As the key of G sharp minor has five sharps, the meter for the Fugue is appropriately 5/4. 2, Op. A minor: 3. The five-note rhythmic cell upon which it is based recalls a jocular passage from the third movement of the Fourth Symphony. (Frédéric Chopin's set of 24 Preludes, Op. In 1950-51, for the bicentennial of the death of J. S. Bach, Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his collection of Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues, Op. NO. Program Notes: Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues. Subscribe and save up to 20% on single ticket prices! 28, is organised in the same way, as are the earlier sets of preludes by Joseph Christoph Kessler, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, and Shostakovich's earlier 24 Preludes, Op. Many listeners hear in it strong reverberations of a Bach two-part invention. Following the prelude, Shostakovich proceeds directly to the fugue without pause. The Fugue has been compared to some of Shostakovich’s polkas for its jaunty, humorous mood. 87: An Analysis and Critical Evaluation of the Printed Edition Based. There is conflicting evidence as to Shostakovich’s feelings about whether the 2½-hour cycle should be played complete in performance. [27], music written in all major and/or minor keys, Learn how and when to remove this template message, International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition, Violin Concerto No. The cycle was composed in 1950 and 1951 while Shostakovich was in Moscow and premiered by pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva in Leningrad in December 1952;[1] it was published the same year. 87. The fugal subject is built almost entirely from the intervals of the fourth and the fifth. 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. The tone is wistful, mostly pianissimo and the harmonic language is very much Shostakovich's own. [2] For example, Shostakovich begins his C major prelude, the first piece in the cycle, with exactly the same notes that Bach uses in his own C major prelude, BWV 846, which likewise begins The Well-Tempered Clavier. To Tatiana Nikolayeva, it is music “of great depth, of unsurpassed mastery and greatness. It remains calm throughout despite wide ranging modulations and chains of "weeping" seconds towards the end, which trails off into nothing. 11 IN B MAJOR:  The B major Prelude suggests an orchestral conception, particularly the jocular, light-hearted movements of Symphonies Nos. Shostakovich recorded 18 of the 24 pieces at five recording sessions in 1951–1952, 1956 and 1958 (EMI). ), Shostakovich’s (like Chopin’s) move through the so-called “circle of fifths,” which begins with C major and its  relative minor (A), then adds one sharp for G major/E minor, then two sharps, etc. 1 10:38 3 I. Prelude 3:42 4 II. Roger Woodward made the first complete recording available in the West in 1975; it was re-released in September 2010 on CD by Celestial Harmonies. NO. About a dozen years have passed since the appearance of the last complete recording of Shostakovich’s op. The main subject of the three voice fugue could be by Bach. The 1962 and 1987 recordings have been reissued on several labels. We provide formalized ... preludes and fugues. 3 No. The cycle was not given as a unit until a year later when Tatiana Nikolayeva performed it at the same venue in two sessions, on December 23 and 28, 1952. The set of works in all 24 keys is not uncommon though; Chopin of course has the set of 24 preludes Op. Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues 24 Preludes and Fugues, opus 87 Craig Sheppard (piano) Roméo Records 7315-6 TT: 141:35 (63:34 + 78:01) Compiled from recordings of two concerts at the Meany Theatre Seattle, April 2015. 13 in F♯ major is in five voices, while Fugue No. Once finished, Shostakovich dedicated the work to Nikolayeva, who undertook the public premiere in Leningrad on 23 December 1952. This type of linear movement is something common to much of Shostakovich’s body of work (24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. …The breadth of images and characterizations is very great: from tragedy to humor, from gaiety to the grotesque.” Musicologist Wilfrid Mellers maintains that “if there is a single work among his large output that assures us that Shostakovich is among the handful of great composers [of the twentieth century], this collection is it.” And for tonight’s pianist, Alexander Melnikov, “we hear the voice of a tormented man, finding again and again the superhuman force to face life as it is – in all its variety, ugliness, and sometimes beauty.”, In an interview accompanying his recording of the 24 Preludes and Fugues, Melnikov suggests that one of Shostakovich’s aims was to see what he could do with the forms beyond Bach, what he could do with material completely unsuitable as a fugal subject. 1. Required fields are marked *. Work Title 24 Preludes and Fugues, Book I Alt ernative. 12 IN G SHARP MINOR: The Prelude is written in passacaglia form (a method of composition in which a set of variations is constructed over a repeating bass line or chord progression). Denis V. Plutalov. This thesis is a study of the fugal technique of Shostakovich as observed in Op. NO. NO. Plutalov, Denis V, "Dmitry Shostakovich's Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues, op. Chordal writing alternates with flowing chromatic passages. The intellectual rigor with which Shostakovich creates a fugue from his angular, raw-boned subject is truly awe-inspiring. 