Review by Igor Levitt – Fantasia

Igor Levitt releases a double album collecting works from Bach to Busoni and from Liszt to Berg under the title “Fantasia”. It’s no news that Levit has a colorful, flexible stop. But he also knows how to use those qualities here with precise stylistic sensitivity. Above all, he successfully reconciles the element of fantasy contained in the title, the romantic idea of ​​unpredictability and spontaneity, with the idea of ​​contemplative calm. This is especially true of Liszt’s sonata, which Levitt performs without extremes, without any attempt at surprise. For him, extremes lie in the music itself, there is no need for additional effects. Levitt takes the nutritional value of music from the notes. This sounds coherent, thoughtful, convincing and intelligently balanced across the repertoire.

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JS Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor BWV 903, JS Bach/Siloti: Air from the Orchestral Suite No. 3 BWV 1068, Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor and The Doppelgänger, Berg: Piano Sonata op. 1 and Piano Piece in B minor, Busoni : Anti-fantasia and the night of the night

Igor Levit (piano)
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Igor Levit

Russian-German pianist Igor Levitt was born in 1987 in what is now Nizhny Novgorod. He began playing the piano at the age of three, made his debut as a soloist just one year later, and performed with the Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of three. six