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Johann Sebastian Bach · Dmitri Shostakovich

Preludes and Fugues

Olli Mustonen, piano

ODE 1033-2D · CD · November 2003

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Track listing

48 tracks · 106:30

CD1

Dmitri Shostakovich

  1. Preludes and Fugues, from: Op. 87
  2. 1 Prelude No. 1 in C major: Moderato 2:25
  3. 2 Fugue No. 1 in C major: Moderato 2:29

Johann Sebastian Bach

  1. Preludes and Fugues, from: The Well-Tempered Clavier I
  2. 3 Prelude No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865 0:56
  3. 4 Fugue No. 20 in A minor 3:16
  4. 5 Prelude No. 15 in G major, BWV 860 0:52
  5. 6 Fugue No. 15 in G major 2:46
  6. 7 Prelude No. 10 in G minor, BWV 855 2:13
  7. 8 Fugue No. 10 in E minor 1:01

Dmitri Shostakovich

  1. Preludes and Fugues, from: Op. 87
  2. 9 Prelude No. 5 in D major: Allegretto 1:32
  3. 10 Fugue No. 5 in D major: Allegretto 1:44
  4. 11 Prelude No. 6 in B minor: Allegretto 1:41
  5. 12 Fugue No. 6 in B minor: Moderato 4:00
  6. 13 Prelude No. 7 in A major: Allegro poco moderato 1:25
  7. 14 Fugue No. 7 in A major: Allegretto 1:55

Johann Sebastian Bach

  1. Preludes and Fugues, from: The Well-Tempered Clavier I
  2. 15 Prelude No. 14 in F sharp minor, BWV 859 0:55
  3. 16 Fugue No. 14 in F sharp minor 2:30
  4. 17 Prelude No. 9 in E major, BWV 854 1:12
  5. 18 Fugue No. 9 in E major 1:04
  6. 19 Prelude No. 4 in C sharp minor, BWV 849 2:12
  7. 20 Fugue No. 4 in C sharp minor 3:28

Dmitri Shostakovich

  1. Preludes and Fugues, from: Op. 87
  2. 21 Prelude No. 11 in B major: Allegro 2:18
  3. 22 Fugue No. 11 in B major: Allego 2:18
  4. 23 Prelude No. 12 in G sharp minor: Andante 2:44
  5. 24 Fugue No. 12 in G sharp minor: Allegro 3:33

CD2

Dmitri Shostakovich

  1. Preludes and Fugues, from: Op. 87
  2. 1 Prelude No. 13 in F sharp major: Moderato con moto 2:01
  3. 2 Fugue No. 13 in F sharp major: Adagio 3:45

Johann Sebastian Bach

  1. Preludes and Fugues, from: The Well-Tempered Clavier I
  2. 3 Prelude No. 8 in E flat minor, BWV 853 3:12
  3. 4 Fugue No. No. 8 in D sharp minor 3:16
  4. 5 Prelude No. 3 in C sharp minor, BWV 848 1:02
  5. 6 Fugue No. 3 in C sharp minor 2:04
  6. 7 Prelude No. 22 in B flat minor, BWV 867 2:00
  7. 8 Fugue No. 22 in B flat minor 2:26

Dmitri Shostakovich

  1. Preludes and Fugues, from: Op. 87
  2. 9 Prelude No. 17 in A flat major: Allegretto 1:48
  3. 10 Fugue No. 17 in A flat major: Allegretto 3:55
  4. 11 Prelude No. 18 in F minor: Moderato 1:46
  5. 12 Fugue No. 18 in F minor: Moderato con moto 2:43
  6. 13 Prelude No. 19 in E flat major: Allegro 1:39
  7. 14 Fugue No. 19 in E flat major: Moderato con moto 2:08

Johann Sebastian Bach

  1. Preludes and Fugues, from: The Well-Tempered Clavier I
  2. 15 Prelude No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847 1:28
  3. 16 Fugue No. 2 in C minor 1:26
  4. 17 Prelude No. 21 in B flat major, BWV 866 1:12
  5. 18 Fugue No. 21 in B flat major 1:37
  6. 19 Prelude No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861 1:51
  7. 20 Fugue No. 16 in G minor 1:19

Dmitri Shostakovich

  1. Preludes and Fugues, from: Op. 87
  2. 21 Prelude No. 23 in F major: Adagio 1:52
  3. 22 Fugue No. 23 in F major: Moderato con moto 2:39
  4. 23 Prelude No. 24 in D minor, Andante 3:08
  5. 24 Fugue No. 24 in D minor: Moderato 5:44

Features

2 CDs; booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish

Press

Mustonen works wonders with the Shostakovich pieces, bringing plenty of colour, textural variety and expressive power to the plain-spoken keyboard writing.
Jed Distler, BBC Music Magazine, April 2004

Brilliant playing in a creative juxtaposition of Bach's sublime mastery and Shostakovich's painterly boldness.
Rob Cowan, Gramophone, February 2004