9, 10, 11, 15, 19 or 21 but he recorded Nos. Melnikov calls it “the most harmonically complex fugue of the cycle so far, played at a breakneck pace, reaching an impossible degree of emotional strain and desperation. The simple fugue subject, characterised by the rhythm of a crotchet and two quavers, makes for a translucent opening, but tonal wanderings and conflicts between minor and major intensify the mood until the calm F major resolution. One such trip was to Leipzig in 1950 for a music festival marking the bicentennial of J. S. Bach's death. 8 IN F SHARP MINOR: One of the briefest preludes sits beside the longest fugue by far of the twelve we hear tonight – nearly nine minutes in Melnikov’s performance. Among the events was a piano competition in Leipzig, where Shostakovich sat on the jury. The fugue, marked allegretto, contrasts beautifully with the legato feel of the prelude with repeated staccato notes forming the basis of the fugal subject. As part of the festival, Shostakovich was asked to sit on the judging panel for the first International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition. ", This page was last edited on 17 January 2021, at 07:27. The four voice fugue, in. 87 Dmitri Shostakovich. The pioneering pianist performed selections from Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: An Analysis and Critical Evaluation of the Printed Edition Based on the Composer's Recorded Performance", Festive Overture in A major for Orchestra, The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda, Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti, The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=24_Preludes_and_Fugues_(Shostakovich)&oldid=1000896647, Compositions covering all major and/or minor keys, Articles needing additional references from January 2018, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, In unbroken chords and a haunting melody Shostakovich nevertheless evokes the first Prelude of the Bach 48. NO. 87, written in late 1950 and early 1951. NO. Its meter of 12/8 (four groups of triplets) was far more common in the Baroque era than it is today. Composed in 1950-51 by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), the 24 Preludes and Fugues, Opus 87 for piano represented a relief from the Russian composer’s life under the Stalinist yoke. Though not required by competition regulations, she had come prepared to play any of the 48 preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Clavier on request. University of Nebraska at Lincoln, dplutalov@gmail.com. The two sonatas are good but not great; the 24 Preludes, op. NO. The prelude is a two-part, Jewish influences are evident in both the short, agitated prelude, with its staccato and chromatic textures amplifying the grotesque melody, and the massive, mysterious fugue (in three voices) which increases in intensity and obsessiveness as it progresses towards a final resolution with its, The prelude is written on three staves where left and right hands take turns playing on the center staff. This analysis will focus exclusively on the succession of pitches and their corresponding durations contained within the given work. This is followed by a fugue with another highly extended subject, which unfolds "in finely sculpted legato cantabile. 34.). The fugue, in three voices and once again with a, A sombre prelude, associated for Woodward with the bleak landscape of Russian steppe, and in a similar mood to the musical landscape of the opening movement of the, This pair are humorous and clownish throughout. While fugal subjects usually use stepwise motion, this subject uses only the notes of the A-major triad. Nikolayeva studied composition with Evgeny Golubev, shostakoich pupils also include Alfred Schnittke, and she has since written two Piano Concertos, a Sonata and much other music for solo piano, as well as vocal works. Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. AllMusic Review by Richard S. Ginell [+] Dmitri Shostakovich 's epic series of preludes and fugues for solo piano was inspired by the very composer whom you would immediately suspect -- … F sharp minor Customize your own series and save 15% on single ticket prices. NO. subject table. No. It is also the first prelude we have encountered to feature Shostakovich’s hallmark rhythmic pattern, short-short-long. He never recorded Nos. 34, are solid but not often played. 87. D major: 6. "[22][23] According to Ross, the composer used chamber forms in the period to channel his most personal compositions, those that would not be suitable for use or approval by the Soviet government. Among his prizes was one from the First International Chopin Competition in Warsaw (1927). E minor: 5. Shostakovich worked fairly quickly, taking only three days on average to write each piece. Only two voices develop with increasing stretto in the middle culminating at the end when the two voices join in unison as before in the prelude though only with an octave separation. Much of the piece uses a counter melody against the fugal entries. Recommended Citation. Before premiering the work, Shostakovich privately performed the first half of the cycle before the Union of Composers (as was typical with new compositions during the Soviet Era) on 31 March 1951. The inspiration came principally from Bach, as it has for similar sets from other composers: Hans Huber, Castelnuovo-Tedesco (for guitar duo) and Niels Viggo Bentzon for preludes and fugues together; Chopin, Scriabin, Busoni, Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich himself (Op. This fugue might be considered Shostakovich’s “water music” inasmuch as the texture – glistening, sparkling, gently undulating – not to mention the continuous development of a single arpeggiated chord, bring to mind the opening scene of Wagner’s opera Das Rheingold. 