Shostakovich - Preludes and Fugues, Op.87, Book II - Tatiana Nikolayeva

[@stephenloxton43]

This performance was made for the BBC in the days when the organisation was fit for purpose. Originally, I think they broadcast one prelude and fugue each night, for 24 days over Christmas and the New Year.

[@ChollieD]

I'm 53 and this is my first time listening to these tunes. My god it's great music. "Where has it been" etc. What a composer! And what a great pianist.

[@gemsfromhistorysdustpan2.070]

Shostakovich is one of time life's Great Men of music

[@НадеждаБогданова-р7э]

Благодарю Татьяну Петровну! Спасибо Вам большое автор канала! Всего доброго!

[@garyscheele5118]

And I was there in San Francisco in Nov of 1993 when she completed the 16th prelude and fugue, and then she had to take a break, but that was her last performance ... turns out she had a brain hemorrhage and then about a week later she died. Doing what she loved. RIP

[@bryancatanzaro441]

@David Floren Mind blowing.

[@ep4314]

A friend of mine from Japan wanted to know what her last performance was and you gave me the answer. Thank you.

[@nicolasmaillouxorgue]

The n° 13 fugue is utterly beautiful...

[@jorgeurzuaurzua4011]

This extraordinary recording has two main themes. The superb playing of Tatiana Nikolayevna and the splendid composition of Dmitri Shostakovich. Tatiana's playing needs no further analysis: she is a world class piano player and Shostakovich selected her to premiere and first record his 24 preludes and fugues. In the other hand, the preludes and fugues are marvelous music, molded in the wohltemperierte Klavier, and this recording and Tatiana's playing are quite up to the challenge. All in all, a superb recording, historic video, and a monumental tribute to good old JSB. Thanks Vladivostok 1969 for posting this jewel.

[@adriancameron8665]

Agreed. These are wonderful compositions and beautifully played. Extraordinary too that she can play all 48 pieces from memory.

[@julianmanjarres1998]

Idk how to feel about Shostakovich using parallel fifths in his fugues though. Huge over sight, or maybe deliberate.. either way, kinda weird. Then again it's Shostakovich

[@jorgeurzuaurzua4011]

​@@julianmanjarres1998 Thanks for your comment. I am not technically qualified to answer your question. My subjective feeling is that neither Nikolaeva nor Shostakovich are capable of huge oversights. On the contrary, they seem to me to be highly disciplined.

[@aguador67]

@@julianmanjarres1998 My guess is that it was deliberate. It forms part of Shostakovich's "language" :S

[@babsboonzaaier4621]

​@@jorgeurzuaurzua4011 8m

[@thomasb9225]

One year before she died - all played without notes - more power and depth then the most younger players - I am absolutely flashed by her play

[@aldorossi3177]

she plays piano simply ... marvelous

[@alohadan3511]

Really amazing. She brought me to shastakovich

[@fmrtao56]

Tatiana Nikolayeva truly demonstrates how Shostakovich was first and foremost a pianist. It is no wonder that she won the first prize at the first Bach Leipzig competition in 1950 and that she she inspired DSCH to write his own preludes and fugues, inspired by Bach and, I am sure Tatiana Nikolayeva‘s astonishing playing of Bach on a modern piano.

[@lucianobonomi5291]

Grande l'autore, grande l'interprete, magnifica la presentazione.

[@sneddypie]

the 15th fugue is crazy. i love it so much

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

An invaluable contribution to music.

[@розамимоза-у9ш]

Слушала, не могла оторваться. Спасибо.

[@pablobarrazaleemhuis221]

thank you vladivostok, the second book is totally new for me, and the film maker made a incredible job, he made posible to enjoy the music as much as the film (tatiana)

[@ВалентинаБулановская]

Была на концертах Татьяны Николаевой . Это надо слушать в зале и видеть ее игру. Великая была пианистка. Земля пухом!

