COMPANY: Sony
ARTIST: Igor Levit
CATEGORY: CD
COMPOSER: Various Composers

Product: 889854244521

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After a break of three years, Igor Levit presents a new & highly personal album - Including Bach’s Chaconne, Schumann’s Ghost Variations, Bill Evans’ Peace Piece and Wagner’s Liebestod... Hailed by The New York Times as “one of the essential artists of his generation”, Gilmore Artist Igor Levit releases a new album after 3 years. The new and highly personal album has been sparked by the tragic death of a close friend. Levit reflects at the keyboard on the experience of loss, hovering between grief and despair, resignation and solace. From JS Bach to Frederic Rzewski: ‘Life’ effortlessly crosses borders between eras, styles and genres, offering a multitude of new discoveries.

Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne
Busoni: Berceuse (1909) from Elegien
Busoni: Fantasia nach J S Bach
Evans, B: The Peace Piece
Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam' (arr. Busoni)
Rzewski: A Mensch (from Dreams)
Schumann: Theme with Variations in E flat major WoO 24 ('Geistervariationen')
Wagner: Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde)
Wagner: Parsifal: Solemn March (trans. Liszt)