🇺🇦Nikolai Kapustin ： Prelude and Fugue No.4 Op.82-4

No. 4 from Kapustin’s 24 Preludes and Fugues combines the framework of traditional counterpoint with a jazz-inflected sense of rhythm and harmonic color. In the Prelude, listen for the movement of the rhythms and the shifting tension; in the Fugue that follows, the music’s momentum emerges through the exchange of the subject and the interplay of the individual voices. Performers should keep the detailed rhythms precise, organize the sonority of the chords, and maintain a clear sense of each voice’s role. Contrasting the Prelude’s freer gestures with the Fugue’s intricate construction, while shaping the two parts as one continuous flow, helps bring out the work’s appeal.