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Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Nos. 17-24
Dmitry Shostakovich, Tatiana Nikolayeva
Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Nos. 17-24
Genre: Classical
 
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All Artists: Dmitry Shostakovich, Tatiana Nikolayeva
Title: Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Nos. 17-24
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Moscow Studio
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 3/8/2005
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 723721076757
 

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The Definitive Tatiana Nikolaeva recording
millionrainbows | 06/27/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Up to now, I have owned 2 versions of these Shotakovich Preludes & Fugues: Tatiana Nikolaeva's 1990 Hyperion set, later released on Musical Heritage, and Keith Jarrett's ECM release. The Hyperion set was way too ambient; it sounded as if I were in the back of a large, empty concert hall (which it probably was). The Jarrett set had much more direct sound, and this made it sound "crisper" and better, especially in the fast, fleet parts.



Now I have the best of both worlds: this Tatiana Nikolaeva recording of 1987, on Moscow Studio Archives. Fantastic! I wish I'd known earlier how superior this recording is! Don't even bother with the Hyperion, ptuui!



The sound is more direct, closer-miked, and is "barely stereo", that is, not a pronounced stereo effect, but very subtle, and enough to be perceptible in rear surrounds, but just barely. And the performance is definitive: these were written for her. Bravo!!"