[Machine Translation] This is the fourth CD by the duo of Keisuke Okazaki (vn) and Megumi Ito (p), both winners of the Munich International Competition, who share a common musical language. The CD includes masterpieces by Respighi, Beethoven, and Bartok, the core of the series, in which cyclic themes filled with dark passion are sublimated into overwhelming passacaglias. Recorded August 17-19, 2013 at Matsukata Hall, Kobe Shimbun