Opening with the F minor sonata, Op 2, No 1, the tight focus of Levit’s delivery and his highly accented rhythms characterised the dramatic cut and thrust of the outer movements, in stark contrast to the cantabile line of the Adagio they framed.
Execution is crystalline, yet defining detail gets lost in the flow and it verges on the wayward. 121 / 2, Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelszungen redete, Op. Wigmore Hall, LondonThe pianist’s dynamic, live-streamed performance had all the immediacy of his twitter house concerts that became a lockdown phenomenon, Thu 17 Sep 2020 14.04 BST No one questions the spirituality of J S Bach, but Levit thankfully steers away from an overly-reverential approach which colours so many performances of his music. 5, Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639, No. 1, Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist, BWV 667, No. Pianist Igor Levit is one of the heroes of lockdown – a “key worker”(! Internationale Beethovenpreis verliehen.
Change ). Im Januar 2020 folgte die Auszeichnung mit der „Statue B“ des Internationalen Auschwitz Komitees anlässlich des 75. ‘Encounter’ is available on the Sony Classical label and via streaming services. He played Bach and Schubert (a tear-jerkingly wonderful D960), Beethoven and Feldman, and people tuned in from around the world. Its textures are more transparent, its mood gentler and more prayer-like, settling the listener in for Feldman’s music, which gradually retreats into its own world with a sense of closure and inner calm.
| Each of them pays tribute to the virtuoso possibilities of the piano. Like ‘Life’, it is another very personal album for Levit, the repertoire carefully chosen: these are “works in which all questions about love and death, loneliness and the possibility of real love for others are examined“. Igor Levit [ˈiɡɔʀ ˈlevɪt] (russisch Игорь Левит; * 10. If you find joy and value in what I do, please consider making a donation to support the continuance of the site. In addition, the inner connections between the composers and their respective aesthetics make “Encounter” a journey offering astonishing discoveries, even on ostensibly familiar terrain. “Maybe for the first time do I understand what it means to speak of music as something life-keeping. ( Log Out / The entire album has a processional quality, leading the listener to the hushed serenity of Morton Feldman’s final work for piano – and the final work on this disc – Palais de Mari, a 28-minute contemplation, meditation, or what you will, of exquisitely-placed notes and piquant chords that fall upon the ears and mind like the softest of summer showers. In the context of the pandemic, the symbolism of the oxygen-giving, inspiration-lending trees was quietly potent and the playing no less heartfelt than the Beethoven. . ( Log Out / The Cross-Eyed Pianist is free to access and ad-free, and takes many hours every month to research, write, and maintain. He streamed more than 50 concerts, performing on a 1920s Steinway B that had once belonged to the Swiss pianist Edwin Fischer. 122 / 10, O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Op. Serenity and momentum … Igor Levit at the Wigmore Hall. Trees, written for him by the American jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch, was conceived while Hersch watched the movement of trees through a window. Encounter – Igor Levit. Copyright © 2002-20 Presto Classical Limited. Reger’s Nachtlied, a sacred motet for unaccompanied mixed choir, provides the bridge to Feldman in this transcription for piano by Julian Becker. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Heute gilt er als einer der besten Pianisten der Welt – und als vielleicht der politischste. It really keeps me alive. This is a balance that feels to be wanting.
I don’t care if it’s wrong or right, whatever B.S. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Levit’s instinct for balancing acute technical discipline with an air of spontaneity is appealing, the sense of interpretation being determined in the moment. But that’s not to say there aren’t other times when his fast tempi are so fast as to be infuriating. The pieces on ‘Encounter’ were those which drew especially positive comments from Levit’s online audience. It works in the same way as Bill Evans’ ‘Peace Piece’ did on ‘Life’ – the sentiments of the music match the intensity and spirituality of the works that precede it, yet it also provides a contrast in its delicate minimalist textures and hauntingly spacious pauses. All rights reserved.
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