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This is a very important for lovers of 20th century music, featuring one of the most fascinating and important piano works of the 20th century. Passacaglia is, first, one of the longest continuous solo keyboard pieces ever written. It has collected almost a cult following. It is also a piece of wide variety, collecting in influences from the music of many places, but based strongly and closely throughout on the initials DSCH (for Dmitri Schostakovich). We are pleased to dedicate this disc to the composer in celebration of his recent 75th birthday. Pianist Murray McLachlan is one of Britain's leading exponents of modern music. He has recorded 2 previous CDs for Divine Art and also for Dunelm and Olympia. Album Tracks 1. Pars Prima. Sonata Allegro 2. Pars Prima. Waltz in Rondo-Form 3. Pars Prima. Episode 1 Presto 4. Pars Prima. Suite. Prelude 5. Pars Prima. Suite. Sarabande 6. Pars Prima. Suite. Jig 7. Pars Prima. Suite. Sarabande 8. Pars Prima. Suite. Minuet 9. Pars Prima. Suite. Jig 10. Pars Prima. Suite. Gavotte 11. Pars Prima. Suite. Polonaise 12. Pars Prima. Pibroch (Lament for Children) 13. Pars Prima. Episode 2 Arabesque Variations 14. Pars Prima. Nocturne 15. Pars Altera. Reverie-Fantasy 16. Pars Altera. Fanfare 17. Pars Altera. Forebodings. Alarm 18. Pars Altera. Glimpse of a War Vision 19. Pars Altera. [Track Name Not Indicated] 20. Pars Altera. Variations on 'Peace, Bread and the Land' (1917) 21. Pars Altera. Symphonic March 22. Pars Altera. Episode 3 Volante Scherzoso 23. Pars Altera. Fandango 24. Pars Altera. Pedal Point 'To Emergent Africa' 25. Pars Altera. Central Episode Etudes 26. Pars Altera. Central Episode Etudes 27. Pars Tertia. Adagio. Tribute to Bach 28. Pars Tertia. Triple Fugue Over Ground Bass. Subject 1. Andamento 29. Pars Tertia. Triple Fugue Over Ground Bass. Subject 2. Ba
