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 ...

Born in St Petersburg, Sokolov shot to fame when he won the 1966 International Tchaikovsky Competition. Notoriously mercurial about giving concerts and even more so when it comes to making recordings, ...

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Martha Argerich plays Beethoven and Yuja Wang plays John Adams, Grigory Sokolov's encores, a symphony by Beck and a Beethoven string quartet from the Ebène Quartet plus Sean Shibe's astounding Bach on ...

Dazzling piano playing from a rarely heard master. Classic FM Drive Featured Album, 26 January 2015. For his debut recital album for the Deutsche Grammophon label, the superb Russian pianist Grigory ...

Two of classical music’s most brilliant and interesting pianists have albums out which look set to compete for the best of the year awards. Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson is no stranger to ...

The town of Westerville, Ohio (population: 7011), previously unknown to musical fame, can henceforth claim one modest distinction. Earlier this year it was the site of the American debut of an ...

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 ...