Oeuvre: Violin Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne, arr. Brahms

Laden with the most prestigious prizes, Alexandre Kantorow makes a virtuosic hall debut, but with a poetic cause. 

To be dubbed “Liszt reincarnate” could be a mixed blessing for a young pianist. But there were moments here the Abbé himself would have treasured.

Levit transfigured one more time the musical material in a sort of new, life-affirming way.