Passacaglia on D S C H (Stevenson)
from Stevenson: Passacaglia on DSCH (APR5650)
1 Sonata allegro [6'07]
2 Waltz in rondo-form [2'22]
3 Episode [1'12]
4 Suite: Prelude; Sarabande; Jig; Sarabande; Minuet; Jig; Gavotte; Polonaise [11'22]
5 Pibroch (Lament for the Children) [2'30]
6 Episode: arabesque variations [0'42]
7 Nocturne [1'53]
8 Reverie-Fantasy [3'37]
9 Fanfare: Forebodings; Alarm: Glimpse of a War-Vision [1'55]
10 Variations on Peace, Bread and the Land [1'44]
11 Symphonic March [1'59]
12 Episode [0'49]
13 Fandango [1'43]
14 Pedal-point: To emergent Africa [1'55]
15 Central Episode: etudes [2'55]
16 Variations in C minor [3'36]
17 Adagio: tribute to Bach [2'15]
18 Triple Fugue over ground-bass 1: Andamento [5'03]
19 Triple Fugue over ground-bass 2: B A C H [5'45]
20 Triple Fugue over ground-bass 3: Dies Irae [6'00]
21 Final variations on theme derived from ground (adagissimo barocco) [9'08]
74 minutes 32 seconds 21 tracks
'What sounds like a half-size (Petrof) grand piano (and one situated in a less than gorgeous acoustic at that) is no bar to Stevenson’s extraordinary pianism … a timely 80th birthday present for ...