Release Date: 12 February 2021
Label: Naxos - Nxp / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 730099144735
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Ludwig van Beethoven
Description
Igor Levit made his recording debut with a performance of Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto when he was 20 years old, long before he became a superstar of the classical music world and a major interpreter of Beethoven’s music. The occasion was part of the series Das Meisterwerk (‘The Masterpiece’), in which Levit was accompanied by the superb Cologne Chamber Orchestra conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl. Evidence of what was to become the hallmark of Levit’s Beethoven style, not least his distinctive fingering technique, is already apparent in this performance, in which the youthful spirits of both composer and performer are well matched. Performed in Cologne’s Philharmonic Hall, it is the only commercially available recording to feature Levit with orchestra.
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
Various
Various
Lully
