Sokolov

Grigory Sokolov plays Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Stravinsky (2015) 2CDs [Re-Up] Music

Posted by Designol at Jan. 13, 2022

The art of the 20th century legendary pianists lives on in this century in the creative work of Grigory Sokolov, “the greatest pianist of modern times,” “the world's pianist No. 1,” “a genius” as the contemporaries name him. Sokolov's name ranks with the names of the great musicians of the past – Vladimir Horowitz, Sviatoslav Richter and Glenn Gould. The pianist gives quite a number of concerts annually in different cities of Europe, including a traditional klavierabend in his native St. Petersburg. Grigory Sokolov finished the special music school of the Leningrad Conservatory under Liya Zelikhman, and in 1973 he graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory under Moisey Khalfin. Later on, Sokolov became a professor of the St. Petersburg Conservatory where he taught for a long time. As early as at the age of twelve, Sokolov gave his first solo concert, and at 16 he received the first prize of the 3rd International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1966. That victory signified the beginning of Sokolov's career.

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Grigory Sokolov - Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations; Partita No.2; English Suite No.2 (2014) 2CDs Music

Posted by Designol at Nov. 20, 2022

Firma Melodiya presents concert recordings of J.S. Bach's compositions performed by Grigory Sokolov, arguably the most intellectual of all modern Russian pianists. At the age of 16, he became a winner of the 3rd International Tchaikovsky Competition and has been an active concert performer for more than forty years. There are just few musicians now who are described as "He lives for the sake of music. Only music". Sokolov's biography is not rich in external events as he is not a public figure. However, those who have heard him in concert or on records will never be able to forget his play. Sokolov prefers deeply considered "music of mind" to virtuosic lustre. He is mostly known as an interpreter of Bach's works, late Beethoven and Brahms. "He is often compared with Gould. But Sokolov has a Bach of his own. He is more of a philosopher", a critic wrote about his performance in the Literaturnaya Gazeta. But unlike the Canadian intellectual genius of pianism, Sokolov has preferred concerts to recordings. "The biggest gap is the one between the microphone and a man", the musician believes. The Goldberg Variations, Bach's most complicated cycle from the performing point of view, was recorded by Grigory Sokolov in concert in 1982. The album also includes Partita in C minor and English Suite in A minor recorded in various years.

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Grigory Sokolov - Beethoven, Brahms (2020) Music

Posted by ArlegZ at Oct. 24, 2022

Three years after his last recording, Grigory Sokolov returns with a double album of live recordings from his triumphant European 2019-20 tour. Focusing on the early (Piano Sonata No. 3) and late Beethoven sonatas (Piano Sonatas Nos. 27 & 32) as well as Brahms's autumnal piano pieces opp. 118 & 119, this is a showcase of the Russian pianist's "stunning technique" (The Telegraph).

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Marina Tarasova & Ivan Sokolov - Brahms: Cello Sonatas & Clarinet Sonata No. 2 Op. 120 (Transcr. for Cello) (2022) [24/44] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Feb. 18, 2022

Marina Tarasova & Ivan Sokolov - Brahms: Cello Sonatas & Clarinet Sonata No. 2 Op. 120 (Transcr. for Cello) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 70:56 minutes | 622 MB
Classical | Label: Musical Concepts, Official Digital Download

For many years Marina Tarasova has been one of the most renowned Russian cellists; a winner of International Competitions in Prague, Florence and the Grand Prix in Paris and a laureate of Moscow’s Tchaikovsky International Competition.

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Marina Tarasova & Ivan Sokolov - Brahms: Cello Sonatas & Clarinet Sonata No. 2 Op. 120 (Transcr. for Cello) (2022) Music

Posted by delpotro at Feb. 18, 2022

Marina Tarasova & Ivan Sokolov - Brahms: Cello Sonatas & Clarinet Sonata No. 2 Op. 120 (Transcr. for Cello) (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 266 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 163 Mb | 01:10:56
Classical | Label: Musical Concepts

For many years Marina Tarasova has been one of the most renowned Russian cellists; a winner of International Competitions in Prague, Florence and the Grand Prix in Paris and a laureate of Moscow’s Tchaikovsky International Competition.

