Grigory Sokolov - The God of Piano

[@TheSokolover]

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[@jeanpralica462]

I must say the Brahms excerpt scared me a little... Absolutely phenomenal.

[@isaacvandermerwe744]

i know right its actually terrifying. animal.

[@eziosfara7891]

Just astonishing. I did not Know Sokolov. Thanks KZbin. It Was a great pleasure.

[@user-ps6gd2kw6f]

И я не знала...к большому сожалению...Это невероятное открытие для меня....🎉🎉🎉

[@Teldaewick_RE]

It was literally thanks to KZbin that I got to know him, and guess what? Last year I went to one of his recitals in Munich. His reputation does honor him, it was magnificent to hear and experience in person! I will never forget what I listened to that day.

[@user-po1jv5ys4c]

Ощущение Ясности. Мысль очень четко и развернуто донесена, в каждой ноте, в каждом нюансе. Нет провалов. ..неясностей ..недосказанности ... Одна лишь Ясность. Гений.

[@robertob1863]

Vero, verissimo!👍

[@pianoman551000]

Those poor piano keys were begging for mercy!! Sokolov can produce sound like no other pianist: from soft and beautifully serene to the sound of a roaring locomotive.

[@user-nv2wt4hi8t]

They receive none from Sokolov. Instead, they're perpetually held hostage to his astonishing mastery of dynamic control.

[@johnboettger864]

You ever hear of Horowitz?

[@pianoman551000]

@@johnboettger864 Yup! My uncle and I cleaned the windows of his townhouse on W. 94th st., just east of fifth Ave. in the early 80s.

[@peterelliott5720]

sometimes you don't realise something has always been lacking from the internet until it's right in front of you ahaha

[@mrselliott1962]

The trills at 2:33 and 2:35 🤭

[@lostpianist]

Legend has it that when in the womb his mother could feel him playing Hanon exercises on her tummy.

[@robertjason6885]

I…..not so fondly… remember “Sixty Exercises you love to play.” I was about 6 or so. Or was it “Like” to play??? Czerny was even more tedious… but down the road it got me into college free. Obviously it work a whole lot more effectively in Mr Sokolov’s hands.

[@sheinapetch8312]

Superb....he is absolutely amazing ...never heard a pianist like him ..he is completely in a class of his own!

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Grigory Sokolov THE TITAN OF THE PIANO!! THE GIANT OF THE PIANO!! Grigory Sokolov his Chopin piano concerto no 2! Brahms piano concerto no 2! Mozart piano concerto no 24! Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! After Grigory Sokolov played These concertos then All The others pianists Are really only The DUST ZEROS!!

[@yourgirlme9163]

Yes, but as a very well oiled sewing machine.

[@wayneconn1079]

Then came Tatum 😊

[@charlottearena]

He is sublime, a rare talent

[@enriquesanchez2001]

I am fortunate to have heard Horowitz live in concert twice 40 years ago. Also, Arrau, Ashkenazy, Argerich, etc... But ladies and gentlemen, SOKOLOV is a million times a greater pianist than them or any of a bucket full of the greatest that are marketed today as the best. ♥♥♥♥

[@marcusbautista2630]

He is defintely top 3 for me but I don't know about Horowitz. Horowitz is in his own category that no one has ever been get to

[@enriquesanchez2001]

@@marcusbautista2630 True, very true. :)

[@elias7748]

Wow!

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein ( The God) Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff Radu Lupu Maurizio Pollini Sviatoslav Richter Vladimir Ashkenazy Mikhail Pletnev Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Rosa Tamarkina Ekaterina Novitskaya Dimitri Bashkirov Andrei Gavrilov

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

THE TITAN OF THE PIANO THE GIANT OF THE PIANO Grigory Sokolov his Brahms piano concerto no 2! Chopin piano concerto no 2! Mozart piano concerto no 24! Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2!! After Grigory Sokolov played These concertos then All The others pianists Are really only The DUST ZEROS! Sokolov versus Horowitz 100-0!! Sokolov versus Marc Andre Hamelin 5000-0!! Hamelin THE CYBORG HUMAN MACHINE! Sokolov versus Evgeny Kissin 15000-0!! Evgeny Kissin The ice cold piano sound Ever! Sokolov versus ABM 75000-0!! ABM =THE KING ROBOT MACHINE!!

