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FOR PIANIST IGOR LEVIT, music always opens out onto a social context. In 2020, when the pandemic temporarily shut down concert life, he put on a series of hauskonzertes livestreamed from his flat. These were models of what a classical concert could be: intimate, accessible, with an ear to the music of leftist composers such as Cardew, Dessau, and Rzewski alongside canonical repertoire. Levit’s latest release likewise reclaims a strain of dissidence within and against the tradition, pairing pieces by Liszt, Wagner, and Mahler with the late Hans Werner Henze’s piano concerto Tristan, a work...

This year’s Documenta has become a political hot potato, being widely criticized as antisemitic. But the event, which is one of the world’s most prestigious art shows, has also been a success with a lot of younger visitors.

A recent work by Andrew McIntosh, the latest undertaking by Igor Levit and a high-profile tribute to Mieczyslaw Weinberg are among the highlights.

Dazzling range in mastery of tone and technique. Classical music review by Rachel Halliburton

The best new releases, from violinist Plamena Nikitassova's thrilling Biber sonatas to an ambitious double-album from pianist Igor Levit