Grigory Sokolov plays Schubert & Beethoven

Grigory Sokolov

Grigory Sokolov plays Schubert & Beethoven
Format
Audio
Publisher
Classics
Published
29 January 2016
ISBN
0028947954262

Grigory Sokolov plays Schubert & Beethoven

Grigory Sokolov

Grigory Sokolov is an exceptional artist. He is regarded as one of the world’s leading pianists and adored by his audience in sold-out concerts - dedicated to his art, and nothing else.

His debut album on Deutsche Grammophon “Salzburg Recital” was a huge success and is the best-selling frontline core classical release this year to date.

With Schubert & Beethoven we have another hit in our hands: Grigory Sokolov plays late masterworks by Schubert, including the much-loved Impromptus, and Beethoven’s mighty “Hammerklavier” Sonata, finishing with six impeccable encores by Rameau and Brahms.

This outstanding recital is culled from concerts in Warsaw and Salzburg. Salzburger Nachrichten claimed: “Wherever he plays, the utopia of ultimate satisfaction is closer than ever… ”

An hour of Schubert comprising some of his best-loved piano music (the Impromptus in A flat and G flat major, with rippling arpeggios and timeless melodies), and three of his late piano works that search out the depths of his art.

Beethoven’s longest piano sonata - one of the famous “late” sonatas - explores the whole range of the extended keyboard then available to him. It lasts over 45 minutes and is one of his most over-the-top works -with its huge fugal finale that has been known to drive listeners crazy. Sokolov has it all under control.

After Mozart & Chopin this new live recording is another pianistic landmark release.

Track listing:

Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 ‘Hammerklavier’

Ex Salzburg Festival, 23 August 2013

Brahms:

Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op. 117 No. 2

encore. Ex Salzburg Festival, 23 August 2013

Rameau:

Les tendres plaintes

encore. Ex Salzburg Festival, 23 August 2013

Pièces de Clavecin 1724: Les Tourbillons

encore. Ex Salzburg Festival, 23 August 2013

Les Cyclopes

encore. Ex Salzburg Festival, 23 August 2013

La follette

encore. Ex Salzburg Festival, 23 August 2013

Les Sauvages

encore. Ex Salzburg Festival, 23 August 2013

Schubert:

4 Impromptus, D899

Ex Warsaw Philharmonie, live recording 12 May 2013

Klavierstücke (3), D946

Ex Warsaw Philharmonie, live recording 12 May 2013

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