Sokolov Grigory: Schubert / Beethoven (2x CD) - CD

Composers:
• Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
• Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
• Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Grigory Lipmanovich Sokolov (* April 18, 1950 Leningrad) is a Russian piano virtuoso. He studied at the Leningrad Conservatory from the age of seven, and at the age of 12 he gave his first piano recital in Moscow.

In 1966 he won a gold medal at the 3rd International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. The chairman of the jury was Emil Gilels. He works mainly as a solo pianist, he recorded relatively few and performed with orchestras.

In the Soviet Union of the 1970s and 1980s, Sokolov' s career was very successful, but he was rarely allowed to perform abroad. In the meantime, he has given more than 1,000 concerts around the world, which have been enthusiastically received by the audience and critics. He spoke, among others. at Carnegie Hall in New York and at the Wiener Musikverein.

Sokolov' s recordings with the French company Opus 111, which belongs to the so-called Independent Label Na? in Records, contain works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Chopin.

Playlist

CD 1
Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op.90, D.899 - No.1 In C Minor (Allegro molto moderato) (Live) / Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op.90, D.899 - No.2 In E Flat Major (Allegro) (Live) / Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op.90, D.899 - No.3 In G Flat Major (Andante) (Live) / Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op.90, D.899 - No.4 In A Flat Major (Allegretto) (Live) / Schubert: 3 Piano Pieces, D.946 - No.1 In E Flat Minor (Allegro assai) (Live) / Schubert: 3 Piano Pieces, D.946 - No.2 In E Flat (Allegretto) (Live) / Schubert: 3 Piano Pieces, D.946 - No.3 In C (Allegro) (Live)
CD 2
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.29 In B Flat, Op.106 - „ Hammer piano ” - 1. Allegro (Live) / Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.29 In B Flat, Op.106 - „ Hammer piano ” - 2. Scherzo (Assai vivace - Presto - Prestissimo - Tempo I) (Live) / Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.29 In B Flat, Op.106 - „ Hammer piano ” - 3. Adagio sostenuto (Live) / Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.29 In B Flat, Op.106 - „ Hammer piano ” - 4. Largo - Allegro risoluto (Live) / Rameau: First book of pieces of clavecin / Suite In D Minor-Major (1724) - 2. Les tendres plaintes (Live) / Rameau: First book of pieces of clavecin / Suite In D Minor-Major (1724) - 17. Les tourbillons (Live) / Rameau: First book of pieces of clavecin / Suite In D Minor-Major (1724) - 18. Les cyclopes (Live) / Rameau: First book of pieces of clavecin / Suite In D Minor-Major (1724) - 15. La follette (Live) / Rameau: New pi suites? ces de clavecin / Suite In G Major - 6. Les sauvages (Live) / Brahms: Intermezzi, Op.117 - 2. In B Flat Minor (Live)