Prelude No 23 from 24 Preludes and Fugues Op 87

The 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 by Dmitri Shostakovich are a set of 24 musical pieces for solo piano, one in each of the major and minor keys of the chromatic scale. The cycle was composed in 1950 and 1951 while Shostakovich was in Moscow, and premiered by pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva in Leningrad in December 1952; it was published the same year. A complete performance takes approximately 2 hours and 32 minutes. It is one of several examples of music written in all major and/or minor keys.

Notes; I have only played the Prelude. Roger Woodward describes the "poignant intervallic juxtapositions of alto and tenor voices" throughout the prelude. There is wide variety in the tempo of the prelude from various pianists. Olli Mustonen is perhaps a bit too fast at 1;50 and
Shostakovich himself seems a bit slow at 3;28. Richter has a very nice performance and takes 2;35. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNBFT8hrGYI

We are lucky to have a recording of them all played by Tatiana Nikolayeva here with the score; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QryLtzSb2_M&list=PL43D7C963FC7E7801

Of interest Olli Mustonen recorded the Shostakovich preludes and fugues in conjunction with those by Bach in sequences that contrast these works. His first recording was issued by RCA Victor Red Seal in 1996 and the second by Ondine Records in 2002.

Long analysis of the complete cycle here; https://symposium.music.org/46/item/2229-shostakovichs-preludes-and-fugues-fashioning-identities-representing-relationships.html