DIGIPACK 2 CD
MEL CD 10 02292
GRIGORY SOKOLOV Firma Melodiya continues to acquaint the music lovers with the performing art of Grigory Sokolov. The name of this pianist from St. Petersburg has been known to the Russian and foreign audiences for nearly half a century now. Since the time of his victory at the 3rd International Tchaikovsky Competition Grigory Sokolov has been attracting attention of connoisseurs of music with the depth and freshness of his renditions that always combine a recognizable, individual pianistic style with a full immersion in the world of the performed work. Grigory Sokolov is first of all known as a performer of “intellectual” music – Bach’s suites and fugues, Beethoven’s late sonatas and Brahms’ pieces. This set presents the pianist as an impressive and original interpreter of romantic piano repertoire, including one of Schubert’s posthumous sonatas, Schumann’s Carnaval and Chopin’s and Scriabin’s miniatures combined with 20th century music such as fragments from Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Prokofiev’s sonatas that also takes an important place in his concert programmes. Grigory Sokolov’s recordings featured in this set embrace a 20-year period of the outstanding artist’s career. You are about to hear him as a vivid romantic virtuoso, a contender for victory at the competition in 1966, and artistically balanced pianist of the next decade and a mature, experienced musician of the late 1980s. The recordings were made in studio and at concert in Moscow and Leningrad.
Total time: 69.13 Recorded in 1969 (1–3, 26, 27), 1967 (4–25); at the 3rd International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1966 (28, 29); live at the Grand Hall of the Leningrad Conservatory, 15 March 1984 (30). CD 2 Igor Stravinsky Three fragments from Petrushka 1. Russian Dance – 2.57 2. Petrushka’s Room – 4.57 3. The Shrovetide Fair – 9.05 Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83 4. I Allegro inquieto – 7.39 5. II Andante caloroso – 6.38 6. III Precipitato – 3.37 Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84 7. I Andante dolce – Allegro moderato – 14.44 8. II Andante sognando – 5.08 9. III Vivace – 10.21 Total time: 65.11 Recorded in 1974 (1–3), 1969 (4–6); live at the Grand Hall of the Leningrad Conservatory, 26 March 1988 (7–9). Grigory Sokolov, piano
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FEBRUARY ‘15
CD 1 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D. 784 (Op. posth. 143) 1. I Allegro giusto – 11.07 2. II Andante – 4.18 3. III Allegro vivace – 4.54 Robert Schumann Carnaval, Op. 9 4. Préambule – 2.14 5. Pierrot – 0.58 6. Arlequin – 1.07 7. Valse noble – 1.30 8. Eusebius – 1.54 9. Florestan – 0.55 10. Coquette – 1.04 11. Réplique – 1.02 12. Sphinxes – 0.37 13. Papillons – 0.43 14. A. S. C. H. - S. C. H. A: Lettres Dasantes – 0.40 15. Chiarina – 0.45 16. Chopin – 1.17 17. Estrella – 0.23 18. Reconnaissance – 1.51 19. Pantalon et Colombine – 1.05 20. Valse allemande – 0.55 21. Intermezzo: Paganini – 1.15 22. Aveu – 1.19 23. Promenade – 1.44 24. Pause – 0.16 25. Marche des «Davidsbündler» contre les Philistins – 3.37 Frédéric Chopin 26. Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 – 4.41 27. Etude in F major, Op. 10 No. 8 – 2.17 28. Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11 – 3.25 Alexander Scriabin 29. Etude in D flat major, Op. 8 No. 10 – 2.00 30. Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 – 9.20