Tatiana Nikolayeva - Shostakovich Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues for piano, Op. 87 Tatiana Nikolayeva, piano DVD release date: June 24, 2008 Run time: 150 minutes Medici Arts Euro Arts | 3085248 | DVD Monday 21 December 1992 Introduction to BBC2’s complete cycle of the 24 Preludes and Fugues (Op. 87), Tatiana Nikolayeva talks about her friendship with the composer and how she came to champion these works. She begins the cycle with Numbers 1 to 5. Tuesday 22 December 1992 Tatiana Nikolayeva plays the bleak B minor fugue of No 6 and leads straight into the carafee A major prelude of No 7. Wednesday 23 December 1992 Today Tatiana Nikolayeva plays Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues Nos 10 to 13. Thursday 24 December 1992 Preludes and Fugues 14 - 17 Tatiana Nikolayeva continues the epic cycle of Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues. Thuesday 29 December 1992 Preludes and Fugues 19 to 21. Wednesday 30 December 1992 Preludes and Fugues 22 to 24 Tatiana Nikolayeva completes Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues. They are crowned by a triumphant final fugue. Tatiana Nikolayeva - Legendary Treasures Vol.1 Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 in Bb minor, Op.23 Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur (conducter), Leipzig 1990 (video 1DVD). This release also includes Shostakovich's 24 Preludes & Fugues for piano, Op. 87 on 2CDs. The recording is dated from 1962. So this the 1st recording of the Preludes & Fugues Op.87 of Tatiana Nikolayeva (audio 2CDs). Doremi DHR-7991-3. 1DVD + 2CD. Released in 2010.