Présentation par le soliste
en anglais seulement / in english only
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues op. 84 and their historical counterparts
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
Prelude in C major
Prelude in B flat minor , no. 3
Fugue in B flat minor
Prelude in G sharp minor
Prelude in B flat major
Prelude in B minor
Prelude in A major
Prelude and Fugue in A minor , no. 2
Prelude and Fugue in C minor
Prelude and Fugue in D minor , no. 24
George Frideric Handel
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa from “Trionfo del Tempo e della Verita”" (arr. for harpsichord solo and piano solo)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Variations “Ich fuhr mich über Rheine” (Ick voer al over Rhijn)
Henry Purcell
When I am laid in earth from “Dido and Aenaes” (arr. for piano solo)
Johann Sebastian Bach
From Book I of the Well-Tempered Clavier
Prelude in D major , BWV 850
Prelude and Fugue in C minor , BWV 847
From Book II of the Well-Tempered Clavier
Prelude in G minor , BWV 885
Prélude in D major , BWV 874
Nicolai Medtner
Russian Tale from Three Tales, op. 42
Ilya Poletaev, piano, harpsichord and organ
Dmitri Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 84 were written as a homage to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Wohltemperiertes Clavier. Ilya Poletaev, pianist, harpsichordist and organist, combines a number of Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues, some of Bach’s own with well-known Baroque favourites such as Handel’s “Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa” and Purcell’s “When I am laid in earth”.
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