Beethoven Brahms Grigory Sokolov

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3:
• 1 Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: I. Allegro con brio 12:30
• 2 Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: II. Adagio 07:49
• 3 Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: III. Scherzo. Allegro 05:13
• 4 Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3: IV. Allegro assai 05:55
• 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119:
• 5 Ludwig van Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: I. Allegretto 02:29
• 6 Ludwig van Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: II. Andante con moto 01:23
• 7 Ludwig van Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: III. à l'Allemande 01:54
• 8 Ludwig van Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: IV. Andante cantabile 01:31
• 9 Ludwig van Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: V. Risoluto 01:18
• 10 Ludwig van Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: VI. Andante - Allegretto leggiermente 01:42
• 11 Ludwig van Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: VII. Allegro ma non troppo 01:11
• 12 Ludwig van Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: VIII. Moderato cantabile 01:37
• 13 Ludwig van Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: IX. Vivace moderato 00:40
• 14 Ludwig van Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: X. Allegramente 00:20
• 15 Ludwig van Beethoven: 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: XI. Andante, ma non troppo 02:00
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118
• 16 Johannes Brahms: 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: I. Intermezzo. Allegro non assai, ma molto appassionato 02:12
• 17 Johannes Brahms: 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: II. Intermezzo. Andante teneramente 06:53
• 18 Johannes Brahms: 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: III. Ballade. Allegro energico 04:16
• 19 Johannes Brahms: 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: IV. Intermezzo. Allegretto un poco agitato 04:01
• 20 Johannes Brahms: 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: V. Romance. Andante - Allegretto grazioso 04:48
• 21 Johannes Brahms: 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: VI. Intermezzo. Andante, largo e mesto 05:30
• 22 Johannes Brahms: 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: I. Intermezzo. Adagio 03:41
• 23 Johannes Brahms: 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: II. Intermezzo. Andantino un poco agitato 06:09
• 24 Johannes Brahms: 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: III. Intermezzo. Grazioso e giocoso 02:00
• 25 Johannes Brahms: 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: IV. Rhapsody. Allegro risoluto 06:20
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): 4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935:
• 26 Franz Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935: No. 2 in A Flat Major: Allegretto 08:54
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764): Suite in G Major, RCT 6:
• 27 Jean-Philippe Rameau: Suite in G Major, RCT 6: XIV. Les Sauvages 01:57
• Johannes Brahms: Intermezzi, Op. 117
• 28 Johannes Brahms: Intermezzi, Op. 117: II. Andante non troppo e con molto espressione 05:35
• Jean-Philippe Rameau: Suite in E Minor, RCT 2
• 29 Jean-Philippe Rameau: Suite in E Minor, RCT 2: V. Le Rappel des oiseaux 02:56
• Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943): 13 Preludes, Op. 32:
• 30 Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov: 13 Preludes, Op. 32: No. 12 in G Sharp Minor: Allegro 03:03
• Franz Schubert:
• 31 Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915 06:16
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Préludes / Book 1, L. 117
• 32 Claude Debussy: Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: VI. Des pas sur la neige 04:32
• Total Runtime 02:06:35

Info for Beethoven Brahms

3 Years after his last recording Grigory Sokolov returns with a double album of live recordings from his triumphant 2019/20 tour. Focusing on early (Piano Sonata No. 3) and late Beethoven sonatas (Piano Sonatas Nos. 27 & 32) and Brahms’s autumnal piano pieces opp. 118 & 119, the “musical sorcerer” has fascinated audiences and critics across Europe: “Music making at the piano could hardly be more unaffected yet compelling...The music unfolds directly” ( Süddeutsche Zeitung ). “His pianism is stupendous...but Sokolov’s real magic occurs in the moment, in his fine art of making music live, transcending epochs, levitating, always mindful that our playing must end” ( Tagesspiegel Grigory Sokolov will turn 70 on April 18, 2020!

Grigory Sokolov, piano

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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