🇺🇦Nikolai Kapustin ： Concerto Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra Op.25

Kapustin’s Concerto Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra Op.25 combines the rhythms and harmonic language of jazz with the concertante writing of classical music. The piano part demands brilliant virtuosity and strong forward momentum, while the exchanges with the orchestra provide one of the work’s central attractions. Within the rhapsodic freedom of its flow, contrasting episodes succeed one another, drawing the ear with a buoyant swing feel and passages of mounting tension. In performance, it is essential to maintain precise control of the intricate rhythms while bringing out clarity of articulation and vitality, and to balance the soloist and accompaniment carefully.