[@MultiSORDO]

Magnifica pianista y magnifico compositor soviéticos.

[@adrianoseresi3525]

She has such a remarkable touch. That’s the thing that astonishes me about great pianists in their dotage: they might lose some technique to old age but they retain that wonderful, wonderful touch that takes decades to acquire!

[@aguador67]

Maybe, along the years, the technique becomes less important than the message or spirit of the work. However, Tatiana Nikolayeva not only seems to have lost absolutely none of her technique, but has improved it over the years, to the degree of mastery we hear in this recording.

[@kathrynmcmorrow7170]

Thank you. I feel it under my skin.

[@deanedge5988]

It is an act of artistic history thought that her fantastically beautiful brain effectively switched off whilst she was actually playing the op 87 live in America. They always make me cry: joy, sadness awe everything it is to be human and to think and feel.

[@morganmartinez8420]

N. 15 is absolutely amazing!

[@timward276]

bonkers, isn't it? I love the way the serene #16 follows the manic #15. After all the tumult of the fugue in 15, you get to relax and listen to Fugue 16 drift across the night sky for ten minutes.

[@VassilikiKravari]

It is incredible, yes! The prelude reminds me of a well-known Christmas carol, I can't help it. Am I crazy?

[@morganmartinez8420]

@@VassilikiKravari nope, it's quite similar to the incipit of "we wish you a Merry Christmas", if I'm not mistaking it's not a random coincidence, Shostakovich actually wrote this prelude during the Christmas period in which he heard that song over and over again

[@VassilikiKravari]

@@morganmartinez8420 Thank you! I did not know it, very interesting!

[@steveegallo3384]

Dazzling! BRAVA from Acapulco!

[@skywb]

an absolute master

[@leandrodelvalle9165]

I dont know why but this type of music from Shostakovich is like it doesnt get too close to me, I dont get it, maybe years later I will discover the magnificence behind this work, thanks for the music

[@richardjx5442]

This entire presentation is captivating and enchanting‼️The music AND the visuals add up to a wonderful mixed media marvel‼️👍🎹

[@Poetry_SP]

Спасибо

[@persidedesaintpierre7367]

Merci beaucoup Vladivostok pour cette vidéo de qualité.

[@crispusattucks4007]

She is awesome 😎

[@BrucknerMotet]

The #16 fugue transports me. But I'm a fan of nearly all 24 of these P&Fs.

[@timward276]

That's my favorite one. And it's nicely placed in the set: after the chaos of #15, the wildest, most atonal piece in the whole set of 24, you get to hear #16 float through the night sky for ten minutes.

[@BrucknerMotet]

@@timward276 the #16 fugue is quite meditative in its character. Its length, tempo, basic melodic/harmonic structure, and dynamic markings all combine to make it so.

[@eusebiutihan5048]

Splendid 🙏

[@cismoll_]

31:57 "Бдительность! Бдительность! Всегда везде..." из "Антиформалистического райка"

[@modernmozart813]

Invincible brain that’s exactly what am I looking for 💐💐

[@tencuidado4640]

Secillamente hermoso, extraodinariamente íntimo, aquí se encuentra a Dmitri Dmitrievich antes que a Shostakovich. Gracias por compartir esto.

[@laspiano765]

Musica transmite muita tranquilidade nas maos de Tatiana Nikolayeva, eleva quem ve e ouve a musica muito bem interpretada de Shostakovich, gostei do que vi e senti quanto a musica para piano, muito diferente de partituras convenciionais, grato por postar, 09-12-2018-D-13:50hs.-Laspiano.-

[@jonyorg1294]

these are so nice.

[@modernmozart813]

How could she possibly memorize all the book 1 and😱2 !!!!!!Savage

[@wirag4680]

Well, Shostakovich literally dedicated this whole 24 Preludes and Fugues to her!

[@modernmozart813]

Wirayuda Gunawan How do they know each other?

