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:

LP1 / Side A:

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

LP1 / Side B:

Suite No. 4 in A minor, Z. 663

1. I. Prelude

2. II. Allemande

3. III. Courante

4. IV. Sarabande

5. Round O, ZT 684

Suite No. 7 in D minor, Z. 668

6. I. Allemande

7. II. Courante

8. III. Hornpipe

9. Chaconne in G minor, ZT 680

LP2 / Side A:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat major K. 333

1. I. Allegro

LP2 / Side B:

1. II. Andante cantabile

2. III. Allegretto grazioso

LP3 / Side A:

1. Adagio in B minor K. 540

LP3 / Side B:

ENCORES:

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)

1. VI. Les sauvages [Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, Suite in G Major, RCT 6]

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

2. Prelude in D flat major “Raindrop”, op. 28/15

3. Mazurka No. 40 in F minor, op. 63/2

Jean-Philippe Rameau

4. VIII. Tambourin [Suite in E minor, RCT 2]

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

5. Prelude in E minor, BWV 855 (arr. in B minor by Alexander Siloti)