🇷🇺Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich ： 24 Preludes and Fugues No.23 in F-Dur Op.87-23

The contrasting characters of the prelude and fugue are vividly presented within a concise structure. The prelude is appealing for its calm lyricism, carefully revealing the movement of the harmony and the passing of lines between voices. In the fugue that follows, the subject appears in each voice, overlapping as it drives the music forward. It is important to hear the polyphonic writing as a single unfolding line while bringing each entrance of the subject appropriately to the fore. In the prelude, clear pedaling, natural phrasing, and the movement of the inner voices should be maintained; in the fugue, carefully balancing the voices and organizing their articulation brings out the transparent dialogue and the work’s overall momentum.