Igor Levit - Tristan (2022)

On this double album “Tristan” Igor Levit explores nocturnal themes of love and death, fear, ecstasy, loneliness & redemption in the music of Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, Gustav Mahler and Hans Werner Henze. It includes Levit’s first concerto recording with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under Franz Welser-Möst with the album’s central work Henze’s Tristan for piano, electronic tapes and orchestra.
Tracklist
CD1
1. Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major, S. 541/3 (3:54)
2. Tristan: I. Prologue (6:27)
3. Tristan: II. Lament (6:25)
4. Tristan: III. Preludes and Variations (10:58)
5. Tristan: IV. Tristan's Folly (5:37)
6. Tristan: V. Adagio - Burla I - Burla II - Ricercare I - Burla III - Ricercare II (5:48)
7. Tristan: VI. Epilogue (14:05)

CD2
1. Tristan und Isolde: Prelude (Arr. for Solo Piano by Zoltán Kocsis) (10:51)
2. Symphony No. 10: Adagio (Arr. for Solo Piano by Ronald Stevenson) (27:53)
3. Transcendental Études, S.139: XI. Harmonies du soir (9:59)