Igor Levit Essentials

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Igor Levit Essentials

Russian-born, German-raised piano virtuoso Igor Levit launched his career in the 2010s with bold choices, recording Beethoven’s complete sonatas at 27 and daring to include Frederic Rzewski’s starkly modern “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!” alongside Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations. In spring 2020 he performed all 840 repetitions of Satie’s Vexations in a single 15-hour marathon. His playing is likewise audacious, injecting assumptions about Beethoven’s intent in his often-galloping tempos for the sonatas, and embracing improvisation on parts of the Rzewski or Bill Evans’ “Peace Piece”.

No. 1 in E Minor. Andante un poco agitato, MWV U 162

3:40

II. Air (Arr. for Piano by A. Siloti)

4:30

Thema. With determination

1:30

I. Allegro con brio

10:02

Prelude No. 1 in C Major

2:37

Nuit de Noël, BV 251

4:30

V. No. 5, Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639

3:15

Aria

4:24

I. Fantasia

9:59

Prelude No. 20 in C Minor

4:03

Var. 31 - Largo, molto espressivo

5:17

III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto

7:58

III. Rondo: Allegro scherzando

Kölner Kammerorchester, Helmut Müller-Brühl, Igor Levit

8:45

III. No. 3, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659

4:13

Var. 15 - Canone alla Quinta a 1 Clav. Andante

4:16

I. Toccata

8:32

I. Largo - Allegro

8:50

Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major, S. 541/3

3:54

Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"

3:34

Prelude No. 22 in G Minor

2:00

Fugue No. 24 in D Minor

9:23

III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo

12:27

I. Nachtlied, Op. 138/3 (Transcription for Piano)

3:05

VII. Berceuse

5:14

Peace Piece

6:13

Ode to Joy (From Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Op. 125) [Arr. for Piano by Liszt/Levit]

3:44

Nothing Else Matters

5:12

Thema. Tempo I

3:11

VI. Epilogue

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Igor Levit, Franz Welser-Möst

14:05

Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256

34:07

	
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