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Igor Levit
To the Artist Igor Levit
Igor Levit - Life

Life

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Igor Levit

Release Date: 10/05/2018

Sparked by the tragic death of a close friend in an accident, Igor Levit’s piano playing reflects upon an experience of loss encompassing grief, despair, resignation and solace. He concentrates on works whose gloomy grandeur and melancholy beauty have occupied him for years. Each of them pays tribute to the virtuoso possibilities of the piano. Poetic moments of contemplative silence blend with life-affirming and extremely sensual music with a direct physical fascination.

Tracklisting

All DiscsDisc 1Disc 2

Disc 1

  1. Fantasia after J. S. Bach, BV 253
  2. Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2, BWV 1004 (Transcription for Piano)
  3. Variations in E-Flat Major on an Original Theme "Ghost Variations", WoO 24
  4. Dreams, Pt. 1: III. A Mensch

Disc 2

  1. Solemn March to the Holy Grail from Parsifal, S 450 (Transcription for Piano)
  2. Fantasia and Fugue on the Chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S 259 (Transcription for Piano) / I. Fantasia
  3. Fantasia and Fugue on the Chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S 259 (Transcription for Piano) / II. Adagio
  4. Fantasia and Fugue on the Chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S 259 (Transcription for Piano) / III. Fuga
  5. Isoldens Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, S 447 (Transcription for Piano)
  6. Elegies BV 249: VII. Berceuse
  7. Peace Piece

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