Natalia Andreeva - Preludes & Fugues (2017)

Tracklist

01. Prelude & Fugue in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849: Prelude
02. Prelude & Fugue in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849: Fugue
03. Preludes & Fugues by J.S. Bach, S. 462: No. 1a, Prelude
04. Preludes & Fugues by J.S. Bach, S. 462: No. 1b, Fugue
05. Prélude, choral et fugue, M. 21: Choral
06. Prélude, choral et fugue, M. 21: Prelude
07. Prélude, choral et fugue, M. 21: Fugue
08. 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87: Prelude No. 20 in C Minor
09. 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 20 in C Minor
10. Études-tableaux, Op. 33: No. 7 in G Minor. Moderato
11. Études-tableaux, Op. 33: No. 8 in C-Sharp Minor. Grave



Natalia Andreeva is a Russian pianist who is currently Lecturer in Piano at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her 2015 recording of the music of Galina Ustvolskaya was very well received, and like that album, this new recording of better-known classical and Romantic works is the result of many years of study, developing her own mental picture of these masterpieces and of what the composers were trying to communicate.

There are various links between the works – in fact Liszt, Franck and Shostakovich were all influenced by Bach generally, as well as composing in the Prelude and Fugue form that he made a staple of the keyboard repertoire.

This is one of two linked CDs, the other featuring Piano Sonatas by Beethoven, Scriabin and Prokofiev, and they provide two fine recital-style programs of essential classics.

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