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Nikolai Kapustin’s Jazz Preludes, Op. 53 stand at the intersection of classical piano writing and jazz-inspired language. Although deeply influenced by jazz idioms, these works are fully notated and conceived within a rigorous classical framework, requiring precision, structural clarity and rhythmic control rather than improvisation.
🎼 Composer: Nikolai Kapustin (1937–2020)
🎼 Work: 24 Jazz Preludes Op. 53
🎶 Instrument: Piano solo (Bösendorfer – Pianoteq)
🎹 Piano performance by Gabriele Tomasello
➡️ https://open.spotify.com/intl-it/album/1cbtV3I84LtqYmsQgAqMlg?si=T4DKwqL5R_GMoqgQ89gjBg
The performance was recorded using a Bösendorfer concert grand piano model in Pianoteq, chosen for its clarity, warmth, and dynamic response, particularly suited to Kapustin’s jazz-inflected piano writing.
1. Jazz Prelude No. 1 in C Major, Op. 53 - Presto 0:02
2. Jazz Prelude No. 2 in A minor, Op. 53 - Allegro 2:10
3. Jazz Prelude No. 3 in G Major, Op. 53 - Larghetto 4:18
4. Jazz Prelude No. 4 in E minor, Op. 53 - Allegretto 6:07
5. Jazz Prelude No. 5 in D Major, Op. 53 - Largo 7:30
6. Jazz Prelude No. 6 in B minor, Op. 53 - Animato 9:24
7. Jazz Prelude No. 7 in A Major, Op. 53 - Moderato 11:19
8. Jazz Prelude No. 8 in F-sharp minor, Op. 53 - Allegretto 12:53
9. Jazz Prelude No. 9 in E Major, Op. 53 - Lento 14:36
10. Jazz Prelude No. 10 in C-sharp minor, Op. 53 - Allegro 17:36
11. Jazz Prelude No. 11 in B Major, Op. 53 - Andante 19:20
12. Jazz Prelude No. 12 in G-sharp minor, Op. 53 - Allegretto 21:23
13. Jazz Prelude No. 13 in G-flat Major, Op. 53 - Allegretto 23:36
14. Jazz Prelude No. 14 in E-flat minor, Op. 53 - Allegro 26:05
15. Jazz Prelude No. 15 in D-flat Major, Op. 53 - Moderato 27:23
16. Jazz Prelude No. 16 in B-flat minor Op. 53 - Andantino 29:32
17. Jazz Prelude No. 17 in A-flat Major, Op. 53 - Allegretto 31:08
18. Jazz Prelude No. 18 in F minor, Op. 53 - Animato 32:58
19. Jazz Prelude No. 19 in E-flat Major, Op. 53 - Vivace 35:07
20. Jazz Prelude No. 20 in C minor, Op. 53 - Lento a piacere 36:31
21. Jazz Prelude No. 21 in B-flat Major, Op. 53 - Comodo 38:26
22. Jazz Prelude No. 22 in G minor, Op. 53 - Animato 39:45
23. Jazz Prelude No. 23 in F Major, Op. 53 - Moderato 42:09
24. Jazz Prelude No. 24 in D minor, Op. 53 - Presto 44:11