Recording of the Year and Instrumental Award
Igor Levit
On DSCH
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues; R Stevenson: Passacaglia on DSCH
Igor Levit (piano)
Sony Classical 19439809212
I gor Levit is no stranger to the BBC Music Magazine Awards. In 2014, he was named Newcomer of the Year for his debut recording of Beethoven’s late piano sonatas, which our critic described as ‘perfection’. Several highly praised discs later, the Russian-German pianist has struck gold again, with an unmissable recording of Shostakovich and Ronald Stevenson titled . Not only has it scooped