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Marina Tarasova & Ivan Sokolov - French Cello Sonatas, Vol. 2: Boëllmann, Widor & d'Indy (2023) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at June 27, 2023

Marina Tarasova & Ivan Sokolov - French Cello Sonatas, Vol. 2: Boëllmann, Widor & d'Indy (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 67:27 minutes | 618 MB
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics, Official Digital Download

Leon Böellmann (1862-1897) was born in the Alsatian town of Ensisheim. He moved to Paris after the Franco-Prussian War after which Alsace became part of Germany. In Paris, he studied organ, piano and composition at the Classical Music School, graduating from it with honors. After graduation, he worked as a teacher at school. His compositions brought him considerable recognition, and he would almost certainly have made a bigger name for himself if he had not died at the young age of 35. Presented on this album is his remarkable Cello Sonata Op.40, hailing from the late French Romantic period.

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Marina Tarasova & Ivan Sokolov - French Cello Sonatas, Vol. 2: Boëllmann, Widor & d'Indy (2023) Music

Posted by delpotro at June 28, 2023

Marina Tarasova & Ivan Sokolov - French Cello Sonatas, Vol. 2: Boëllmann, Widor & d'Indy (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 279 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 157 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:07:27
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics

Leon Böellmann (1862-1897) was born in the Alsatian town of Ensisheim. He moved to Paris after the Franco-Prussian War after which Alsace became part of Germany. In Paris, he studied organ, piano and composition at the Classical Music School, graduating from it with honors. After graduation, he worked as a teacher at school. His compositions brought him considerable recognition, and he would almost certainly have made a bigger name for himself if he had not died at the young age of 35. Presented on this album is his remarkable Cello Sonata Op.40, hailing from the late French Romantic period.

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Grigory Sokolov - Complete Recordings (2011) (10 CDs Box Set) Music

Posted by murena at Nov. 11, 2019

Grigory Sokolov - Complete Recordings (2011) (10 CDs Box Set)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Image+.cue, log) | 10 CDs, 09:23:10 min | Covers included | 1,91 Gb
Genre: Classical / Label: Naïve

The complete recordings on Nave of legendary Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov have now been collected into this specially-priced 10CD set. Included are critically acclaimed recordings of music by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Chopin, Prokofiev, Scriabin and Rachmaninov. Personnel: Grigory Sokolov (piano)

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Grigory Sokolov - The Salzburg Recital (Mozart, Chopin, Scriabin, Rameau, J.Bach) - 2015 Music

Posted by Aregak at May 28, 2019

Grigory Sokolov - The Salzburg Recital (Mozart, Chopin, Scriabin, Rameau, J.Bach) - 2015
EAC Rip | FLAC, TRACKS+CUE, LOG, Scans | 01:48:48 | 386.88 MB
Classical | Deutsche Grammophon / 479434-2

Good news for pianophiles everywhere that Grigory Sokolov has, as DG put it, now signed an exclusive contract. This is of course not taking him into the studio or anything as workaday as that. No, he has allowed them to release a live recital from the 2008 Salzburg Festival. But let’s not knock that: it’s difficult to imagine just how much negotiation that must have taken. Comparisons are irrelevant (except perhaps with himself): this is Sokolov we’re talking about. But in this cult of celebrity, his very aversion to the notion has turned him into one – a bit like Glenn Gould in an earlier era…

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Karen Bentley Pollick & Ivan Sokolov - Ivan Sokolov - Chamber Works (2020) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at Aug. 4, 2020

Karen Bentley Pollick & Ivan Sokolov - Ivan Sokolov - Chamber Works (2020) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 01:08:51 minutes | 642 MB
Classical | Label: Toccata Classics, Official Digital Download

Ivan Sokolov, born in Moscow in 1960, has made his mark both as composer and as pianist. His early compositions were avant-gardist, but he eventually rejected radicality in favour of a more traditional musical language, one with its roots in Tchaikovsky, Glazunov and Rachmaninov, flavoured, perhaps, with a hint of Shostakovich. Most of the works here were composed within the last few years and are couched in the unforced lyricism of his latter-day Romanticism.

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