🇮🇹Ferruccio Busoni ： Prelude and Fugue in c-moll Op.21

This work pairs a prelude with a fugue, bringing contrapuntal writing into dialogue with the piano’s rich sonority. In the prelude, it is important to follow the harmonic changes and expanding register carefully while shaping a calm progression with an awareness of the larger structure. In the fugue that follows, clearly reveal the subject as it passes between the voices, preserving both their independence and their continuity. Even in weightier passages, avoid forcing the sound; listen for the inner voices and use the pedal sparingly so that the interweaving lines and sense of construction remain clear. By remaining aware of the change in character from prelude to fugue, the performer can express the accumulation and release of tension in broad, sustained breaths.