Igor Levit -Fantasia -Sony Classical CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Disc 01
Suite for String Orchestra No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: Air (Arr. for piano by A. Siloti)

01. "Air"
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903

02. "I. Fantasia"

03. "II. Fugue"
Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178

04. "I. Lento assai - Allegro energico"

05. "II. Andante sostenuto - Quasi adagio"

06. "III. Allegro energico"
Der Doppelg?nger, S . 560, No. 12 (Arr. for piano by Franz Liszt)

07. "Nr. 13 Der Doppelg?nger"

Disc 02

01. "Klavierstück in B Minor"

02. "Piano Sonata, Op. 1"

03. "Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256"

04. "Nuit de Noel, BV 251"

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Language

English (eng)

Description:

On his new double album, Fantasia, Igor Levit performs four paradigmatic works spanning a period of almost two centuries from 1720 to 1910. For Igor Levit these works â??have something incredibly expansive about them, their frequent intimacy notwithstanding. They are not only emotional but also instrumental.â? The starting point of all four works is the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, which for Igor Levit represents â??maximal freedom and imagination and at the same time great rigourâ?. Igor Levit has chosen Bachâ??s exceptional Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor and combined it with Lisztâ??s B minor Sonata, a highly charged piece that at the time of its composition looked far ahead into the future (which Igor Levit is currently performing to great acclaim all over the world), together with Busoniâ??s Fantasia contrappuntistica, in which Busoni perpetuated the Bach tradition, and Alban Bergâ??s only Piano Sonata. These four major works are complemented by four shorter pieces that for Igor Levit provide â??lead-ins that I feel intuitively are rightâ?. These four shorter pieces are Alexander Silotiâ??s arrangement of the famous Air from Bachâ??s Third Orchestral Suite, Lisztâ??s transcription of Schubertâ??s song Der DoppelgÃ¤nger, Busoniâ??s Nuit de NoÃ«l and an early piano piece in B minor by Alban Berg. -

Igor Levit's new double album Fantasia features a wide range of works spanning a period of almost two centuries from 1720 to 1910 and showcases key compositions by Franz Liszt, Ferruccio Busoni, Johann Sebastian Bach and Alban Berg. The starting point of the four paradigmatic works featured on the double album is the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Levit has chosen Bach's exceptional Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor and combined it with Liszt's B minor Sonata, a highly charged piece that at the time of it's composition looked far ahead into the future (which Levit is currently performing to great acclaim all over the world), together with Busoni's Fantasia contrappuntistica, in which Busoni perpetuated the Bach tradition, and Alban Berg's only Piano Sonata. These four major works are complemented by four shorter pieces including Alexander Siloti's arrangement of the famous Air from Bach's Third Orchestral Suite, Liszt's transcription of Schubert's song Der Doppelgänger, Busoni's Nuit de Noël and an early piano piece in B minor by Alban Berg.

Recorded: Leibniz Saal, Hanover, 23-25.II. & 25-28.IV.2023

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CD Brilliant (DUO) box

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19658811642

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