & Fugue In C Minor, Op.87 No.20
- Sofia SaccoPrelude No.14 In E-Flat Minor
- Shostakovich, Konstantin ScherbakovFugue No.4 In E Minor: Adagio
- Shostakovich, Alexander MelnikovFugue No 15 In D Flat Major. Allegro Molto (4-Voice)
- RichterPrelude & Fugue In C Minor, Op.87 No.20
- Shostakovich, AshkenazyPrelude & Fugue No. 2 In A Minor
- Shostakovich, Konstantin ScherbakovPrelude No.18 In F Minor: Moderato
- Shostakovich, Alexander MelnikovPrelude No 16 In B Flat Minor. Andante
- Sofia SaccoFugue No.16 In B-Flat Minor
- Keith JarrettPrelude No.13 In F-Sharp Major
- Tatiana NikolayevaPrelude & Fugue No.1 In C Major
- Vladimir Ashkenazy, RachmaninovFugue (D Minor)
- Shostakovich, AshkenazyPrelude & Fugue No. 7 In A Major