Credits:

Stevenson, Ronald (1928-2015)

Description:

This new release is a major work that takes you on a "journey" through music, Ronald Stevenson: Analog Edition of "Passacaglia" by DSCH Igor Levitt's newest work is a three CD set. It is well known that the self-proclaimed "maximalist" enjoys pushing his limits, both intellectually and physically, and this project with two key works of musical modernism is a prime example: Dmitri Shostakovich's "24 Preludes and Fugue," written entirely in major and minor (12 x 2), is two and a half hours long. Passacaglia with DSCH," completed by Scottish composer Ronald Stevenson in 1963, is a magnificent variation of nearly an hour and a half in length, using a note pattern named after Shostakovich (D-Es-C-H = D-E♭-C-B ). According to Levitt, "24 Preludes and Fugues" is , and the "Passacaglia" is