D Shostakovich - Prelude Op 34, No 22

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Ingrid (Hong Ying) Ho violin
Sarah Zhong. piano
recorded in April 2025, at "Ms Ho's Studio" Fremont, CA

Fun Facts：

According to Wikipedia

"The 24 Preludes, Op. 34 is a a of short piano pieces written and premiered by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1933. They are arranged following the circle of fifths, with one prelude in each major and minor key.

Composition
Shostakovich began composing the preludes in December 1932, and completed the cycle in March 1933, and premiered it in Moscow himself in May of the same year.

Arrangements
In the 1930s, violinist Dmitri Tsyganov transcribed 19 of the preludes for violin and piano. Shostakovich stated, "When I hear the transcriptions, I forget meanwhile that I actually composed the Preludes for piano. They sound so violinistic." In 1935, Leopold Stokowski arranged no. 14 for orchestra. In 2000, composer and pianist Lera Auerbach made an arrangement of the remaining five preludes. Pianist Gintaras Januševičius and actor Steven Markusfeld adapted the Preludes to the texts by poet Daniil Charms for their 2022 narrative programme "Damn Black Ice & Giant Cucumbers"

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