Grigory Sokolov - Schubert: Impromptus D'899, Nr. 2 in Es major

[@donpaolo5834]

For me one of the greatest Pianists ever.

[@ilpelideachillemanlio7965]

Would you please explain to me why? Have you ever been to one of his concerts? Thanks.

[@sebastianciarfella3061]

@@ilpelideachillemanlio7965 are you dumb? it's like saying me, a 13-year old, saying that my favourite pianist is Horowitz, and telling me to explain you why if I never went to see him live

[@ilpelideachillemanlio7965]

@@sebastianciarfella3061 Thanks.

[@hyresw7295]

ILPelideAchille Manlio for me I like sokolov because of his quality and clear notes, more importantly you can feel his own interpretation in every piece. He let out his emotions smoothly and not over exaggerating. I’m not sure if you can get what I’m trying to say since I’m not a native English speaker.

[@stonefireice6058]

@@hyresw7295 thank you for the reference to Grigory Sokolov. He is from the generation of pianists directly following the generation of Olympians, such as Rubinstein, Arrau, Gilels and Richter. Sokolov is considered to be the best of pianists, performing around the world. And rightfully so. His technical and artistic skills, his depth of understanding composers thoughts, have been praised by other artists, connoisseurs and composers. But there are many other well deserving pianists, that appeal to the public, depending on their tastes and their ability to compare. We, the audience, vote for the title “The best” with our feet and money. Sokolov has proved that.

[@leilani3892]

He is one of a kind. I am playing this piece now and this is so far the only version that realizes my imagination. How did he manage to make EVERY note count?!!!

[@accipiterignitus5123]

Sokolov's slegato tecnique is remarkable

[@minjin2364]

Et Ed Hi I am so sorry I am not responding to text you today but I am not sure if you have r to

[@riazhassan6570]

That is the beauty of his interpretation. Every note clean in its own right yet an important part of the whole. Very few pianists, even famous ones, can match him

[@kliberalsing]

By being a 100% servant of Schubert's ideas and visions. There is not a lot of Ego in the wonderful case of Maestro Grigory Sokolov. He seems very grateful, happy and humble to play this heavenly music. And the famous Coda is magnificent too, not too diabolical and modern, just perfect.

[@clavis55]

Because of the slower tempo.

[@maryari3132]

Solo questo meraviglioso Artista ha messo in evidenza le fantastiche note "nascoste" del grande Schubert! Gli altri pianisti suonano troppo velocemente questo brano!!! Bravissimo Sokolov!!

[@ИринаКалина-ч9п]

ГРИГОРИЙ ,КАКОЕ СЧАСТЬЕ СЛУШАТЬ ВАШИ ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНЫЕ ШЕДЕВРЫ !!! СЧАСТЬЯ ВАМ И БОЛЬШЕ ВАШЕЙ МУЗЫКИ МИРУ !!!

[@sang-wonjeon4992]

마치 교과서 해설본 같다.. 이부분은 이렇게 연주라는거야 하고 알려주는 연주 같네.. 너무 좋다..

[@sheinapetch8312]

Absolutely superb playing …a joy to listen to…absolute magic..the music and the playing!

[@raphaelkreutzer8063]

In dieser furchtbaren Zeit braucht die Menschheit einen Künstler wie ihn! Herzlichen Dank und meine Verehrung, Maestro Sokolov!

[@PoorMissFinch]

Genius use of una corda at 5.44 bringing a new colour to the unexpected climb up ❤

[@luciaartizzu4351]

INCREDIBILE MERAVIGLIOSO FANTASTICO GRANDIOSO GRAZIE GRIGORY SOKOLOV

[@patriziapalmisani9501]

Sono d'accordo

[@stephanemourguet]

@@patriziapalmisani9501 Sommità dell'arte.

[@timotot123]

Great great pianist and musician.

[@MS-ct5pq]

He is the God of the musical colors...so many and so beautiful!!!

[@DanieleSantoro]

Eccellenza ed Eleganza. Grazie, Sokolov!

[@vk2nf]

Wonderful tempo - not racing along prodigiously but actually giving the notes space and expression.

[@petergoldstein1075]

Sokoloff has a great aptitude and liking for and of Schubert. Which is very much to his credit

[@parnokparnok5123]

Que c'est beau, toutes ces langues mêlées pour rendre hommage à ce magicien de la Musique !

[@davidzafrir9904]

this is the top of the top for me. great interpretation.

[@shurluful]

OPENS MY HEART WHAT A PIECE AND MR. SOKOLOV IS DEVINE

[@Ellatigojusticiero]

Asi se toca a Schubert, un gran pianista, eso se llama frasear con gusto y técnica, gracias maestro.

