Grigory Sokolov, (piano) plays Beethoven - Brahms - Chopin - Saint-Saëns - Schumann - Tchaikovsky

ID: MELCD1002078 (EAN: 4600317120789)  | 4 CD | ADD
Released in: 2013

LABEL:

Melodiya

Collection:

Piano Concerto

Subcollection:

Piano

Composers:

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig Van | BRAHMS, Johannes | CHOPIN, Frédéric François | SAINT-SAËNS, Camille | SCHUMANN, Robert | TCHAIKOVSKY, Pyotr Il'yich

Interprets:

SOKOLOV, Grigori (piano)

Ensembles:

State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the USSR

Conductors:

JÄRVI, Neeme

Other info:

Melodiya presents a 4 CD set of recordings by pianist Grigory Sokolov. One of the best contemporary representatives of the St. Petersburg piano school, Sokolov is now well known in Russia and beyond. He tours around the globe delighting the audiences of the old and new worlds. Sokolov is a master of now rare “intellectual” pianism. However, unlike the great piano intellectual of the 20th century Glenn Gould, Sokolov prefers live concerts to studio work. “The biggest chasm is the one between a microphone and an individual,” the musician believes.

CD 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Variations (33) for Piano on a Waltz by Diabelli in C major, Op. 120
CD 2
F. F. Chopin, Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25
J. Brahms
Intermezzi (3) for piano, Op. 117
Rhapsodies (2) for piano, Op. 79
CD 3
Robert Schumann
Fantasia in C major, Op. 17
Sonata for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22
CD 4
Camille Saint-Saëns
Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22
P.I. Tchaikovsky
Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Total Time: 59:09