Grigory Sokolov - Beethoven Hammerklavier Sonata - 4th Movement - Part 1 of 2

[rsdmse]

@sam0xin There are a few recordings on youtube, for instance video id 7XiH-XrIdBY

[joaodsyt]

metteholm75: this interpretation is good, but you must listen to this piece in Arrau's hands!!!

[sll10]

@joaodsyt You are right! In fact I listened to the Arrau recording just yesterday! He takes the fugue at a breakneck pace and it's fantastic!!

[HolyMotherofGrid]

Yowsers!!! This is my first time listening to this amazing pianist, and i LOVE him!! I've never heard this work played with this much - well, this way at all: he finds things in the music which others simply don't. To my mind, it is irrelevant whether or not Beethoven had this kind of interpretation in mind when he wrote it - music has always been a combination of composer and performer: both make a personal contribution to the end result, and who is to say the composer must always be right?

[metteholm75]

I shall have to listen to it on youtube, then :)

[metteholm75]

If ever there were mystical traits in Beethovens music...... Sokolov brings them out. Has this been transferred to digital media????

Man, I´d love to own a copy of this recording.!

[sll10]

@metteholm75 Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, it has not been put out on CD.

[pointblank161]

@metteholm75

I have come across an original Factory Sealed Vinyl LP of this album from 1978.....Where could I put it up for sale

[sam0xin]

Thanks for audio ! Sokolov's interpretations are amazing as usual...I'm just curious: why Mr. Sokolov hasn't any video-chronicles at his young age ? As I know USSR was equipped with TV stations since Stalin era...& he is younger then Richter or Gilels...

[sll10]

@sam0xin You're more than welcome! I'm not sure why there isn't video of him when young.

[kempff95]

stunning performance of this huge fouege!