- Artist:
- Grigory Sokolov
Purcell & Mozart
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Release date: 30 August 2024
Article Number: 509255000
What do Purcell and Mozart have in common – the grounds, tunes, and dances of the English Baroque composer and the piano works from the Viennese Classical period? A lot, when played by Grigory Sokolov. His annual spring tours have become pilgrimages for his devoted followers. He dedicated the entire 2022/23 season to Purcell and Mozart (supplemented by five encores), and this live album reveals their shared streaks of charm and melancholy. The press was rapturous: “Sokolov treats every note as a precious jewel, transporting his listeners to another time while remaining timeless (Der Standard). “Unfailingly enthralling” (Süddeutsche Zeitung); “His touch: exquisite, concentrated, sparkling, luminous” (rbb online); “This colossal artist who never ceases to astonish” (Scherzo).
TRACKLIST
CD1:
Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
1. A Ground in Gamut, Z. 645
Suite No. 2 in G minor, Z. 661
2. I. Prelude
3. II. Allemande
4. III. Courante
5. IV. Sarabande
6. A New Irish Tune, Z. 646
7. A New Scotch Tune, Z. 655
8. Trumpet Tune, ZT 678
Suite No. 4 in A minor, Z. 663
9. I. Prelude
10. II. Allemande
11. III. Courante
12. IV. Sarabande
13. Round O, ZT 684
Suite No. 7 in D minor, Z. 668
14. I. Allemande
15. II. Courante
16. III. Hornpipe
17. Chaconne in G minor, ZT 680
CD2:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat major K. 333
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Andante cantabile
3. III. Allegretto grazioso
4. Adagio in B minor K. 540
ENCORES:
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
5. VI. Les sauvages [Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, Suite in G Major, RCT 6]
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
6. Prelude in D flat major “Raindrop”, op. 28/15
7. Mazurka No. 40 in F minor, op. 63/2
Jean-Philippe Rameau
8. VIII. Tambourin [Suite in E minor, RCT 2]
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
9. Prelude in E minor, BWV 855 (arr. in B minor by Alexander Siloti)
