DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) - 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 (1950-51) selection 32:54
1 No. 3 in G major; Moderato non troppo - Allegro molto 3:42
2 No. 6 in B minor; Allegretto - Moderato 8:20
3 No. 7 in A major; Allegro poco moderato - Allegretto 3:02
4 No. 2 in A minor; Allegro - Allegretto 2:15
5 No. 18 in F minor; Moderato - Moderato con moto 7:30
6 No. 4 in E minor; Andante - Adagio 8:01
FRYDERYK CHOPIN (1810-1849) - Etudes, Op. 10 (1829-32) selection 14:59
7 No. 1 in C major; Allegro 1:56
8 No. 2 in A minor; Allegro 1:21
9 No. 3 in E major; Lento, ma non troppo 3:58
10 No. 4 in C sharp minor; Presto 1:48
11 No. 10 in A flat major; Assai vivace 1:56
12 No. 11 in E flat major; Allegretto 1:34
13 No. 12 in C minor; Allegro con fuoco 2:22
Etudes, Op. 25 (1832-36) selection 17:36
14 No. 5 in E minor; Vivace 3:08
15 No. 6 in G sharp minor; Allegro 1:51
16 No. 7 in C sharp minor; Lento 5:24
17 No. 8 in D flat major; Vivace 1:16
18 No. 11 in A minor; Lento - Allegro con brio 3:29
19 No. 12 in C minor; Molto allegro con fuoco 2:25
20 Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat major, Op. 61 (1846) 11:55
Sviatoslav Richter piano
Recorded in the Rudolfinum, Prague, February 21, 1960 (7-20, live), November 30, 1956 (6), and at the Domovina Studio, Prague, December 3-4, 1956 (1-5).
The second CD of Richter's Prague recordings also contains hitherto unreleased recordings, a selection from two series of Chopin' s Etudes (Op. 10 and Op. 25), together with Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61. It is a live recording from a concert at Prague's Rudolfinum in February 1960. In his Etudes, Chopin combines the highest and most diverse technical requirements with a weighty musical content. Richter is among those paramount interpreters whose bravado technical performance of a work is crowned with ingenious musicality. Shostakovich completed the cycle 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, intended as a modern-day counterpart to Bach' s The Well Tempered Piano, in 1951. The Preludes and Fugues are the composer's - and in this recording also the interpreter's - creative celebration of the inexhaustible source of primary invention. We should point out that the presented recording of a selection from the cycle originated only five years after Shostakovich had finished the work.
(Supraphon 2008)
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