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    Dmitri Shostakovich's cycle of "24 Preludes and Fuges", Op. 87 was written during an amazingly short period of time – from October 1950 to March 1951. Inspired by his trip to Leipzig, the place where J.S. Bach died 200 years before, Shostakovich created 24 masterpieces that can be compared to Bach’s cycle.
    Tatiana Nikolaeva, USSR People’s Artist, graduated with honors from two departments of the Moscow Conservatory: piano and composition. She is a winner of the Scriabin competition in Moscow, the First International Festival of Democratic Youth in Prague and the JS Bach competition in Leipzig.
    She started her piano concerts as a student and later played in over forty countries of the world. She has a large repertoire which combines the most important works of classical piano literature.
    T. Nikolaeva has been playing Shostakovich’s "24 Preludes and Fugues" for over 30 years.

D. Shostakovich
Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 87

CD I

  1.   No. 1   in C major            – 5:32
  2.   No. 2   in A minor            – 2:24
  3.   No. 3   in G major            – 4:01
  4.   No. 4   in E minor            – 8:48
  5.   No. 5   in D major            – 3:36
  6.   No. 6   in B minor            – 9:33
  7.   No. 7   in A major            – 3:29
  8.   No. 8   in F sharp minor – 10:01
  9.   No. 9   in E major             – 4:29
  10. No. 10 in C sharp minor   – 7:33

Total time – 61:04

CD II

  1.   No. 11 in B major            – 3:50
  2.   No. 12 in G sharp minor  – 8:53
  3.   No. 13 in F sharp major   – 9:42
  4.   No. 14 in E flat minor      – 7:09
  5.   No. 15 in D flat major      – 5:11
  6.   No. 16 in B flat minor    – 12:00

Total time – 46:45

CD III

  1.   No. 17 in A flat minor     – 5:58
  2.   No. 18 in F minor            – 6:11
  3.   No. 19 in in E flat major – 5:03
  4.   No. 20 in C minor         – 11:05
  5.   No. 21 in B flat major     – 4:31
  6.   No. 22 in G minor           – 8:14
  7.   No. 23 in F major            – 6:48
  8.   No. 24 in D minor         – 13:14

Total time – 59:26

Tatiana Nikolaeva, piano