🇺🇦Nikolai Kapustin ： Prelude and Fugue No.12 Op.82-12

No. 12 from Kapustin’s 24 Preludes and Fugues combines a prelude and a fugue, drawing on classical counterpoint while making effective use of a jazz-inflected sense of rhythm and harmony. In the prelude, listen for the driving momentum of its flowing phrases; in the fugue, follow the exchange of the subject and the interplay of the individual voices. In performance, avoid relying on lightness alone: keep the placement of the beats clear while shaping the accents and syncopations naturally. Balancing the volume of each voice helps unite transparency of sound with rhythmic vitality and brings the work’s appeal into focus.