Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28 Grigory Sokolov

• 1 No. 1 in C Major 00:44
• 2 No. 2 in A Minor 02:43
• 3 No. 3 in G Major 01:10
• 4 No. 4 in E Minor 02:21
• 5 No. 5 in D Major 00:35
• 6 No. 6 in B Minor 02:28
• 7 No. 7 in A Major 00:42
• 8 No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor 02:11
• 9 No. 9 in E Major 01:29
• 10 No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor 00:39
• 11 No. 11 in B Major 00:54
• 12 No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor 01:19
• 13 No. 13 in F-Sharp Major 04:25
• 14 No. 14 in E-Flat Minor 00:37
• 15 No. 15 in D-Flat Major, Raindrop 07:14
• 16 No. 16 in B-Flat Minor 01:40
• 17 No. 17 in A-Flat Major 04:10
• 18 No. 18 in F Minor 01:10
• 19 No. 19 in E-Flat Major 01:16
• 20 No. 20 in C Minor 01:59
• 21 No. 21 in B-Flat Major 03:40
• 22 No. 22 in G Minor 00:49
• 23 No. 23 in F Major 01:11
• 24 No. 24 in D Minor 02:44
• Total Runtime 48:10

Info for Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28

Chopin war mit der Klaviermusik Bachs seit frühester Jugend vertraut. So war es vermutlich das bachsche Klavierwerk, das den Anstoß gab zu seinen '24 Préludes', die durch alle Dur- und Molltonarten gehen. Man kann sie als eine lose Aneinanderreihung von Miniaturen betrachten, da jedes Prélude für sich steht, absolut frei in der Gestaltung und von einem unvergleichlichen musikalischen Ideenreichtum. Dennoch gibt es eine dramaturgische Anlage des Gesamtwerks, die gegen Ende in den furiosen Stücken (Nr. 16, 18, 22 und 24) im Wechsel mit lyrischen (Nr. 15 und 17) und heiteren (Nr. 29 und 32) Momenten in ihrer ganzen kraftvollen Wirkung offenbar wird. Grigory Sokolov zählt seit den 1970er-Jahren zu den großen russischen Pianisten, nach dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion startete er eine bis heute andauernde Weltkarriere.

Grigory Sokolov, Klavier

Grigory Sokolov
Born in St Petersburg, Grigory Sokolov began studying piano when he was five, attracting early attention from Russian musical circles due to his precocious and extraordinary talent. At seven, he was admitted to the St Petersburg Music Academy in Leah Zelikhman's class. In 1966, at the age of sixteen he rose to prominence in the musical world as one of the most interesting and promising talents of his generation by winning the First Prize of the Tchaikovsky Competition, an award granted unanimously by a jury presided by Emil Gilels.

The depth of his musical approach, the width of his repertoire (from Byrd to Schönberg), the seriousness and originality of his musical intentions, together with the precision of his performance are praised by the public and by world critics alike. He is regularly invited to perform in the most prominent venues in Europe, the United States and Japan. He has appeared in London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Munich, New York… and worked with the most prestigious orchestras such as the New York, London and Munich Philharmonic orchestras. Myung Whun Chung, Neeme Järvi, Herbert Blomstedt, Sakari Oramo, Valery Gergiev, Trevor Pinnock are among the 200 conductors under whose baton he has performed.

His discography with Melodya and now Opus 111 also includes live recordings acclaimed by the press, such as historical recordings of pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, Brahms, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev. About his recording of The Art of Fugue with Opus 111, critic Bill Newman describes Sokolov's performance as full of skill, clarity and rythmic panache. His version of the Diabelli Variations (Opus 111) is also hailed by the critics.

Grigory Sokolov's performances use the whole spectrum of colours allowed by the instrument and contrast the slightest nuances of the partition. His talent associates a volcanic personality with an unmatched musical stature.

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