Ariana Abedini plays Lyadov’s Prelude Op. 57 No. 1 in D-flat major. The Musical Times praised Nadia Reisenberg’s “sympathetic treatment” of this very prelude and its companion, calling them pieces that “make good hearing.” Abedini begins in a hushed register, then lets the line gather toward a warm crest near the close (1:28), the D-flat harmony glowing rather than forced. Soft opening, singing middle, and a controlled final bloom: a brief prelude given the care of a song, not a sketch.