CMLXVII. SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri: Prelude and Fugue #15 in D-Flat Major, Op. 87

CMLXVII. SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri (1906-1975)

Prelude and Fugue #15 in D-Flat Major, Op. 87 (1950-51)
1. Prelude (2:53)
2. Fugue (1:42)
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

Prelude

A lovely waltz, sardonic and ever-so-grotesque:

with an ending that plays with a raised suspended tonic before resolving.

Fugue

This is some far-out stuff.

The 2nd and 4th entrance on the dominant, with unequal durations (6/12).