🇺🇦Nikolai Kapustin ： Two Etude-like Trinkets No.2 Op.122-2

No. 2 from Kapustin’s Two Etude-like Trinkets is a miniature that combines the technical demands of an étude with jazz-inflected rhythmic energy and vivid harmonic colors. Fine movement and bouncing rhythms propel the music forward, while a high degree of physical agility emerges beneath its light-hearted gestures. One of its attractions lies in preserving the overall flow while bringing out the changes of character from one passage to the next. In performance, it is important not only to coordinate the rapid passages accurately, but also to clarify the accents and syncopations and avoid an overly hard touch. Awareness of the driving force beneath the brilliance allows its witty sonorities to stand out more clearly.