Peter Downard wrote:

>I can only give an opinion on Jarrett's performance of Shostakovich's
>Preludes and Fugues on ECM.  (Which I hope is not entirely unwelcome.)
>
>Put shortly, these are very worthwhile recordings.  At one level I prefer
>the composer's own recordings for the way they capture the songs and spirit
>of the pieces.  Jarrett has his own vision of this music, however, and an
>exemplary technique with which to convey it.

I prefer the first of Nikolayeva's three recordings of op.87 which was made
*under the supervision of the composer*.  She does much better than S.
himself and he obviously agreed with this...

Philip Peters