5 IN D MAJOR: “A graceful, wistful dance-song over a lightly arpeggiated accompaniment” is how Wilfrid Mellers describes this Prelude. She won the gold medal. The fugue is a double fugue in four voices with two distinct subjects developed in separate expositions. Fugue 6:57 César Franck (1822-1890) Prélude, choral et fugue 21:32 5 I. Prélude 5:35 6 II. After the Second World War, Dmitri Shostakovich was Russia's most prominent composer. To further add to the quaint color of the movement, subito forte and piano are mixed in giving the fugue a frankly chipper tone. [21] The panel expressed great displeasure at the dissonance in some of the fugues. 4.8 out of 5 stars 52. Like many of the great composers before him (Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninoff, among others), Shostakovich possessed the skills of a keyboard virtuoso, and might well have sustained a successful career as such. The powerful D minor prelude, a sarabande-like opening, sets the tone for the pair with its strongly accented and tenuto main theme and its maestoso yet pianissimo second theme. The pieces proceed in relative major/minor pairs around the circle of fifths: first C major and A minor (prelude and fugue nos. After a brief interplay between the soprano and alto, the bass is introduced with a statement of the subject, completing the exposition. As each was completed, he would ask Nikolayeva to come and visit him in his Moscow apartment where he would play her the latest piece. Shostakovich, 48 Preludes and Fugues (1951) These preludes and fugues are among the masterpieces of the twentieth century. 1, 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 18, 23 and 24 twice by doing the recording for EMI.[24]. In 1950, Shostakovich was sent by his government as the head of a Soviet delegation to East Germany for the ceremonies surrounding the bicentenary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach. 1 in C major on YouTube, played by Shostakovich; Prelude and Fugue No. The tone is wistful, mostly pianissimo and the harmonic language is very much Shostakovich’s own. Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, an earlier set of 48 preludes and fugues, is widely held to be the direct inspiration for Shostakovich's cycle, largely based on the work's composition history (see below). 87 by Dmitri Shostakovich is a set of 24 preludes and fugues for solo piano, one in each of the major and minor keys of the chromatic scale. Towering over those pieces are the 24 Preludes and Fugues, written for Tatiana Nikolayeva after Shostakovich heard her at … 87 highlights this especially). 10 IN C SHARP MINOR: Again the spirit of Bach informs this Prelude. A long, florid melody opens this prelude, then the mode darkens and the pace slows to adagio for an intense short interlude before the melody returns. The Fugue is the only one of the 24 in two voices only, and exudes an atmosphere of joy and exuberance. The prelude maintains a suspended feel through repeated, Roles are reversed in this pair between prelude and fugue. For sheer, unabashed joy and an almost reckless sense of abandon, the Fugue is hard to beat. Part of the Composition Commons. A few composers wrote odd preludes and fugues not in a set, like a few Brahms organ fugues, or Godowsky's prelude and fugue on BACH. Like many of the great composers before him (Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninoff, among others), Shostakovich possessed the skills of a keyboard virtuoso, and might well have sustained a successful career as such. The modulatory section begins in the minor key; a brief return to the tonic key provides a breath of calm before an increasingly frenzied series of modulations. Shostakovich continued to write music for his instrument throughout his twenties – about half his output during these years was for or with piano – which he also performed. 9 IN E MAJOR: In a reversal of the process found in the previous Prelude and Fugue, No. Sviatoslav Richter never played all the pieces in concerts but made notable recordings of 15 numbers in 1961. Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/musicstudent. : IGB 326 Movements/Sections Mov'ts/Sec's: 24 pieces Prelude and Fugue … Dmitri Shostakovich: 12 Preludes and Fugues from Op. 7 IN A MAJOR: The spirit of Bach hovers over the Prelude. The E minor fugue is one of progressive complexity. 87 – 24 Preludes and Fugues: Analysis, "Dmitry Shostakovich's Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues op. J.S. Among the works of his later years was the monumental set of 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. The fugue in 34 time is a frantic scurry with fast notes and staccato markings. 