RELEASED ON 30.8.2024 ON DECCA VIA UNIVERSAL
CATALOGUE NUMBER 4866263
Description:
Grigory Sokolov’s annual spring tours have become pilgrimages for his devoted followers. In 2022/2023, he dedicated 70 recitals to Purcell and Mozart, revealing their shared streaks of charm and melancholy.
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)