Editors’ Notes 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.
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Fantasia after J. S. Bach, BV 253
By Ferruccio Busoni
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Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2, BWV 1004 (Transcription for Piano)
By Johann Sebastian Bach
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Variations in E-Flat Major on an Original Theme "Ghost Variations", WoO 24
By Robert Schumann
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Dreams, Pt. 1: III. A Mensch
By Frederic Rzewski
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Solemn March to the Holy Grail from Parsifal, S 450 (Transcription for Piano)
By Richard Wagner
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Fantasia and Fugue on the Chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S 259 (Transcription for Piano)
Fantasia and Fugue on the Chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S 259 (Transcription for Piano): I. Fantasia
By Franz Liszt
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Fantasia and Fugue on the Chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S 259 (Transcription for Piano): II. Adagio
By Franz Liszt
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Fantasia and Fugue on the Chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S 259 (Transcription for Piano): III. Fuga
By Franz Liszt
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Isoldens Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, S 447 (Transcription for Piano)
By Richard Wagner
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Elegies BV 249: VII. Berceuse
By Ferruccio Busoni
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Peace Piece
By Bill Evans
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