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Igor Levit- On DSCH [3CD]

SKU: 194398092126
¥294.00
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the album cover for Igor Levit - On DSCH [3CD]

The new album “On DSCH” by Igor Levit is a 3CD discographic tour de force by “one of the essential artists of our time” (The New York Times). That the self-styled “maximalist” enjoys pushing himself to his limits – intellectually and physically – is well known, but the present project – two key cycles of musical modernism - puts all others in the shade.

 

Completed in 1951, Dmitri Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues – a summary of all the major and minor tonalities – lasts some two and a half hours in total, while Ronald Stevenson’s Passacaglia on DSCH, which he completed in 1963, is an unbroken set of variations lasting nearly an hour and a half. The letters DSCH spell out Shostakovich’s musical monogram using their German note names: D–Es–C–H = D–E♭–C–B. Levit himself describes the 24 Preludes and Fugues as “a kind of musical diary”: “There is something utterly unique”, he says, “about this combination of warmth, immediacy and pure loneliness. For me, it is a ritual of self-exploration and self-discovery that deals with the most intimate questions.”

 

Ronald Stevenson (1928–2015), a Scottish composer with a Utopian outlook on life, set out to circumnavigate the world from the starting point of his piano. The DSCH motif provided him with the basis for a spectacular survey of all manner of pianistic and stylistic possibilities over a span of more than three hundred variations. “The Passacaglia”, Levit believes, “is a veritable compendium of life, a kind of music that tells us of our responsibility towards the world as a whole.”

 

The album’s artwork is specially created by the internationally renowned graphic artist and book designer Christoph Niemann, who regularly illustrates for “The New Yorker” and “The New York Times”. His illustration for “On DSCH” offers a playfully abstract counterpart to this musical experience.

 

The 3-disc set is presented in deluxe paper packaging and includes a limited edition printed insert of the “cryptogram” that Shostakovich used as his musical signature.

Tracklist:

  1. Hostakovich Preludes ; Fugues for Piano (24), Op. 87
  2. Igor Levit (Piano)
  3. Prelude No. 1 in C Major
  4. Fugue No. 1 in C Major
  5. Prelude No. 2 in a Minor
  6. Fugue No. 2 in a Minor
  7. Prelude No. 3 in G Major
  8. Fugue No. 3 in G Major
  9. Prelude No. 4 in E minor
  10. Fugue No. 4 in E minor
  11. Prelude No. 5 in D Major
  12. Fugue No. 5 in D Major
  13. Prelude No. 6 in B minor
  14. Fugue No. 6 in B minor
  15. Prelude No. 7 in a Major
  16. Fugue No. 7 in a Major
  17. Prelude No. 8 in F-Sharp minor
  18. Fugue No. 8 in F-Sharp minor
  19. Prelude No. 9 in E Major
  20. Fugue No. 9 in E Major
  21. Prelude No. 10 in C-Sharp minor
  22. Fugue No. 10 in C-Sharp minor
  23. Prelude No. 11 in B Major
  24. Fugue No. 11 in B Major
  25. Prelude No. 12 in G-Sharp minor
  26. Fugue No. 12 in G-Sharp minor
  27. Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
  28. Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
  29. Prelude No. 14 in E-Flat minor
  30. Fugue No. 14 in E-Flat minor
  31. Prelude No. 15 in D-Flat Major
  32. Fugue No. 15 in D-Flat Major
  33. Prelude No. 16 in B-Flat minor
  34. Fugue No. 16 in B-Flat minor
  35. Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major
  36. Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major
  37. Prelude No. 18 in F minor
  38. Fugue No. 18 in F minor
  39. Prelude No. 19 in E-Flat Major
  40. Fugue No. 19 in E-Flat Major
  41. Prelude No. 20 in C minor
  42. Fugue No. 20 in C minor
  43. Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major
  44. Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major
  45. Prelude No. 22 in G minor
  46. Fugue No. 22 in G minor
  47. Prelude No. 23 in F Major
  48. Fugue No. 23 in F Major
  49. Prelude No. 24 in D minor
  50. Fugue No. 24 in D minor
  51. Pars Prima Sonata Allegro
  52. Pars Prima Waltz in Rondo-Form
  53. Pars Prima Episode
  54. Pars Prima Suite. Prelude - Sarabande - Jig - Sarabande. Minuet - Jig - Gavotte - Polonaise
  55. Pars Prima Pibroch (Lament for the Children)
  56. Pars Prima Episode. Arabesque Variations
  57. Pars Prima Nocturne
  58. Pars Altera Reverie-Fantasy
  59. Pars Altera Fanfare - Forebodings. Alarm - Glimpse of a War-Vision
  60. Pars Altera Variations on "Peace, Bread ; the Land" (1917)
  61. Pars Altera Symphonic March
  62. Pars Altera Episode
  63. Pars Altera Fandango
  64. Pars Altera Pedal-Point. "To Emergent Africa"
  65. Pars Altera Central Episode. Études
  66. Pars Altera Variations in C minor
  67. Pars Tertia Adagio. Tribute to Bach
  68. Pars Tertia Triple Fugue Over Ground Bass Subject I. Andamento
  69. Pars Tertia Triple Fugue Over Ground Bass Subject II. B a C H
  70. Pars Tertia Triple Fugue Over Ground Bass Subject III. Dies Irae (In Memoriam the Six Million)
  71. Pars Tertia Final Variations on a Theme Derived from Ground. Adagissimo Barocco
Format: New CD/Classical

Igor Levit- On DSCH [3CD]

SKU: 194398092126
¥294.00

Release Date: 09.10.2021

 
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The new album “On DSCH” by Igor Levit is a 3CD discographic tour de force by “one of the essential artists of our time” (The New York Times). That the self-styled “maximalist” enjoys pushing himself to his limits – intellectually and physically – is well known, but the present project – two key cycles of musical modernism - puts all others in the shade.

