🇺🇦Nikolai Kapustin ： Prelude No.24 in d-moll Op.53-24

The final prelude in the set, No. 24 brings together Kapustin’s characteristic jazz idiom and a strong sense of classical construction, creating a piece with considerable forward momentum. Its lively rhythms and crisp accents drive the music onward, while changes in harmony and register sustain the tension. Rather than sharply contrasting separate episodes, the piece gains its appeal from the response and repetition of short phrases, which propel the music forward as a whole. In performance, avoid letting the speed make the sound harsh; carefully balance the inner voices and accompaniment, and clarify the bounce of the syncopations and the space within the rests. Keep the quick figures even while preserving the direction of each phrase.