Shostakovich lived and worked under the iron fist of Communism, but no-one could chain his imagination and in his Preludes and Fugues for solo piano it runs free as never before. Over two concerts, RWCMD artist-in-association Llŷr Williams plays all 24 of these extraordinary mini-masterpieces – music that’s alive (in Williams’s own words) with 'a remarkable scope of colours and moods and a profound depth of emotion'.| **Shostakovich** Preludes and Fugues Op 87, Nos. 1-13 |
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