🇺🇦Nikolai Kapustin ： Piano Sonata No.4 Op.60

Kapustin’s Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 60, combines the lively rhythms associated with jazz idioms and the sense of structural design characteristic of a classical sonata. Sharp accents, syncopation, and flowing passagework intersect throughout, making the changes of scene and shifts in tension especially compelling. Performers should keep the overall direction in view, maintain the complex rhythms accurately, and articulate dynamics and phrasing clearly. In the fast-moving passages, avoiding forceful playing and maintaining a light touch with relaxed momentum brings out the work’s intellectual brilliance and drive.