Polyphonic Dialogues - Shostakovich, Shchedrin / Joachim Kwetzinsky

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Release Date
April 27, 2010
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SHOSTAKOVICH SHCHEDRIN
    • PERFORMER
      Joachim Kwetzinsky
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 27, 2010
    • UPC
      7041888514428
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      2L063SACD
    • LABEL
      2L
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. 2 Polyphonic Pieces: No. 2. Basso Ostinato

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    2. Prelude No. 1 in C Major

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    3. Fugue No. 1 in C Major

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    4. Prelude No. 2 in A Minor

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    5. Fugue No. 2 in A Minor

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    6. Prelude No. 2 in A Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    7. Fugue No. 2 in A Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    8. Prelude No. 4 in E Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    9. Fugue No. 4 in E Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    10. Prelude No. 3 in G Major

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    11. Fugue No. 3 in G Major

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    12. Prelude No. 7 in A Major

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    13. Fugue No. 7 in A Major

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    14. Prelude No. 5 in D Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    15. Fugue No. 5 in D Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    16. Prelude No. 7 in A Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    17. Fugue No. 7 in A Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    18. Prelude No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    19. Fugue No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    20. Prelude No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    21. Fugue No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    22. Prelude No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    23. Fugue No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    24. Prelude No. 15 in D-Flat Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    25. Fugue No. 15 in D-Flat Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    26. Prelude No. 14 in E-Flat Minor

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    27. Fugue No. 14 in E-Flat Minor

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    28. Prelude No. 19 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    29. Fugue No. 19 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky

    30. Polyphonic notebook, Op. 50, "25 Polyphonic Preludes": No. 12. Toccatina - Collage: Allegro grazioso

      Composer: Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

      Performer: Joachim Kwetzinsky



When Shostakovich first performed his Preludes and Fugues for piano, his younger colleague Rodion Shchedrin got the idea to compose his own set. Whereas Shostakovich's have gained in esteem and popularity over the past three decades, Shchedrin's are far less known in the West, and undeservedly so. Both composers write for the keyboard with idiomatic ease and textural economy, share a common humorous streak, and never repeat themselves over the course of these works. Shchedrin is extroverted and optimistic when Shostakovich is inward and sardonic, but the opposite sometimes holds true. In any case, pianist Joachim Kwetzinsky has interweaved excerpts from both cycles into a brilliantly curated program. More importantly, he plays like a young god.

Notice the rock-steady yet flexible control with which he articulates the Shchedrin E-flat minor fugue's complex rhythmic strands, or the bouquet of tone colors arising from the Shostakovich A major fugue's arpeggiated textures. The ricocheting octaves and rapid chords in Shchedrin's Basso Ostinato positively sting, while, by contrast, the Shostakovich D major prelude's right-hand rolled chords and left-hand countermelody effortlessly converse in perfect rhythm, totally oblivious to the music's bar lines. The exceptionally clean and clear multi-channel engineering is all one could wish for. One of 2010's most stimulating piano releases--don't miss it!

--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com