Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick The pianist returned to Carnegie Hall with the first complete performance of the 24 Preludes and Fugues there. By Seth Colter Walls The ...

High-level human integrity seems a given when great pianists essay epics: certainly true of Elisabeth Leonskaja and Imogen Cooper tackling respective sonata trilogies by Beethoven and Schubert, or ...

In the through-the-looking-glass world of the Soviet Union under Stalin, Dmitri Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues for piano were politically incendiary because they were politically noncommittal.

1 Review: BBC PROMS: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO FROM GLYNDEBOURNE, Royal Albert Hall 2 Review: BBC PROMS: SHOSTAKOVICH’S ‘LADY MACBETH’, Royal Albert Hall Mr. Trifonov's program includes masterworks by ...

Twenty-Four Preludes, Op.34: No.1 in C major - Moderato Twenty-Four Preludes, Op.34: No.2 in A minor - Allegretto Twenty-Four Preludes, Op.34: No.3 in G major - Andante Twenty-Four Preludes, Op.34: No ...

Last February, Igor Levit played a recital at Zankel Hall. He is a pianist, born in the Soviet Union, raised chiefly in Germany. On his program were preludes and fugues of Shostakovich—three of them, ...

Shostakovich’s great keyboard cycle, the 24 Preludes and Fugues, still carries something of an aura more than six decades after its creation. This is music of a strange, abstract and solitary beauty.

Today's Video of the Day is a performance of Shostakovich's 'Prelude & Fugue No.22' by Italian pianist Sofia Sacco. The piece can be found on her new recording of the Shostakovich 48. The video was ...

Fifty years after his death, Dimitri Shostakovich is considered a major composer of the twentieth century and the most closely linked to Russia’s tumultuous modern history. Growing up in the chaos ...

Michael Barenboim’s disc consists solely of pieces by composers whose names begin with B, but it’s effectively an A-Z of solo violin technique, as well as a demonstration of his winning versatility.

Dmitri Shostakovich cites Johann Sebastian Bach as a key influence on his development as a musician. Vladimir Ashkenazy opens this hour playing Shostakovich's Prelude and Fugue No. 15. This piece is ...