{"title":"Igor Levit","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"fantasia-2cd-s","title":"Fantasia 2Cd's","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eLaunch September 29, 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eEdition 2 CDs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eIgor Levit's new double album Fantasia presents 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe starting point of the four paradigmatic works of 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 Sonata in B minor, a highly charged piece that at the time of its composition looked very far into the future (and which Levit performs currently with great success around the world), along with Busoni's Fantasia contrapuntistica, in which Busoni perpetuated the Bach tradition, and Alban Berg's only Piano Sonata. These four great works are completed by four shorter pieces: 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 piece for piano in B minor by Alban Berg. The CD comes with o-card and will be released internationally by Sony Classical.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Igor Levit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46792509260113,"sku":"19658811642","price":18.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0581\/0559\/4006\/files\/Imagen1_05195020-6aa4-4ee4-85b9-b3b3864f199d.png?v=1687268883"},{"product_id":"mendelssohn-lieder-ohne-worte-cd","title":"Mendelssohn Alkan Lieder Ohne Worte CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease Date: January 26, 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCD Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIgor Levit\u003c\/strong\u003e releases a new album as a personal artistic reaction to the October 7 attacks on Israel and the current rise in antisemitism worldwide. The album features his selection of Felix Mendelssohn's \"Songs Without Words\" and concludes with a Prelude by French Romantic composer Charles-Valentin Alkan. \u003cstrong\u003eIgor Levit\u003c\/strong\u003e and his team have donated their time free of charge, and all proceeds will be donated to two German organizations fighting antisemitism: the Counseling Center for Antisemitic Violence and Discrimination OFEK and the Kreuzberg Initiative Against Antisemitism. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIgor Levit\u003c\/strong\u003e explains: \"\u003cem\u003eI made this recording out of a very, very strong inner need. I spent the first four or five weeks after the October 7 attack in a mixture of speechlessness and complete paralysis. And at some point, it became clear that I had no other tools than to react as an artist. I have the piano. I have my music. And so, the idea came to me to record these works, the \"Songs Without Words\" and donate the proceeds of this recording to two wonderful organizations that work in my hometown, here in Berlin, to help people who are victims of antisemitism and to help young people avoid falling into the clutches of antisemitism. It is my artistic reaction, as a person, as a musician, as a Jew, to what I have felt in recent weeks and months. Or to be more precise, it is one of many reactions that came to me.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album contributes to \u003cstrong\u003eIgor Levit\u003c\/strong\u003e's fight against rising antisemitism. He has recently spoken about its alarming escalation in many prominent German media outlets and discussed its impact on Jews today with the German Vice Chancellor on the 85\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e anniversary of Kristallnacht, a video of which was released online. In November, he also traveled to Tel Aviv to play for the families of Israeli hostages and, more recently, organized a solidarity concert with numerous prominent German musicians, authors, and presenters, as well as Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer, with proceeds donated to the same two organizations as the album. He plans to organize similar solidarity concerts in more countries in due course. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Igor Levit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47909806276945,"sku":"19658878982","price":18.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0581\/0559\/4006\/files\/levit.jpg?v=1705666512"},{"product_id":"brahms-3cd-s","title":"Brahms 3 CDs","description":"\u003cp\u003eRelease October 4, 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3-CD Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first recording of pianist Igor Levit, conductor Christian Thielemann, and the Vienna Philharmonic performing Brahms' two Piano Concertos. The release is a triple-CD album featuring Levit's recording of Brahms' late solo piano works, opp. 116-119. As a special encore, Levit and Thielemann also play Brahms' Waltz op. 39\/15 for four hands. The album will be released internationally on October 4 via Sony Classical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter Igor Levit, Christian Thielemann, and the Vienna Philharmonic performed Brahms' First Piano Concerto at Vienna's renowned Musikverein in April 2024, the Viennese newspaper The Standard wrote: \"During these fifty minutes, an irresistible dose of emotion was conveyed, but at the same time the sophisticated structure of Brahms' masterpiece remained crystal clear.\" Four months earlier, after their performance of the Second Piano Concerto, the Austrian newspaper Die Presse had declared that \"Igor Levit sets a new gold standard for Brahms.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Igor Levit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48624259989841,"sku":"19658897652","price":27.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0581\/0559\/4006\/files\/Album_Artwork_1.jpg?v=1724689647"}],"url":"https:\/\/store.sonymusic.es\/en-eu\/collections\/igor-levit.oembed","provider":"Sony Music Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}