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Composer:
Dmitri Shostakovich

Artist(s):
Alexander Melnikov

Background: Shostakovich's 1950 visit to Leipzig to attend the Bicentennial Bach competition, where he heard and was impressed by Tatiana Nikolaeva playing Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, served as an impetus to write his own set of Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues, loosely modelled on Bach's.

This he accomplished with remarkable, almost unbelievable speed upon his return home (it took him a mere three and a half months). Nikolaeva, blessed as she was with a phenomenal musical memory, performed op.87 for the rest of her life, and her name became practically synonymous with the work.

This op.87 from Alexander Melnikov approaches the work from first principles to come up with his own, eminently musical solutions.

CATALOGUE NR: HMC90201920
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.99
RELEASE DATE: 26-Apr-2010

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TITLE: Complete Preludes & Fugues
TRACKS: CD1 - Preludes & Fugues op.87 No.1-No.12. CD2 - Preludes & Fugues No.13-No.23. CD3 DVD side - Interview Alexander Melnikov - a film by Christian Leble. Prelude & Fugue No.24 in D minor.
ARTISTS: Alexander Melnikov      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format : NTSC / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 23 minutes / Subtitles: French German / Language: English - 2011 star Classic CD Mag. 'At times the playing has grand orchestral richness and power; at others the intimacy and feeling for keyboard colour take us somewhere much more private.' - Jun-2010 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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