🇺🇦Nikolai Kapustin ： Prelude and Fugue No.10 Op.82-10

No. 10 from Kapustin’s 24 Preludes and Fugues is grounded in the traditional form of a prelude followed by a fugue, while combining jazz-like rhythmic and harmonic sensibility with vivid piano writing. As the music moves from the prelude to the fugue, subjects and motives are passed between voices, and their overlapping motion gradually increases the musical density. In performance, it is important to maintain precise control of the intricate rhythms while preserving a supple quality that does not become mechanical. In the fugue, the subject should be clearly projected, the inner voices kept audible, and the pedal used sparingly to clarify the texture, allowing both the structure and forward momentum to emerge.