Bach, Igor Levit

Igor Levit - Encounter: Bach, Busoni, Brahms, Reger, Feldman (2020)

Igor Levit - Encounter: Bach, Busoni, Brahms, Reger, Feldman (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 215 Mb | Total time: 99:20 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 19439786572 | Recorded: 2020

Igor Levit’s double album “Encounter” seeks sounds that give inner strength and support for the soul. In works by Bach to Max Reger, based on poignant vocal compositions, the desire for encounters and human togetherness is given expression – at a time when isolation is the order of the day. The result is a very personal recital.
Igor Levit - Fantasia:  J.S. Bach, Liszt, Berg, Busoni (2023)

Igor Levit - Fantasia: J.S. Bach, Liszt, Berg, Busoni (2023)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 263 Mb | Total time: 104:43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 19658811642 | Recorded: 2023

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 its 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.

Igor Levit - Fantasia (2023)  Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Sept. 28, 2023
Igor Levit - Fantasia (2023)

Igor Levit - Fantasia (2023)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 01:44:53 | 240 MB
Classical | Label: Sony Classical

On his new album "Fantasia", Igor Levit presents no less than four outstanding works from a period of almost two centuries: from 1720 to 1910. For Levit, these are "works that, for all their frequent intimacy, simply have something incredibly expansive about them, emotionally, but also instrumentally".

Igor Levit - Life (2018)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Nov. 22, 2021
Igor Levit - Life (2018)

Igor Levit - Life (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 284 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 266 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:54:05
Classical | Label: Sony Classical

Returning to the studio after a three-year pause, Igor Levit reflects on existence and loss—thoughts prompted by the death of a close friend. Tracing a journey from the music of Bach to that of Frederic Rzewski by way of Schumann, Wagner, Liszt, and others, he supports his intellectual and emotional concerns with playing of power and tenderness. Liszt’s “Ad nos” Fantasia and Fugue unfolds with solemn fervor and Wagner’s Liebestod seethes with passion, while Bill Evans’ “Peace Piece” disarms with its simple message, exquisitely colored by one of the major pianistic talents of our time.

Igor Levit - Encounter (2020)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 10, 2020
Igor Levit - Encounter (2020)

Igor Levit - Encounter (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 231 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 228 Mb | 01:39:19
Classical | Label: Sony Classical

'The new album Encounter by Ior Levit will be released on 11 September on Sony Classical. A very personal double album marked by a desire for encounter and togetherness. The program includes rarely played arrangements of Bach and Brahms by Ferruccio Busoni and Max Reger, as well as Palais de Mari – Morton Feldman’s final work for piano.

Igor Levit - On DSCH (2021)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Feb. 7, 2022
Igor Levit - On DSCH (2021)

Igor Levit - On DSCH (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 605 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 540 Mb | Digital booklet | 03:51:04
Classical | Label: Sony Classical

The new album “On DSCH” by Igor Levit is a 3CD discographic tour de force by “one of the essential artists of our time” (The New York Times). That the self-styled “maximalist” enjoys pushing himself to his limits – intellectually and physically – is well known, but the present project – two key cycles of musical modernism - puts all others in the shade.
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Complete), Volume 1-3 (2012-2016) 9CD

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Complete), Volume 1-3 (2012-2016) 9CD
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 1.67 Gb | Artwork included | Time: 10:43:14
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 10720(3), 10798(3), 10925(3)

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s landmark series of Beethoven’s complete sonatas. Bavouzet has taken this programme to the most prestigious venues around the world and continues to perform it. Gramophone has nominated him several times for its Artist of the Year award, arguing that "Bavouzet’s chronological journey through the Beethoven sonatas has not been surpassed in the last 30 years. Yes, it’s that good."

Johanna Summer - Resonanzen (2023)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Jan. 25, 2023
Johanna Summer - Resonanzen (2023)

Johanna Summer - Resonanzen (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 38:43 | 109 Mb
Genre: Jazz / Label: ACT Music

In early 2020, listeners and the media were delighted, amazed, and taken completely by surprise by pianist Johanna Summer’s debut album “Schumann Kaleidoskop” (Schumann Kaleidoscope). Her improvisational approach to Robert Schumann's “Kinderszenen” also caught the admiration of colleagues from a wide range of musical backgrounds.Star classical pianist Igor Levit’s comments on the album were clear yet heartfelt: “Johanna Summer is an outstanding jazz pianist. She is so centred and at ease with herself, she handles material so confidently and freely…and yet she finds her own right note every time.” Piano poet Malakoff Kowalski found the album simply “scandalously good” and was “enraptured and amazed by an artist who fearlessly follows the music”. And jazz icon Joachim Kühn stated: “Johanna Summer's music is full of fantasy and without category. Coming from European classical music, with a wonderful touch, she creates something perfect and complete. Something her own”.