MUSIC
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2018
7:30 PM

Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
881 Seventh Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan

$65
https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2018/10/19/Igor-Levit-Piano-0730PM

Igor Levit is the real thing, a pianist of unimpeachable, indeed staggering, technique -- but more important, of searching intellect and questing taste.  His new album, Life -- exploring life from the standpoint of an early death -- is one of the very best piano recital discs to have been released in this century.  Here, he plays material from that album:  Bach/Busoni, Bach/Brahms, Schumann, Liszt/Wagner, Liszt Meyerbeer/Busoni (I can't believe he's leaving off the Rzewski!).  This is unsurprisingly sold out -- but things happen.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  It really is kind of remarkable that Greek standby Molyvos is still so good.