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Igor Levit has been a familiar companion to many during lockdown via live streams, but an all-Beethoven recital "in the flesh" at Wigmore Hall was outstanding.

Intimacy mixes with grandeur in Beethoven playing of rare authority in Berlin.

Igor Levit makes an impressive start to his Beethoven cycle at Wigmore Hall with his intelligent and distinctive approach to this repertoire.

Freshness and intensity were brought to Beethoven's later piano sonatas, including a convincing Hammerklavier, together with a welcome performance of his last work for solo piano.

 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet impresses in Gallic repertoire, but his Beethoven took longer to win our reviewer around.