🇺🇦Nikolai Kapustin ： Ten Inventions Allegro No.1 Op.73-1

The first piece in Kapustin’s Ten Inventions combines the contrapuntal writing of an invention with a lively, jazz-inflected rhythmic character and vivid forward momentum. As several voices intertwine and drive the music onward, it is essential to make the movement of each line clearly audible. The brisk tempo should be maintained while accents and syncopations are shaped naturally rather than played mechanically, allowing the piece’s character to emerge. Careful balance between the hands, crisp articulation, and smoothly connected phrasing should all be brought together in performance.