🇷🇺Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich ： 24 Preludes and Fugues No.9 in E-Dur Op.87-9

This piece offers a vivid contrast between the character of its prelude and fugue. The prelude leaves an impression with its lively motion and clear rhythmic profile, while its succession of small-scale passages drives the music forward. In the fugue that follows, the subject appears in each voice and develops through a tightly woven texture in which several melodic lines intersect. In performance, it is important to preserve the prelude’s momentum while keeping its figures crisp; in the fugue, careful attention to voicing, balance, and articulation helps clarify the entries of each voice and the subject.