"Lera Auerbach’s involvement with Shostakovich's piano 'Preludes op. 34'
began at the turn of the present century, when she transcribed five of
them that the composer’s friend Dmitri Tsyganov (leader of the Beethoven
Quartet) had left out of his own arrangement for violin and piano. A
few years later she redid the lot for cello and piano, and in 2010 she
completed a viola arrangement for the present soloist. It should be
noted that these versions are not adjustments of each other: each is a
freshly thought out and highly idiomatic transcription.
"As opposed to Shostakovich’s violist friend Evgeny Strakhov, whose
arrangement of seven preludes is transposed to keys that allow for
maximum instrumental effect, Auerbach keeps to the original keys
throughout, with no loss of brilliance either. While Strakhov spotlit
the viola unashamedly, Auerbach integrates it into the texture in an
inconspicuous, perfectly natural way. Kashkashian’s playing is
characterised by a bel canto quality that suits Shostakovich’s
tongue-in-cheek trifles to a T. If once or twice (or thrice) an
exaggerated glissando seems to go way over the top, one can well imagine
the composer laughing approvingly!
"Following their Shostakovich collaboration, Auerbach wrote 'Arcanum', a
piece of a completely different hue, for Kashkashian. The four
movements’ Latin titles suggest a valedictory atmosphere that is
reinforced by funeral march rhythms, tolling sounds and an ending
similar to Shostakovich’s valedictory Viola Sonata in its
otherworldliness. Kashkashian and the composer achieve a definitive
reading that is captured in ECM’s eminently listenable house sound." (Carlos María Solare. From The Strad website. See here.)
Performers: Kim Kashkashian, Lera Auerbach
1. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 1 In C Major. Moderato
2. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 2 In A Minor. Allegretto
3. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 3 In G Major. Andante
4. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 4 In E Minor. Moderato
5. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 5 In D Major. Allegro Vivace
6. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 6 In B Minor. Allegretto
7. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 7 In A Major. Andante
8. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 8 In F-Sharp Minor. Allegretto
9. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 9 In E Major. Presto
10. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 10 In C-Sharp Minor. Moderato Non Troppo
11. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 11 In B Major. Allegretto
12. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 12 In G-Sharp Minor. Allegro Non Troppo
13. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 13 In F-Sharp Major. Moderato
14. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 14 In E-Flat Minor. Adagio
15. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 15 In D-Flat Major. Allegretto
16. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 16 In B-Flat Minor. Andantino
17. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 17 In A-Flat Major. Largo
18. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 18 In F Minor. Allegretto
19. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 19 In E-Flat Major. Andantino
20. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 20 In C Minor. Allegretto Furioso
21. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 21 In F-Flat Major. Allegretto Poco Moderato
22. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 22 In G Minor. Adagio
23. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 23 In F Major. Moderato
24. Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 24 In D Minor. Allegretto
25. Lera Auerbach - Arcanum: I. Advenio
26. Lera Auerbach - Arcanum: II. Cinis
27. Lera Auerbach - Arcanum: III. Postremo
28. Lera Auerbach - Arcanum: IV. Adempte
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