87: An Analysis and Critical Evaluation of the Printed Edition Based on the Composer's Recorded Performance", doctoral document by Denis V. Plutalov, May 2010, University of Nebraska School of Music; Prelude and Fugue No. 2 IN A MINOR: The Prelude is a toccata-like affair (“pure harpsichord textures,” says Melnikov), with a single line of rapid sixteenth-notes running in perpetual motion throughout. Fugue 8:39 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 87. Shostakovich 24 Preludes & Fugues Op87, Vol.2 - Piano by Dmitri Shostakovich (2001-04-12) 4.6 out of 5 stars 4. ), which differs from Shostakovich's Op. The question of the relative stability of E major in Shostakovich's Prelude and Fugue No. Likewise, the composers' second fugues (A minor for Shostakovich, C minor for Bach) utilize very similar opening rhythms for their fugue subjects (two 16th notes followed by 3 eighth notes, twice in a row). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Preludes_and_Fugues_(Shostakovich) 20 10:53 8 I. Prelude 4:50 9 II. The analysis will point towar ds 77), Shostakovich – Op. There are sweeping and breathtaking in … Roger Woodward describes the "poignant intervallic juxtapositions of alto and tenor voices" throughout the prelude. The first subject is a slow stepwise melody consisting mostly of half notes and quarter notes, while the second subject is a partial diminution or variation on the first subject (eighth notes instead of quarter notes). G major: 4. Sheet music. Of great interest is the CD jacket notes which express that Shostakovich composed these among controversy of Soviet Union restrain from abstract composition. Selected numbers have been arranged for such diverse instruments as organ, accordion, double bass with piano and string orchestra. NO. Canadian pianist David Jalbert also recorded the piece for ATMA Classique in 2008, and Peter Donohoe for Signum Classics in 2017. His graduation exercise from the Leningrad Conservatory, the First Symphony, catapulted him at the age of twenty to worldwide attention, and he decided to devote the bulk of his efforts to composition. The Fugue too incorporates this rhythmic figure into its fold. Subject Area. It then continues in a gentle weaving fashion (much like the C♯ minor fugue from Book I of Bach's 48). 1 and 2), then to one sharp (G major, E minor), two sharps (D major, B minor), and so on, ending with D minor (1 flat). He himself never did so, though he recorded all of it. 4 IN E MINOR: The Prelude is a three-part texture consisting of (1) ponderous, sustained octaves in the depths of the piano’s range; (2) a continuous, even stream of eighth notes, usually in the middle voice; and (3) a slower-moving melodic line that includes numerous “sighs.” (Bach associated E minor with the Crucifixion.) The cycle was composed in 1950 and 1951 while Shostakovich was in Moscow and premiered by pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva in Leningrad in December 1952; [1] it was published the same year. Impressed while in Leipzig by pianist Nikolayeva, he wrote these preludes and fugues. 87. The first performance presented what amounted only to a teaser: Shostakovich offered four of the preludes and fugues at a recital on November 18, 1951 in Leningrad’s Glinka Hall. Inspired by the competition and impressed by Nikolayeva's playing, Shostakovich returned to Moscow and started composing his own cycle of 24 preludes and fugues. They aren’t better known, I imagine, because many are deeply depressing: they were written at the height of Stalinist repression, and some are intransigently inconsolable and bleak. This work is included in that group along with several string quartets. 6 IN B MINOR: A striking Prelude built on the double-dotted rhythmic figure (extra-long notes alternating with extra-short ones) flashes fire and energy in contrast to its Fugue, notable for a flowing, placid surface. The piece with few exceptions consists of unison quindicesima melodies beginning first in the lowest, The prelude starts softly and quite simply in a Bach-like chorale setting, marked by the indication, In the prelude elements of a simple folk melody are subverted into something humorous and unpredictable, and there are echoes of the finale of the, Octave tremolos feature prominently in the bleak and substantial adagio lament in, The prelude offers some reflective relief after the intensity of the previous two pairs, with its naive folk-like melody first stated in the bass with arpeggios above. $44.04. Through analysis (structural and stylistic) of selected preludes and fugues from Shostakovich's opus as well as a survey of other sets of preludes, fugues, and preludes and fugues (from Fischer to Shchedrin) we will be able to see the prelude and fugue lineage more clearly. It is one of several examples of music written in all major and/or minor keys. The Fugue is actually a double fugue. The quaver configurations of paired notes over a relentlessly treading chordal accompaniment remain consistent throughout this sad prelude. The three-voice fugue begins with a statement of the main theme, or subject, in the soprano voice. Thematically, there are anticipations of the Tenth Symphony, completed two years later.[5]. Shostakovich composed his 24 Preludes and Fugues in the early 1950s, in a style that is more tonal and retrospective than much of his earlier music. 32) and Scriabin (Op. (Lin recorded this music beautifully for Hänssler Classic a decade ago.) C major: 2. 1 in A Minor (Op. In this case, the pianissimo maestoso theme transforms into the six-bar opening theme which is fully … Significantly enough, the First Symphony contained a prominent part for the piano. In the preludes too, there is in each one a sense of experimentation, of compressing a single idea into a few pages of music to see where it will go. 6 and 9. 