[@sj-pq8de]

좋은연주 감사합니다. 마음이 평안해요~

[@nicolasbontems3697]

The power comes from how he can make something so interesting for a piece that isn't your typical flamboyant show off piece that all the other grand pianists are always playing.

[@hyunseunglee5586]

He is amazing. I love this video.

[@henkyu3822]

너무나 멋진 연주 감사드립니다

[@gillesleraille9486]

Amazing , the ultimate interpretation ...

[@dampfnudel6801]

God bless him

[@bikemike1118]

So smooth. Great!

[@Никита-х4д3ж]

Волшебно.

[@josepalomogomez9865]

Que maravilla que apasionante !! Gracias maestro.

[@НаталяКоломієць-с6в]

Просто замечательно!

[@vladimirpenner7499]

А какой звук!? Сколько красок!?

[@tarekmohamed3263]

The Hegel of Pianists.

[@mamamia6925]

Amazing!

[@АлександрЯрков-ш2з]

Bravo

[@Rosangela161]

Thank you! Always fascinating.

[@Rosangela161]

Applause and encore ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@sisseli2584]

Excellent!!

[@Summerrain_Xxf]

OMG I love this

[@ikseldecorativearts8139]

The gold standard for this piece is Murray Perahia. But this is among the best interpretations. I also like Magaloff. And Cherkassky. And many others. This is one of the most important keyboard works in the repertoire, so it attracts much talent.

[@21쿠킹]

슈베르트 즉흥곡 2번 버전 중 가장 좋아요. ❤

[@ruchakitry]

Bravíssimo!!!!!!!

[@nobodyknowsme3481]

미치겠다. 정말 너무 좋다. 전공생이라면 그리 어렵지도 않을 이 난이도의 곡일진데 어쩌면 이리 풀어낼까

[@ОльгаКольцова-и1ж]

БРАВО!!!

[@taniarappo5198]

Sublime!

[@carmenrubio3786]

Ohhhhhh. 🌹❣️🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@ReneClementCruz]

So beautiful.

[@sheinapetch8312]

Sublime playing and composition..a master of the keyboard..

[@Нинагамцемлидзе]

Прекрасен!

[@zinabal6058]

Génial!

[@llllloolllll]

Cleanest pianist ever

[@meganissimo1]

HOW did he make every little triplet so different like each one is a different jewel in a necklace?

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Exelente. 🇮🇷🥇🌹🌹

[@Наталья-б1й5у]

Лучший!!!

[@carmenaballi]

Me encanta el tempo

[@douglasdickerson5184]

💙💙💙

[@anahobintie]

a taste of heaven on earth

[@ТатьянаВасильевна-ц4у]

Гениально,это образец служению роялю и музыке

[@stonefireice6058]

рояль -инструмент, ему не служат а используют служению музыке. И Григорий - мастер рояля и Олимпиан, наряду с Гилельсом, Рихтером, Рубинштейном и Горовитц.

[@rockevan]

❤

[@chchoy1790]

Nice

[@eytonshalom]

i also prefer Brendel's and Schnabel's Impromptus, but his are very interesting...

[@localpianoteacher]

Hmm I prefer Zimerman for this tho

[@stonefireice6058]

We all have our Personal preferenes, subjective by all measures, but at least we are willing to except different interpretations! No great pianist ever played the same music like others, Schnabel, Rubinstein, Horowitz, Gilels, Brendel, Zimmermann, Sokolov are examples of that.

[@kightremin]

Lovely grandpa

[@user-sayok]

The reason why I hate Sokolov is that it is too addictive. After listening to this version of the impromptu 100 times, I get annoyed when I listen to other pianists' improvisations. It also takes quite a while to get used to another pianist's improvisation. What's more depressing is when you feel the beauty of various pianists' improvisations and come back to Sokolov's improvisations... All those times of adaptation become meaningless again. The only and best Schubert impromptu for me!!!

[@haPpYtGEtHear]

저는 다른 피아니스트 연주도 좋아하지만, 이 댓글은 정말 재밌는 극찬이네요 😂

[@rockevan]

😂😂😂❤

[@carmen6169]

👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋🇮🇷 ❤️❤️🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 🤩🤩Bravisiiiiiimo.

[@finnstyles]

Was this recorded on a calculator? When it zooms in to his hands

[@Tolianchig]

Гений, хуле. Я его слышал вживую. Это ваще!

[@die_schlechtere_Milch]

I like the low fps video.

[@lucazanini210]

Le sue mani patrimonio UNESCO.

[@werneraumann4050]

Может темп и не плохой ,но нет текущего ручейка,нотки ,как горошины ,звучит резко,форсированно ,хоть пианист и профессор.

