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Shostakovich Complete Preludes & Fugues Op87 3CDs [Box set]

~ Dmitry Shostakovich (Composer), Tatiana Nikolayeva (Piano)

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Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
Audio CD (17 Mar 2003)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 3
Format: Box set
Label: Regis Records
ASIN: B00009AQNL

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(24) Preludes and Fugues
Composed by Dmitry Shostakovich
with Tatyana Nikolaieva

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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Shostakovich!, 25 April 2006

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Well, Regis have impressed me again with this very low priced set with Shostakovich's 24 preludes and fugues, ranging from the damn right preposterously difficult prelude 15 to the more relaxed first. I think the success of this recording, of Tatiana's performance, lies in the fact that she befriended Shostakovich, our hero, in 1950 after hearing her play some wonderful Bach in Leipzig. Shostakovich, so wowed by her performance wrote these pieces for her, which shows with the precise sticking to the score with her inimate knowledge of how the preludes stick together to the fugues, she pulls this off wonderfully. It's amazing to think that she died playing this in 1993 at a public performance, something to ever immortalise Nikolayeva with these pieces.

I have absolutely no problem with the set whatsoever, the provided notes make a good five minute's reading about background and a brief synopsis of each track. The sound quality is perfect on each disc.

All in all this is money well spent and is a perfect addition to any music lover's collection, did I mention that this is the best recording of the preludes and fugues about?

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5.0 out of 5 stars Re-issue of the Hyperion recording, presumably ?, 26 Sep 2009

By	Eclectic or just confused ? (Scotland) - See all my reviews

Much depends, from the recording point of view, on whether this is a reissue of the award-winning Hyperion label version or the earlier Melodiya one ; the latter has a very dry and unresononant sound, whereas the former is over-resonant, with what feels like a constant level of reverb. There is an earlier LP-only version which I do not own, but which one 'Gramophone' reviewer considered the best of the three. Whether this is the Hyperion or the Melodiya version, it is still well worth owning because of the depth of feeling and understanding which comes over. Knowing her versions so well, I found the Ashkenazy recording quite disconcerting at first, with its total running time of 141 minutes as opposed to Nikolayeva's 168 ; what does that tell us about the average tempo of both the slower and the faster pieces ?
There is also a budget Naxos recording - Papadopoulos - which has many qualities and deserves yout attention too, and also one by the jazz genius Keith Jarrett. Jarrett's version too is close to thirty minutes shorter than Nikolayeva's Hyperion one.
This is music of such depth and strength that it is well worth owning more than one version ; Jarrett is greatly helped by the beautiful recording quality we expect from ECM, and the faster pieces have real precision and drive. Jarrett's playing of No 15 can stand comparison with anyone ; there is wit, elegance and total technical control here, even in the headlong rush of the fugue, in which Nikolayeva seems to loses focus at times, partly because of the recording. Ideally, it's worth owning at least two versions, and one of them just has to be by Nikolayeva, from the point of view of authenticity and feeling. However, do give Ashkenazy or Jarrett a listen, to see that it is possible to take (almost) everything much faster and lose nothing in so doing.

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