DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

 

24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87

 

Jenny Lin - piano

 

Here Jenny Lin concentrates on an extensive work by Shostakovich which has been neglected. She is an exciting pianist and her mastery of the composer’s idiom is singular and compelling.

 

“…..she brings distinct virtues of her own to Shostakovich’s supreme contrapuntal opus: above all, a crystalline clarity of phrasing and voice-leading, and a remarkably sensitive range of touch and accent…The absolute confidence with which she throws off the flashing arpeggio-study of Prelude No. 2 is astonishing.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2009

 

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