On DSCH

Album by Igor Levit

On DSCH is an album by pianist Igor Levit, released in 2018. The programme centres on piano works built on the DSCH motif associated with Dmitri Shostakovich and moves between spare, reflective passages and denser, dissonant textures, placing the release within Levit's early discography and his engagement with 20th-century repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 1 in C major
    2:37
  2. 2.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 1 in C major
    2:33
  3. 3.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 2 in A minor
    0:54
  4. 4.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 2 in A minor
    1:26
  5. 5.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 3 in G major
    1:49
  6. 6.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 3 in G major
    1:52
  7. 7.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 4 in E minor
    2:58
  8. 8.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 4 in E minor
    4:45
  9. 9.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 5 in D major
    1:28
  10. 10.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 5 in D major
    1:48
  11. 11.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 6 in B minor
    1:55
  12. 12.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 6 in B minor
    4:58
  13. 13.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 7 in A major
    1:14
  14. 14.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 7 in A major
    2:12
  15. 15.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 8 in F-sharp minor
    1:12
  16. 16.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 8 in F-sharp minor
    7:12
  17. 17.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 9 in E major
    2:07
  18. 18.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 9 in E major
    1:36
  19. 19.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 10 in C-sharp minor
    2:10
  20. 20.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 10 in C-sharp minor
    5:27
  21. 21.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 11 in B major
    1:05
  22. 22.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 11 in B major
    2:00
  23. 23.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 12 in G-sharp minor
    4:32
  24. 24.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 12 in G-sharp minor
    3:45

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 13 in F-sharp major
    2:28
  2. 3.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 13 in F-sharp major
    4:46
  3. 4.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 14 in E-flat minor
    4:08
  4. 5.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 14 in E-flat minor
    2:44
  5. 6.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 15 in D-flat major
    2:34
  6. 7.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 15 in D-flat major
    1:33
  7. 8.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 16 in B-flat minor
    2:39
  8. 9.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 16 in B-flat minor
    7:29
  9. 10.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 17 in A-flat major
    1:39
  10. 11.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 17 in A-flat major
    3:40
  11. 12.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 18 in F minor
    2:10
  12. 13.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 18 in F minor
    3:03
  13. 14.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 19 in E-flat major
    2:16
  14. 15.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 19 in E-flat major
    2:26
  15. 16.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 20 in C minor
    4:04
  16. 17.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 20 in C minor
    5:12
  17. 18.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 21 in B-flat major
    1:17
  18. 19.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 21 in B-flat major
    2:43
  19. 20.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 22 in G minor
    2:01
  20. 21.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 22 in G minor
    3:12
  21. 22.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 23 in F major
    2:25
  22. 23.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 23 in F major
    4:02
  23. 24.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Prelude no. 24 in D minor
    4:12
  24. 25.
    24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: Fugue no. 24 in D minor
    9:23

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Prima: Sonata allegro
    6:38
  2. 4.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Prima: Waltz in rondo-form
    2:20
  3. 5.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Prima: Episode
    1:10
  4. 6.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Prima: Suite. Prelude - Sarabande - Jig - Sarabande. Minuet - Jig - Gavotte - Polonaise
    12:19
  5. 7.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Prima: Pibroch (Lament for the Children)
    2:48
  6. 8.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Prima: Episode. Arabesque Variations
    0:41
  7. 9.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Prima: Nocturne
    1:59
  8. 10.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Altera: Reverie-Fantasy
    5:31
  9. 11.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Altera: Fanfare - Forebodings. Alarm - Glimpse of a War-Vision
    2:13
  10. 12.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Altera: Variations on "Peace, Bread & the Land" (1917)
    2:08
  11. 13.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Altera: Symphonic March
    1:55
  12. 14.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Altera: Episode
    0:56
  13. 15.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Altera: Fandango
    2:09
  14. 16.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Altera: Pedal-Point. "To emergent Africa"
    2:04
  15. 17.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Altera: Central Episode. Études
    3:43
  16. 18.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Altera: Variations in C Minor
    3:42
  17. 19.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Tertia: Adagio. Tribute to Bach
    1:58
  18. 20.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Tertia: Triple Fugue over Ground Bass: Subject I. Andamento
    5:19
  19. 21.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Tertia: Triple Fugue over Ground Bass: Subject II. B A C H
    7:03
  20. 22.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Tertia: Triple Fugue over Ground Bass: Subject III. Dies Irae (In memoriam the six million)
    6:34
  21. 23.
    Passacaglia on DSCH: Pars Tertia: Final Variations on a Theme Derived from Ground. Adagissimo barocco
    12:13

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