87. They are 24 masterpieces, each with its own internal world. But Shostakovich’s compositional talent also showed itself early. to be produced by the "other Shostakovich," or as a composition "for the desk drawer. Shostakovich wrote out all the pieces without many corrections except the B♭ minor prelude, with which he was dissatisfied and replaced what he had begun initially. These days Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues are encountered in recital only rarely, but over the decades the cycle has attracted champions who … 3 IN G MAJOR: The stern Prelude sounds like its inspiration could have come from a liturgical chant, while the Fugue could not be more different in character – witty, playful, dancelike, and demanding virtuosity and crystalline clarity of execution to make its effect. 87 (classical music album) - Play streams in full or download MP3 from Classical Archives (classicalarchives.com), … 1, 7 and 15 in 1952–1953. 28 in all 24 keys, and Rachmaninoff (Op. In their vast range of textures, figurations, rhythmic devices, characterizations, compositional procedures and moods, Shostakovich’s 24 preludes and fugues rank as one of the monuments of  twentieth-century piano literature. Each piece is in two parts—a prelude and a fugue—varying in pace, length and complexity (for example, Fugue No. 9’s focal weight rests in its Prelude – longer by far than the Fugue. Organ Prelude and Fugue in A minor, S. 462 No. There are also several references and musical ideas taken from Shostakovich's own work or anticipating future work. He did often perform the preludes and fugues in groups of three to six, as have many other pianists, notably Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels. Fugues are often viewed as one of the highest forms of classical Western music, and The subject is exceptionally long – nine measures – and thereafter unwinds in three-part texture to an unrelenting tread and highly dissonant harmony. The complete work takes about two and a half hours to play. on the Composer's Recorded Performance. This subject is then stated a fourth below in the alto, as would be expected in a Baroque fugue. "Dmitry Shostakovich's Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues op. Tatiana Nikolayeva recorded complete sets four times, in 1962, 1987 (both originally issued by Melodiya), 1990 (Hyperion Records) and in 1992 as a filmed performance (Medici Arts). Dmitri Shostakovich: 12 Preludes and Fugues from Op. 87 by Dmitri Shostakovich is a set of 24 preludes and fugues for solo piano, one in each of the major and minor keys of the chromatic scale.The cycle was composed in 1950 and 1951 while Shostakovich was in Moscow and premiered by pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva in Leningrad in December 1952; it was published the same year. The Fugue consists of “a theme stuttering in repeated notes, with farcical clownish effect.”. Thereafter, coinciding with the sharp reduction of his performing activity, he wrote only seldom for solo piano. Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, op. Thus, the stage is set for the culmination of the first volume.”, Your email address will not be published. Take for example the first fugue (C major), which employs only the white keys of the piano throughout, or the seventh (A major), whose subject is built entirely from a major triad. 1 IN C MAJOR: The cycle gets underway with a sarabande, a stately Baroque dance in slow triple meter with its characteristic rhythmic pattern. In the prelude, the right hand has an uninterrupted. The following fugue starts with a short introduction. This work is considered by many (e.g. Among his prizes was one from the First International Chopin … She also recorded Nos. The composition begins rather humbly with a quiet, conservative exposition, but it ends triumphantly with nearly every possible fugal device (invertible counterpoint, stretto, double stretto, diminution, augmentation, retrograde) exploited in the final bars. The Prelude is written in simple two-part texture, and in Shostakovich’s inimitable fashion combines a playful ambiance with a touch of the sinister. 9 stands as a proxy for the most important and perpetual questions we have about ourselves and the security of our own identities. 11) followed that. In Bach's cycle, however, the pieces are arranged in parallel major/minor pairs ascending the chromatic scale (C major, C minor, C♯ major, C♯ minor etc. 9 in E major is in only two voices). One of the entrants in the competition was the 26-year-old Tatiana Nikolayeva from Moscow. Your email address will not be published. In addition to more direct quotation, Shostakovich also at points imitates the various types of preludes found in the Bach cycle (and in other, similar, Baroque compositions). (at this point the flat keys take over in reverse order, decreasing in number down to one – F major/D minor – where the cycle ends). They also objected to the fugue in Soviet music because it was considered too Western and archaic. 2 in A minor on YouTube, played by … Three voices develop with contrasting legato passages against the staccato. The complete work was written between 10 October 1950 and 25 February 1951. Along these lines, Lawrence Kramer writes that "musical affect, expression, and association become pure forms of self-apprehension; music is known by, and valued for its … In fact, it, as well as its Fugue, is often regarded as the most Bachian of the set. 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