• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Twenty-four Preludes, arr. for violin and piano, Op. 34

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Dmitri Tsyganov and Lera Auerbach

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Programme Note

19 of the 24 piano preludes of Op. 34 were transcribed for violin and piano by Dmitri Zyganov, longtime first violinist of the Beethoven String Quartet and a friend of the composer, in the 1930s. Shostakovich stated, “When I hear the transcriptions, I forget meanwhile that I actually composed the Preludes for piano. They sound so violinistic.” Lera Auerbach completed the violin/piano arrangement of the remaining five preludes in 2000.

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