[@luizg8034]

@@modernmozart813 every russian knows each other

[@patrickleterme5217]

@@luizg8034 hahahaha you got me on that one

[@johnapple6646]

Shostakovich and Nikolayeva met at a piano competition where she played the whole Bach 24 preludes and fugues. Shostakovich got real inspired and met with her, after which he wrote his own preludes and fugues dedicating it to her. It was quite a risk at the time to publish this work because of Stalin, Shostakovich had been under his artistic oppression all the time but for this piece, he just didn't give a shit and published it for the world to see. Nikolayeva recorded it a bunch of times entirely. Ted talk over

[@lamodernista]

No.21...WOW

[@taomont]

A message from eternity...

[@BrucknerMotet]

The #13 fugue seems the most Bachesque to me.

[@timward276]

Hard to believe the fugue in 19 is actually in a major key. It's so atonal.

[@culturehorse]

In this F# M, almost sounds like Bill Evans ballade.

[@BrucknerMotet]

the #13 F # M fugue is one of my top 3 in Opus 87

[@nymbusDeveloper86]

You are right. It does sound Bill-Evansy.

[@ld_blue4348]

Tatyana Nikolaeva plays one of the most piercing and subtle interpretations of the prelude in B-flat minor (sorry, perhaps even better than Shostakovich in audio recordings)

[@muninta5493]

💫

[@piengiess]

Please explain the setting chosen by TN - the Lamp and particularly translate the words on the tape-surround seen at 8 minutes in # 14. Surely integral with the deeply considered performance ? Thank you.

[@dima.jiharev]

Translates to "Caution low ceiling", I think it was just a nice montage, nothing more

[@beeble2003]

@@dima.jiharev 🤣

[@17zm]

37:20 прелюдия и фуга f moll

[@thedemocraticfilipino6417]

33:08

[@vittoriomarano8230]

..yes indeed, the a flat fugue is made of gold...endless beauty. I can' t stop thinking about it.

[@thedemocraticfilipino6417]

@@vittoriomarano8230 definately a favorite of mine

[@stanleygrove3705]

@@vittoriomarano8230 Nothing in Shostakovich has a deeper hold on me than this so happy, so melancholy fugue

[@Lwmyoun]

56:40

18:11

[@cappycapuzi1716]

I adore this music which I prefer to J.S. Bach's. This is a super, super special post. She died in fact while playing this music.

[@beeble2003]

Not quite. She had a brain haemorrhage during a concert performance of the piece. She left the stage, unable to continue, but lived for another nine days.

[@RobertShayovitz]

1:18:50

[@nantetoev1188]

23:16

[@hyeonyoungnam405]

15,22

[@ЕленаДанильян]

ВООБЩЕ - ТО РЕДКО ПИАНИСТЫ ИСПОЛНЯЮТ ПРОИЗВЕДЕНИЯ ШОСТАКОВИЧА, ПРЕДПОЧИТАЮТ БОЛЬШЕ КЛАССИКУ , РОМАНТИКОВ, ИМПРЕССИОНИСТОВ !!!

[@aaronjacobs9913]

What piano is she playing??

[@pianistegolfeur]

Ne pas oublier que si elle fut compositrice, elle fut aussi la professeur de Nikolai Lugansky en particulier....

[@Adrianomarino]

Tatiana rimane un punto di riferimento obbligatorio è meraviglioso scoltarla

[@militaryandemergencyservic3286]

He only did one book of preludes and fugues. Why call it 'book 2' as if there is another book (like Bach did) of 24 preludes and fugues? His other set is ONLY preludes (op 34)

[@beeble2003]

Book 1 was numbers 1-12.

[@militaryandemergencyservic3286]

why call them book 1 and 2 ? To try to be like Bach? But Bach had 48 in total - not 24!

[@iijang1150]

1:15:02

[@sandraheaton1084]

my fav. prelude and fugue

[@jackroark6928]

save the best for last :-)