 

Completed in 1951, Dmitri Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues – a summary of all the major and minor tonalities – lasts some two and a half hours in total, while Ronald Stevenson’s Passacaglia on DSCH, which he completed in 1963, is an unbroken set of variations lasting nearly an hour and a half. The letters DSCH spell out Shostakovich’s musical monogram using their German note names: D–Es–C–H = D–E♭–C–B. Levit himself describes the 24 Preludes and Fugues as “a kind of musical diary”: “There is something utterly unique”, he says, “about this combination of warmth, immediacy and pure loneliness. For me, it is a ritual of self-exploration and self-discovery that deals with the most intimate questions.”

 

Ronald Stevenson (1928–2015), a Scottish composer with a Utopian outlook on life, set out to circumnavigate the world from the starting point of his piano. The DSCH motif provided him with the basis for a spectacular survey of all manner of pianistic and stylistic possibilities over a span of more than three hundred variations. “The Passacaglia”, Levit believes, “is a veritable compendium of life, a kind of music that tells us of our responsibility towards the world as a whole.”

 

The album’s artwork is specially created by the internationally renowned graphic artist and book designer Christoph Niemann, who regularly illustrates for “The New Yorker” and “The New York Times”. His illustration for “On DSCH” offers a playfully abstract counterpart to this musical experience.

 

The 3-disc set is presented in deluxe paper packaging and includes a limited edition printed insert of the “cryptogram” that Shostakovich used as his musical signature.

Tracklist:

  1. Hostakovich Preludes ; Fugues for Piano (24), Op. 87
  2. Igor Levit (Piano)
  3. Prelude No. 1 in C Major
  4. Fugue No. 1 in C Major
  5. Prelude No. 2 in a Minor
  6. Fugue No. 2 in a Minor
  7. Prelude No. 3 in G Major
  8. Fugue No. 3 in G Major
  9. Prelude No. 4 in E minor
  10. Fugue No. 4 in E minor
  11. Prelude No. 5 in D Major
  12. Fugue No. 5 in D Major
  13. Prelude No. 6 in B minor
  14. Fugue No. 6 in B minor
  15. Prelude No. 7 in a Major
  16. Fugue No. 7 in a Major
  17. Prelude No. 8 in F-Sharp minor
  18. Fugue No. 8 in F-Sharp minor
  19. Prelude No. 9 in E Major
  20. Fugue No. 9 in E Major
  21. Prelude No. 10 in C-Sharp minor
  22. Fugue No. 10 in C-Sharp minor
  23. Prelude No. 11 in B Major
  24. Fugue No. 11 in B Major
  25. Prelude No. 12 in G-Sharp minor
  26. Fugue No. 12 in G-Sharp minor
  27. Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
  28. Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
  29. Prelude No. 14 in E-Flat minor
  30. Fugue No. 14 in E-Flat minor
  31. Prelude No. 15 in D-Flat Major
  32. Fugue No. 15 in D-Flat Major
  33. Prelude No. 16 in B-Flat minor
  34. Fugue No. 16 in B-Flat minor
  35. Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major
  36. Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major
  37. Prelude No. 18 in F minor
  38. Fugue No. 18 in F minor
  39. Prelude No. 19 in E-Flat Major
  40. Fugue No. 19 in E-Flat Major
  41. Prelude No. 20 in C minor
  42. Fugue No. 20 in C minor
  43. Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major
  44. Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major
  45. Prelude No. 22 in G minor
  46. Fugue No. 22 in G minor
  47. Prelude No. 23 in F Major
  48. Fugue No. 23 in F Major
  49. Prelude No. 24 in D minor
  50. Fugue No. 24 in D minor
  51. Pars Prima Sonata Allegro
  52. Pars Prima Waltz in Rondo-Form
  53. Pars Prima Episode
  54. Pars Prima Suite. Prelude - Sarabande - Jig - Sarabande. Minuet - Jig - Gavotte - Polonaise
  55. Pars Prima Pibroch (Lament for the Children)
  56. Pars Prima Episode. Arabesque Variations
  57. Pars Prima Nocturne
  58. Pars Altera Reverie-Fantasy
  59. Pars Altera Fanfare - Forebodings. Alarm - Glimpse of a War-Vision
  60. Pars Altera Variations on "Peace, Bread ; the Land" (1917)
  61. Pars Altera Symphonic March
  62. Pars Altera Episode
  63. Pars Altera Fandango
  64. Pars Altera Pedal-Point. "To Emergent Africa"
  65. Pars Altera Central Episode. Études
  66. Pars Altera Variations in C minor
  67. Pars Tertia Adagio. Tribute to Bach
  68. Pars Tertia Triple Fugue Over Ground Bass Subject I. Andamento
  69. Pars Tertia Triple Fugue Over Ground Bass Subject II. B a C H
  70. Pars Tertia Triple Fugue Over Ground Bass Subject III. Dies Irae (In Memoriam the Six Million)
  71. Pars Tertia Final Variations on a Theme Derived from Ground. Adagissimo Barocco