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With the big yellow sticker above his piano, Grigory Sokolov’s last recital resembles Deutsche Grammophon’s album covers from the 1960s during the golden age of the LP and stereophony. It must be said that the Russian pianist today is similar to the iconic pianists that once made up the famous German label’s catalogue: Wilhelm Kempff, Sviatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, or among those still playing today, Maurizio Pollini and Martha Argerich.
Unpredictable, mystifying and often brilliant, Sokolov offers us here the echoes of three recitals given in 2019 in quite similar (and a little reverberant) acoustics, in Zaragoza, Wuppertal, and Rabbi in the province of Trento (Italian Tyrol). Three evenings, three countries and three great evenings where inspiration was in the air. An enemy of any commentary surrounding his programmes, shying away from the media and any opinions on his playing, the Russian pianist reserves his rare concerts for solo recitals in Europe, fearing travel and the stress of jet lag, which has not prevented him from memorizing an incredible amount of airline schedules off by heart.
We should listen to this as one listens to a sage, from Beethoven’s Sonata No. 3 played with sovereign detachment and a clear and flowing conduct imbued with chaste poetry. Sokolov then excels in the precious miniatures, the Eminent Bagatelles Op. 119, in which Beethoven displays an admirable conciseness, concentrating both his energy and the strength of the language from the composer’s later period.
Sokolov previously recorded Brahms in France in 1994 for the now-closed label Opus 111. Here he is at the top of his game with the compositions Klavierstücke Op. 118 and Op. 119, written by an older Brahms. Sokolov brings out the poignant and never-too-sad melancholy, sometimes breaking the impulses while knowing how to abandon himself and give these sublime pieces an improvised feel.
The seven encores (Schubert, Rameau, Brahms, Schubert and Debussy) that close this splendid album are finely chiselled jewels generously offered to the three lucky, transfixed and attentive audiences. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935 (Franz Schubert)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Suite in G Major, RCT 6 (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Intermezzi, Op. 117 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Suite in E Minor, RCT 2 (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
13 Preludes, Op. 32 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Franz Schubert, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Préludes / Book 1, L. 117 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Grigory Sokolov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Seberich, Producer
℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
Album review
With the big yellow sticker above his piano, Grigory Sokolov’s last recital resembles Deutsche Grammophon’s album covers from the 1960s during the golden age of the LP and stereophony. It must be said that the Russian pianist today is similar to the iconic pianists that once made up the famous German label’s catalogue: Wilhelm Kempff, Sviatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, or among those still playing today, Maurizio Pollini and Martha Argerich.
Unpredictable, mystifying and often brilliant, Sokolov offers us here the echoes of three recitals given in 2019 in quite similar (and a little reverberant) acoustics, in Zaragoza, Wuppertal, and Rabbi in the province of Trento (Italian Tyrol). Three evenings, three countries and three great evenings where inspiration was in the air. An enemy of any commentary surrounding his programmes, shying away from the media and any opinions on his playing, the Russian pianist reserves his rare concerts for solo recitals in Europe, fearing travel and the stress of jet lag, which has not prevented him from memorizing an incredible amount of airline schedules off by heart.
We should listen to this as one listens to a sage, from Beethoven’s Sonata No. 3 played with sovereign detachment and a clear and flowing conduct imbued with chaste poetry. Sokolov then excels in the precious miniatures, the Eminent Bagatelles Op. 119, in which Beethoven displays an admirable conciseness, concentrating both his energy and the strength of the language from the composer’s later period.
Sokolov previously recorded Brahms in France in 1994 for the now-closed label Opus 111. Here he is at the top of his game with the compositions Klavierstücke Op. 118 and Op. 119, written by an older Brahms. Sokolov brings out the poignant and never-too-sad melancholy, sometimes breaking the impulses while knowing how to abandon himself and give these sublime pieces an improvised feel.
The seven encores (Schubert, Rameau, Brahms, Schubert and Debussy) that close this splendid album are finely chiselled jewels generously offered to the three lucky, transfixed and attentive audiences. © François Hudry/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 32 track(s)
- Total length: 02:06:22
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Grigory Sokolov
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2020 Grigory Sokolov
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