RODION SHCHEDRIN (b.1932): Polyphonic Notebook, Op. 50, 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 29 & 45.

Description: Bach was not only Shchedrin's brightest star, in the 1960s and 70s, he also provided a way out of having to write Socialist Realism. The Preludes and Fugues took six years to write from 1964 and the Notebook dates from 1972. Shchedrin was a brilliant pianist and contrapuntalist, as these fascinating cycles will quickly tell you. 2 CDs. Recorded in Moscow 1973 (Notebook) and 1971. Rodion Shchedrin (piano).