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Stevenson: Passacaglia On DSCH Plus Variation Sets And Shorter Piano Works - James Wilshire (2 CDs)

Stevenson: Passacaglia On DSCH Plus Variation Sets And Shorter Piano Works - James Wilshire (2 CDs)

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Music of extraordinary range and power composed at the dawn of the Space Age, Ronald Stevenson’s Passacaglia on DSCH was long claimed as the biggest single stretch of music ever written for piano. It is a veritable world tour of styles as well as a single-minded exploration of its generating motif, and rising star James Willshire has the technique and vaulting ambition to match both the work’s grandeur and its immense wealth of detail. Willshire gave the 1955 Variations on a Theme of Pizzetti its belated concert premiere in 2012, while the later Fugue, Variations and Epilogue on a Theme by Arnold Bax crystallises Stevenson’s lifelong devotion to a Celtic aesthetic as well as his innovative approach to variation technique. A clutch of shorter works completes the picture, foregrounding aspects of Stevenson’s charm, wit and grace.


Passacaglia On DSCH (74:55)
Pt. 1
1-1 Sonata Allegro 7:06
1-2 Waltz In Rondo-Form 3:06
1-3 Episode 1, Presto 0:29
Suite
1-4 I-VII. 13:16
1-5 IX. Pibroch (Lament For Children) 2:42
1-6 X. Episode 2, Arabesque Variations 0:44
1-7 XI. Nocturne 2:14
Pt. 2
1-8 Reverie-Fantasy 4:28
1-9 Fanfare - Forebodings. Alarm - Glimpse Of A War Vision 2:16
1-10 Variations On Peace, Bread And The Land (1917) 2:19
1-11 Symphonic March 2:13
1-12 Episode 3, Volante Scherzoso 0:58
1-13 Fandango 2:05
1-14 Pedal-Point: "To Emergent Africa" 2:19
1-15 Central Episode: Études 4:00
1-16 Variations In C Minor 3:35
1-17 Adagio: Tribute To Bach 2:15
Pt. 3
Triple Fugue Over Ground Bass
1-18 Subject 1, Andamento 6:00
1-19 Subject 2, BACH 6:50
1-20 Subject 3, Dies Irae 6:18
Passacaglia On DSCH (Conclusion)
2-1 Final Variations On Theme Derived From Ground. Adagissimo Barocco 10:30

2-2 Promenade Pastorale 2:58
2-3 Waltzes 8:24
Fugue, Variations And Epilogue On A Theme By Arnold Bax (16:47)
2-4 I. Fugue Without Protocol (Tema Locriano) 4:58
2-5 I. Transition To Movement II 1:25
2-6 IIa. Intermezzo-Notturno. Omaggio A John Field 1:23
2-7 IIb. Alla Giga 0:44
2-8 IIc. Marcia Funebre (Lento Ma Con Moto) 1:20
2-9 IId. Allegro Quasi Feroce 1:00
2-10 III. Epilogue 5:54
2-11 Nocturne "Homage To John Field" 5:58
Variations On A Theme Of Pizzetti (13:37)
2-12 Tema. Movimento Di Sarabanda - Riflessione Del Tema - Transizione 1:17
2-13 Var. 1, Con Moto Amabile 0:22
2-14 Var. 2 0:19
2-15 Var. 3, Più Mosso (Circa Allegro) 0:20
2-16 Var. 4, Poco Meno Mosso 0:22
2-17 Var. 5 0:31
2-18 Var. 6, Sostenuto Solenne 1:13
2-19 Var. 7, Alla Marcia, Molto Moderato E Quasi Automa 1:00
2-20 Var. 8, Andante Cantabile 0:54
2-21 Var. 9, Un Po' Più Mosso (Moderato) 0:26
2-22 Var. 10, Allegretto Squisito 0:28
2-23 Var. 11, Alla Siciliana (Allegretto Grazioso) 0:30
2-24 Var. 12, Alla Barcarolla 1:02
2-25 Var. 13, Alla Tarantella 0:23
2-26 Var. 14, Allegro 1:48
2-27 Var. 15, Sostenuto 0:32
2-28 Var. 16 2:03
Sonatina No. 2 (7:25)
2-29 I. Adagietto 3:10
2-30 II. Allegro 4:15

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