Susan Juhl <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>The nomination of the performance by Vladimir Ashkenazy of the24 Preludes
>and Fugues of Shostakovich intrigued me, so I bought them. ...
>
>My question: what do you think of Ashkenazy's performance in respect to
>that of Tatiana Nikolayeva? And then, which performance of hers? the '87
>on Melodiya or the Hyperion CDs?

Ashkenazy possesses a solider mechanism.  Both he and Nikolayeva have
interesting interpretive ideas.  I have heard only the MK/Olympia issue
of Nikolayeva (by the way, she died in '84 I think).  The performances
are different enough to merit having both sets.

Bob