Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

»It takes and takes and takes!« Igor Levit knows how demanding and challenging Johannes Brahms' monumental First Piano Concerto is. But what musical challenge would this exceptional pianist not be up to?

Levit has made Brahms the centre of gravity in his life. He is convinced that Brahms's music always goes straight to the heart, without any detours. And especially in a musical heavyweight like the D minor concerto, Brahms also allows us to glimpse into his own inner world. »We watch him at work,« says Levit. For such monumental works, there is currently no better choice than this profound pianist. Edward Elgar, in turn, looked into the innermost depths of his closest friends. He captured what he discovered there in the vivid tones of his »Enigma Variationen,« presenting not only his contemporaries with quite a few puzzles...