Igor Levit - Dmitri Shostakovich - Prelude No. 1 in C Major, Op. 87

Official Visualizer of Igor Levit performing Prelude No. 1 in C Major, Op. 87 by Dmitri Shostakovich Listen here Subscribe to Igor Levit’s official Youtube channel here: Igor Levit plays “Prelude No. 1 in C Major, Op. 87”, the first single from his upcoming album “On DSCH”, which will be released by Sony Classical on September 10. “On DSCH” is a 3-album discographic tour de force by “one of the essential artists of our time” (The New York Times). That the self-styled “maximalist” enjoys pushing himself to his limits – intellectually and physically – is well known, but the present project – two key cycles of musical modernism - puts all others in the shade. Completed in 1951, Dmitri Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues – a summary of all the major and minor tonalities – lasts some two and a half hours in total, while Ronald Stevenson’s Passacaglia on DSCH, which he completed in 1963, is an unbroken set of variations lasting nearly an hour and a half. The letters DSCH spell out Shostakovich’s musical monogram using their German note names: D–Es–C–H = D–E♭–C–B. The album’s artwork is specially created by the internationally renowned artist and graphic designer Christoph Niemann, who regularly illustrates for “The New Yorker” and “The New York Times”. CONNECT WITH IGOR LEVIT: ► Website & Tour Dates: ► Twitter: ► Instagram: CONNECT WITH SONY CLASSICAL: ► Website: ► Facebook: ► Instagram: ► Twitter: ► Youtube: #IgorLevit #Shostakovich #OnDSCH