🇩🇪Robert Schumann ： Four Fugues No.3 in f-moll Op.72

The third of Schumann’s Four Fugues is marked by a closely woven contrapuntal texture, with the subject passed from one voice to another as the music unfolds. Focusing on the outline of the subject introduced at the beginning, as well as the overlapping imitative entries and exchanges between the voices, makes the musical flow easier to follow. The changes in density and tension throughout the piece are also worth noting. In performance, it is important to preserve the independence of each voice while bringing out the subject clearly whenever it appears. Restrained use of the pedal, a lucid touch that keeps the inner voices from being obscured, and phrasing that takes in the work as a whole help reveal the structure within its weighty sonority.