🇺🇦Nikolai Kapustin ： Piano Sonata No.8 Op.77

Kapustin’s Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 77 combines the classical sonata tradition with the language of jazz, creating a work of vivid forward momentum. Syncopations, finely placed accents, and buoyant rhythms propel the music, while hard-edged chords contrast with flowing passagework. A key point of interest is the way the large-scale progression is maintained, with changes of character and musical climaxes clearly brought into focus. In performance, accuracy in the rapid passages is only part of the challenge: attention to rhythmic elasticity, balance between voices, and the crispness of the chords allows the work’s vitality to come fully to life.