- 1 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Aria
- 2 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 1 a 1 Clav.
- 3 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 2 a 1 Clav.
- 4 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 3 - Canone all' Unisono a 1 Clav.
- 5 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 4 a 1 Clav.
- 6 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
- 7 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 6 - Canone alla Seconda a 1 Clav.
- 8 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav. Al tempo di Giga
- 9 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 8 a 2 Clav.
- 10 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 9 - Canone alla Terza a 1 Clav.
- 11 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 10 - Fughetta a 1 Clav.
- 12 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 11 a 2 Clav.
- 13 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 12 - Canone alla Quarta
- 14 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 13 a 2 Clav.
- 15 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 14 a 2 Clav.
- 16 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 15 - Canone alla Quinta a 1 Clav. Andante
- 17 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 16 - Ouverture a 1 Clav.
- 18 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 17 a 2 Clav.
- 19 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 18 - Canone alla Sesta a 1 Clav.
- 20 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 19 a 1 Clav.
- 21 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 20 a 2 Clav.
- 22 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 21 - Canone alla Settima
- 23 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 22 a 1 Clav. Alla breve
- 24 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 23 a 2 Clav.
- 25 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 24 - Canone all' Ottava a 1 Clav.
- 26 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 25 a 2 Clav.
- 27 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 26 a 2 Clav.
- 28 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 27 - Canone alla Nona a 2 Clav.
- 29 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 28 a 2 Clav.
- 30 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
- 31 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Var. 30 - Quodlibet a 1 Clav.
- 32 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations: Aria da capo
- 1 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Tema. Vivace
- 2 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 1 - Alla Marcia maestoso
- 3 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 2 - Poco allegro
- 4 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 3 - L'istesso tempo
- 5 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 4 - Un poco più vivace
- 6 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 5 - Allegro vivace
- 7 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 6 - Allegro ma non troppo e serioso
- 8 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 7 - Un poco più allegro
- 9 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 8 - Piu vivace
- 10 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 9 - Allegro pesante e risoluto
- 11 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 10 - Presto
- 12 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 11 - Allegretto
- 13 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 12 - Un poco più moto
- 14 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 13 - Vivace
- 15 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 14 - Grave e maestoso
- 16 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 15 - Presto scherzando
- 17 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 16 - Allegro
- 18 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 17
- 19 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 18 - Poco moderato
- 20 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 19 - Presto
- 21 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 20 - Andante
- 22 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 21 - Allegro con brio, Meno allegro, Tempo I
- 23 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 22 - Allegro molto (alla "Notte e giorno faticar" di Mozart)
- 24 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 23 - Allegro assai
- 25 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 24 - Fughetta. Andante
- 26 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 25 - Allegro
- 27 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 26
- 28 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 27 - Vivace
- 29 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 28 - Allegro
- 30 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 29 - Adagio ma non troppo
- 31 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 30 - Andante, sempre cantabile
- 32 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 31 - Largo, molto espressivo
- 33 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 32 - Fuga. Allegro, Poco adagio
- 34 Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 33 - Tempo di Menuetto moderato (ma non tirarsi dietro)
- 1 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Thema. With determination
- 2 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 1 - Weaving, delicate but firm
- 3 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 2 - With firmness
- 4 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 3 - Slightly slower, with expressive nuances
- 5 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 4 - Marcato, with determination
- 6 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 5 - Dreamlike, frozen, a little slower, Tempo
- 7 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 6 - Same tempo as beginning, Slower, Tempo, Slower
- 8 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 7 - Tempo (Lightly, impatiently)
- 9 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 8 - With agility, not too much pedal, crisp
- 10 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 9 - Evenly
- 11 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 10 - Comodo, recklessly
- 12 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 11 - Tempo I. Like fragments of an absent melody, in strict time
- 13 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 12
- 14 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 13
- 15 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 14 - A bit faster, optimistically
- 16 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 15 - Flexible, like an improvisation
- 17 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 16 - Same tempo as preceding, with fluctuations, much pedal, expansive, with a victorious feeling
- 18 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 17 - Left hand strictly. Right hand freely, roughly in space
- 19 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 18
- 20 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 19 - With energy
- 21 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 20 - Crisp, precise
- 22 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 21 - Relentless, uncompromising
- 23 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 22 - Very expressionate
- 24 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 23 - As fast as possible, with some rubato
- 25 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 24
- 26 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 25
- 27 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 26 - In a militant manner
- 28 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 27 - Tenderly, with a hopeful expression, Cadenza, Fiercely
- 29 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 28
- 30 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 29
- 31 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 30
- 32 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 31
- 33 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 32
- 34 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 33
- 35 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 34
- 36 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 35
- 37 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Var. 36 - Improvisation
- 38 The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Thema. Tempo I
DISC 1
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria with 30 Variations (Johann Sebastian Bach)
DISC 2
Diabelli Variations - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
DISC 3
The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido! (Frederic Rzewski)
About
The pianist Igor Levit has shown an inclination toward big virtuoso
repertory: Liszt, Bach, the late Beethoven sonatas. Nothing he has
done, however, is comparable to this giant effort, comprising three
ambitious and extremely difficult variation sets. The amount of
preparation involved is mind-boggling in itself, and what's more,
Levit has knitted the three works together with a common style
that's extremely precise and unobscured by pedal. You could buy the
set for the Beethoven Diabelli Variations, Op. 120, alone, really;
Levit offers a clean, probing reading that's not without a good
deal of humor. The odd work out here is doubtless The People United
Will Never Be Defeated, a set of variations by American composer
Frederic Rzewski on the Chilean folk song El pueblo unido jamás
será vencido. This work, despite its difficulties and despite (or
perhaps because of) the fact that it has never quite fit the
agendas of either modernists or neo-Romantics, has persisted for 40
years in the imaginations of players and audiences, and Levit makes
a good case for its inclusion in the august environment in which he
places it here. The works form a persuasive chain: Beethoven
clearly knew Bach's variation set with its transfigured return to
the theme at the end, and Rzewski's was explicitly modeled on
Beethoven, with a big fugue at the end and a uniquely stretchy
conception of the theme. Sony backs up Levit with crystal-clear
studio sound, which was what was needed despite the pianist's
Romantic virtuoso qualities. Strongly recommended.
Distinctions :
5 de Diapason (February 2016)
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Gramophone Record of the Year (September 2016)
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4 étoiles de Classica (December 2015)
Hi-Res 24-bit – 96.00 kHz
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