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Listening to Beethoven again, but hearing something different: Julia Fischer and Igor Levit at Wigmore Hall

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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 4 July 2016
Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 1 in D major, Op.12 no.1
Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 2 in A major, Op.12 no.2
Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 3 in E flat major, Op.12 no.3
Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 4 in A minor, Op.23
Julia Fischer, Violin
Igor Levit, Piano
Igor Levit brings Beethoven and Rzewski to Carnegie Hall
*****
Tremendous energy and engagement from Igor Levit at Wigmore Hall
****1
Percussive Prokofiev and titanic Shostakovich from Levit and Sternath
****1
Budapest Festival Orchestra sprinkles fairydust over London
****1
Subsuming virtuosity: Igor Levit at Carnegie Hall
****1
Levit and New York Phil principals in double concertos
***11
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