[@worldcitizen6979]

Соколов пожалуй величайший современный пианист

[@azure5697]

imagine if he decided to record all of his concerts, instead of being against recordings what a lost...

[@-pablosouzacg9353]

🇧🇷

[@PianoRus]

his hands ar freaking HUGE!

[@saxpride100]

Makes the piano look small like a toy! xD

[@fredwanger9337]

He is a fascinating pianist but the semi-detached articulation used here, to me misses the smooth, rolling, wavelike character of this impromptu. Brendel is my preference.

[@stonefireice6058]

His artistry is unique. Without rushing and smoothing, er smudging, as many do, he delivers perfect, clear sound.

[@marksmith3947]

The tempo is also slow

[@peterszekeres4845]

Schiff's version undoubtedly better

[@nevskixx]

Tastes in performance have changed over the years. Sokolov's "perfect" rendition is certainly different from most. It doesn't look back, nor forward. The present is very much Sokolov's. But what about Schubert? This is an Impromptu with the character of a dance with a Viennese lilt. The missing feel of the dance is what holds us back. Sokolov sacrifices the flow of the triplets over the shifting melodic lines in the bass. The B thematic material is also problematic. It is at an unrelated tempo to the opening section. this is disturbing to the breathing and flow. Then the return to very even non-legato triplets with a disconnected melodic line again. It becomes formulaic and on repeated listening, tiresome. Yet from a technical point of view Sokolov is unique and supreme. From a musical point of view , it is for me, playing with huge potential but for the over controlled manner that keeps suffocating it. Now this is not a performance that "accidentally" happens this way. Sokolov has conceived the piece this way . However it is emotionally underwhelming to listen to it this way. .

[@GabrielOG1977]

I totally agree!!!

[@minr6851]

Greatly expressed!

[@amirmotahari6186]

Yeah, his Schubert is just weird, unflowing, and painful to listen to, such a shame for a pianist with great facilities at his disposal!

[@marksmith3947]

I have even stronger feelings about his baroque playing, where the Rameau for instance borders on horrid--- very distorted

[@deltasquared7777]

he plays the notes very with great competence and virtuosity

Why doesn't he play it "legato" and the tempo is slower?

[@malcolmtinker4259]

.

[@alanleoneldavid1787]

that non legato

[@gdkabsbdkwkwm4187]

why he has such long nails?

[@algi1948]

To be able to pick his nose...is that all you can say about Grigory Sokolov?

[@chrrev1]

Coz he plays the guitar in his spare time

[@caleblaw2331]

I am one of the few people who disliked this video. Of course Sokolov always has perfect technique and control. However, there is always something in his playing that makes me not to enjoy listening to. For example, in the beginning of this piece, instead of flowing notes that like a stream, he breaks it into staccatos. I don't like the effect of that. In the middle section, his phrasing and accents are too "heavy-handed". There are some occasions that I found the music kind of dragging and lacks "forward motion". As a whole, Sokolov's playing is always cold and serious. I believe that every music played by an artist is a reflection of the artist's internal world. I prefer playing with grace and warmth and self confidence. For Sokolov, his music makes me feel that he is not a happy man.

[@Melchiorblade7]

I find his Bach to be incredibly well suited for him. Every piece he plays is interesting and sounds different than anyone else's playing

[@Ianthe22]

He phrases weird and plays it too slow. Maybe age is catching up to him. I am on the same page as you. He always tries to play it as clear as possible saccraficing a lot for it!

[@nilsfrederking62]

Agree, I am a huge Horowitz fan and when I compare both, Horowitz sometimes makes a lot of little mistakes but that does disturb me in any way, as the overall playing is that warm and intuitively well balanced. With Sokolov I have more the impression as if it is played "intellectually" but it does not really touch me it is too straight, not flexible enough.

[@Yhiith]

no

[@hansdekorver7365]

But for the trajectory 1.14 - 1.34 and 4.42 - 5.02 this tempo is ideal !

[@rothschildianum]

Speed up to 1.25x, it sounds better. His touch was way too heavy!

[@stonefireice6058]

That’s the artistry of his delivery: no rush, each note sounds clear, without smudging. Too many pianists rush it through with overuse of the pedal.

[@wyk777]

Krystian Zimerman Schubert Impromptu No 2 is more nice then sokolov Schubert. i dont like this sometime so slow tempo... zimerman is more good speed and more sensitive!!!

[@Ellatigojusticiero]

This is exactly the art of Sokolov interpretation, the perfect phrasing and tempo, this was not written to be played that fast as other pianist play it…no satisfaction to listening to other interpretation.