Shostakovich: Piano Sonata No 1, 24 Preludes / Scherbakov

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
October 1, 2003
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SHOSTAKOVICH
    • PERFORMER
      Konstantin, Scherbakov
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 01, 2003
    • UPC
      747313578122
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8555781
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1 in C Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    2. No. 2 in A Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    3. No. 3 in G Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    4. No. 4 in E Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    5. No. 5 in D Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    6. No. 6 in B Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    7. No. 7 in A Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    8. No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    9. No. 9 in E Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    10. No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    11. No. 11 in B Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    12. No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    13. No. 13 in F-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    14. No. 14 in E-Flat Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    15. No. 15 in D-Flat Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    16. No. 16 in B-Flat Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    17. No. 17 in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    18. No. 18 in F Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    19. No. 19 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    20. No. 20 in C Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    21. No. 21 in B-Flat Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    22. No. 22 in G Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    23. No. 23 in F Major

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    24. No. 24 in D Minor

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    25. No. 1: Recitative

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    26. No. 2: Serenade

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    27. No. 3: Nocturne

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    28. No. 4: Elegy

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    29. No. 5: Funeral March

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    30. No. 6: Etude

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    31. No. 7: Danse Macabre

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    32. No. 8: Canon

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    33. No. 9: Legend

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    34. No. 10: Cradle Song

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    35. Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 12

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    36. No. 1: March

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    37. No. 2: Waltz

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov

    38. No. 3: Polka

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov


For a less caustic, more ample-toned, and softer-edged set of Shostakovich Op. 34 Preludes than we usually hear, check out Konstantin Scherbakov. His performances contain many beautiful things. No. 2's whimsical scales and runs magically glide over the bar lines, while No. 9 and No. 12's whirling patterns are impressively controlled and supple--and the pianist articulates the marcato/legato interplay in No. 11 and No. 21 to perfection.


My criticism concerns Scherbakov's arch rubato within certain lyrical pieces. His little holdbacks and gratuitous ritards in No. 8, for example, undermine the effect of the composer's indicated ritards, which the pianist barely observes anyway. And a few exposed wrong notes easily could have been corrected (the E-flat in No. 5, measure 14). Such blemishes, however, do not detract from Scherbakov's compelling pianism.


All the virtues Scherbakov brings to the Preludes equally apply to the composer's gnarly Aphorisms cycle and youthful Three Fantastic Dances. The pianist also sails through the First Sonata's unrelenting polytextural thickets and age-of-steel dissonances with maximum power and minimum struggle. Eleanor Thomason's superb engineering yields one of the finest sounding solo piano discs Naxos has produced.
--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com