🇷🇺Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich ： 24 Preludes No.19 in Es-Dur Op.34-19

This prelude weaves a singing melody and concise harmonic movement into a gentle, measured flow. Its structure shifts in expression through a succession of short phrases, with the main points of interest lying less in dramatic contrast than in the melody’s breathing quality and the changing harmony. In performance, it is important to keep the right-hand melody smooth without allowing the left hand to become too heavy. Paying attention to the natural breathing of each phrase and shaping the dynamic changes carefully will bring out the work’s inward lyricism. The pedal should be changed at harmonic transitions so that the sound does not become blurred.