You look at Grigory Sokolov and you say, “Just what the world needs. Another aging white guy in formal attire playing music of the 19th century.” And then you listen to the first few notes of Schubert ...
"Probably the best living pianist" headlined the Berliner Morgenpost's review of Grigory Sokolov's sold-out June 2013 recital at the Berlin Philharmonie. "The four Impromptus could no be interpreted ...
SOME things you never forget. Almost exactly 11 years ago, I was leaving a lunchtime concert which had been staged in the RSAMD. As I rounded the corner, heading for the car park, I bumped into a ...
Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov, on his own this time, plays an arrangement of J.S. Bach's (1685-1750) Prelude in E-Minor, from Book One of the Well-Tempered Clavier. The arrangement is by the Russian ...
Sonata for Piano No. 9 Grigory Sokolov, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 10 Grigory Sokolov, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 15, 'Pastoral' Ludwig ...
Mazurkas (Complete), Movements: No. 40 in F minor, Op. 63/2 (1846) Grigory Sokolov, Piano (26) Preludes, Movements: No. 15 in D flat (Raindrop) Grigory Sokolov, Piano A New Irish Tune (‘Lilliburlero’) ...
Sonata for Piano No. 29, 'Hammerklavier' Grigory Sokolov, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin, Movements: Les tendres plaintes Grigory Sokolov, Piano Jean-Philippe ...
Think of 59-year-old Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov as the anti-Glenn Gould: he refuses to play anything but live recitals, and what few recordings are out there are from live concerts. He is nothing ...