Shostakovich - 24 Preludes & Fugues, op.87 | Challenge Classics CC72907

Shostakovich - 24 Preludes & Fugues, op.87

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Label: Challenge Classics

Cat No: CC72907

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 4th November 2022

Contents

Artists

Hannes Minnaar (piano)

Works

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Preludes and Fugues (24), op.87

Artists

Hannes Minnaar (piano)

About

After Bach's Goldberg Variations, which won him worldwide honours (including a Diapason d'Or), Hannes Minnaar challenges and confronts what has become a 'classic' of the 20th century repertoire: Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues, composed in 1951. Here again, the qualities of his pianism, for which he is recognised as one of the leading musicians of our time, come under the spotlight: the diversity of touch and the suppleness between tension and tranquillity to characterise every Prelude and Fugue, the precision of tone, the lack of any affectation, a natural finesse in phrasing and articulation, and a familiarity with the score going hand in hand with a freshness that conjures a sense of improvisation. Here we encounter a new landmark in the crowded field of interpretations of this wonderful music.

Reviews

No one undertakes a recording of Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues lighltly, and Dutch pianist Hannes Minnaar engages an authoritative objectivity in running the ever-surprising gamut of moods in this colossal achievement. […] While the toccata brilliance of the minute-ish long A Minor and B-Flat Major Preludes is crisp and even, Minnaar doesn’t stint on the violence either.
BBC Music Magazine February 2023

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