🇷🇺Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich ： 24 Preludes and Fugues No.16 in b-moll Op.87-16

No. 16 is best appreciated as a pairing of prelude and fugue. In the prelude, listening to the shifting harmony and the exchanges between voices reveals a sense of tension arising from limited material. In the fugue that follows, the subject passes from one voice to another, and the interweaving of five voices increases the music’s density. It is important to be aware of the change in character from prelude to fugue and to distinguish the individual voices clearly. While bringing out the subject’s progress, avoid suppressing the other voices too rigidly; using the pedal sparingly helps clarify the overlapping lines while preserving both the structure and the expressive character.