Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): From Preludes & Fugues opus 87: 7. A major (Allegro poco moderato - Allegretto) 2. A minor (Allegro - Allegretto) 3:00 Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997), piano Studio recording made in Prague in 1956. Richter played only 16 of the 24 Preludes and Fugues - he didn't like the other ones, and Shostakovich felt offended about it because he wanted him to play all 24. In Richter's notebook, we can read: “I find the five Preludes and Fugues recorded by Supraphon [1956] infinetely bet
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