The Intermezzo, Op 116 No 4, was originally titled 'Nocturne' and Murdoch calls it 'one of the most peaceful creations in the whole literature of the pianoforte'. Not so Leonskaja, whose fractionally fractured line dispels any sense of nocturnal ease. She doesn't disturb continuity but sharpens contrasts to suggest more than a single expression of feeling. There is a similar heightening in her interpretation of Op 117 No 3, where an 'interior' central section is flanked by outer portions that speak of foreboding, while the grim jocularity of Op 119 No 3 leaves little space for a grazioso element.