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In a way, pianist Grigory Sokolov might be compared with Glenn Gould: in his performances, there is a very strong personality that is superimposed on the music, but when it came to the relationship between the concert stage and the recording studio, Sokolov went in a direction opposite to Gould's; he has prized live performance and records rarely. When he does, he offers live recordings like this one, made at Haydn's Esterházy Castle in 2018. Three Haydn sonatas open the program, and there's undeniably an attraction in hearing them performed at their birthplace. Sokolov is a prime example of the kind of artist listeners will either love or hate, and a bit of sampling will help them determine the camp into which they fall. The program has an arc not necessarily related to the music involved. He plays the Haydn sonatas in a precise and detailed but rather flat way, catching subtle features of register and motivic structure. Consider the repeated tonic notes of the finale of the Piano Sonata in B minor, Hob. 16/32, which pianists tend to give a Beethovenian percussiveness; Sokolov keeps the temperature low here. The Schubert Impromptus of Op. 142, at first, seem to flow from the Haydn but broaden lyrically as they proceed. Everywhere, Sokolov's control is total, even when he loosens up in the six encores included (one of which is a waltz by the fascinating Russian figure Alexander Griboyedov). These suggest the depth of Sokolov's fandom and that listeners should check him out, yea or nay. Deutsche Grammophon's sound in the big Esterháza spaces is quite good; there is a certain low level of noise, but no detail is lost.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Keyboard Sonata No. 32 in G Minor, Hob. XVI:44 (Joseph Haydn)
Joseph Haydn, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
Joseph Haydn, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
Keyboard Sonata No. 47 in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32 (Joseph Haydn)
Joseph Haydn, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
Joseph Haydn, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
Joseph Haydn, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
Keyboard Sonata No. 49 in C Sharp Minor, Hob. XVI:36 (Joseph Haydn)
Joseph Haydn, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
Joseph Haydn, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
Joseph Haydn, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
Franz Schubert, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
Franz Schubert, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
Franz Schubert, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
Suite in E Minor, RCT 2 (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
Franz Schubert, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
24 Préludes, Op. 28 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
2 Waltzes (Alexander Griboyedov)
Alexander Griboyedov, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
Préludes / Book 1, L. 117 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
Album review
In a way, pianist Grigory Sokolov might be compared with Glenn Gould: in his performances, there is a very strong personality that is superimposed on the music, but when it came to the relationship between the concert stage and the recording studio, Sokolov went in a direction opposite to Gould's; he has prized live performance and records rarely. When he does, he offers live recordings like this one, made at Haydn's Esterházy Castle in 2018. Three Haydn sonatas open the program, and there's undeniably an attraction in hearing them performed at their birthplace. Sokolov is a prime example of the kind of artist listeners will either love or hate, and a bit of sampling will help them determine the camp into which they fall. The program has an arc not necessarily related to the music involved. He plays the Haydn sonatas in a precise and detailed but rather flat way, catching subtle features of register and motivic structure. Consider the repeated tonic notes of the finale of the Piano Sonata in B minor, Hob. 16/32, which pianists tend to give a Beethovenian percussiveness; Sokolov keeps the temperature low here. The Schubert Impromptus of Op. 142, at first, seem to flow from the Haydn but broaden lyrically as they proceed. Everywhere, Sokolov's control is total, even when he loosens up in the six encores included (one of which is a waltz by the fascinating Russian figure Alexander Griboyedov). These suggest the depth of Sokolov's fandom and that listeners should check him out, yea or nay. Deutsche Grammophon's sound in the big Esterháza spaces is quite good; there is a certain low level of noise, but no detail is lost.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 02:02:39
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Grigory Sokolov
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2022 Grigory Sokolov
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