“Today's Video of the Day is a performance of Kasputin's 'Paraphrase on Dizzy Gillespie's Manteca' by Ophelia Gordon. Her debut album, Kapustin, Between the Lines, will be released on Divine Art on November 14, 2025. Jazz is a major part of Gordon's background, and she knew she wanted to play the music of Nikolai Kapustin as soon as she heard it on Radio 3. In preparation for this album, Gordon tracked down long out-of-print vinyl recordings of Kapustin’s own performances in a personal search for the composer’s true voice. This video shows her playing both piano parts of 'Paraphrase on Dizzy Gillespie's Manteca', which has never been done with a Kasputin piece.”

Friday 3rd October 2025