[@camillobenso468]

Un talento ed una musicalita' stupefacenti. Ma anche una vita dedicata interamente alla musica. Quanto lavoro c' e' dietro questi risultati!

[@RachJoonoff]

그리고리 소콜로프에게 무한한 경의와 박수를 보냅니다

[@hengyuesu8535]

One of my favorite pianists! Full of energy!

[@giacomo2511]

I have had the privilege to listen to him, live, almost every year for 20 years. Every concert have been a life experience, a beauty delirium! For those who compare Hamelin, Argerich, Horowits etc. with Sokolov: the greatness of these pianists cannot be compared, it wuold be like comparing the stars among them. Sokolov, in his own poetic vision, is unique and the best by far, but, thanks God, there is not only one vision in music. Sokolov is impressive and, often, shocking...

[@joanka34]

yeah, he plays in full go, 'full steam ahead' !

[@ProgettoMemoria]

Where is the poetic vision? This is exactly what is missing here big time

[@laslasman564]

Yeah in some places a tonal palette can be better envisaged...but his command of Rachmaninov is amazing...blimey..loved those Couperin items 👍

[@johnheart6890]

All I can say is: WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@user-sk4kd7ob2b]

С ума сойти! Фантастика…! 20.08.2022. Спасибо!

[@pamelashannon6104]

He is not only a joy to listen to, but a joy to watch as well. His technique is flawless!

[@miroslavk7298]

Superb, genius, heart in music, I did not hear so much virtuosity so far.

[@brigittehirschmiller7811]

Quelle virtuosité……..époustouflant ♥️♥️♥️♥️merci pour ces moments d’une rare beauté!

[@charlesdavis7087]

His ability to endow each finger with its own dynamics allows him to turn the piano into a piano/orchestra. Obviously, he really is taking piano technique to a new level. I think Cziffra had that ability to for a time.

[@user-ip4wc5kw6z]

He has his own finger skills

[@TheSokolover]

0:00 - Chopin Etude Op.25 No.12 0:34 - Prokofiev Piano Sonata No.7 - Precipitato 1:45 - Couperin Le tic-toc-choc ou Les maillotins 2:27 - Bach Partita No.1 - Gigue 3:06 - Bach French Overture 3:49 - Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 4:43 - Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2

[@Scratch_my_back]

Where are the diamonds: Rameau - "Les sauvages"/"La Poule"/"Les Cyclopes" or Chopin - Waltz Am posthumous?

[@enriquesanchez2001]

I have run out of SUPERLATIVES to praise this man. He far exceeds ANY pianist I have ever heard. Live or in recording. God blessed him and we have been blessed to know him ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@thomasmartin8362]

Might I suggest you check out Marta Argerich, Marc-André Hamelin, and of course, the great Vladimir Horowitz, just for starters?

[@rezayamini7645]

Listen to Richter!!

[@thomasmartin8362]

@@rezayamini7645 and Michaelangeli

[@GTXTi-db5xu]

Evgeny Kissin

[@dennisdougherty7538]

@@thomasmartin8362 A piano player, yes but is any of this video sample music. The classical Greek philosophers all agreed on one main thing: To be called "music" it must has a "moral value". Does being a "banger" necessarily qualify? The most technically perfect with the highest poetic quality and finest tone in a pianist today has been critically acclaimed in Arsentiy Kharitonov.

[@fodilhadjiat5244]

Le plus grand des pianistes actuellement vivants et de très très loin !!!!!!!

[@Touhouuu]

Solokov has to be one of the most expressive master pianists out there.

[@quanlethienminh6002]

insane control and phrasing! It almost seems like he is playing a different instrument compared to other pianists. His tone is so delicate, yet powerful and rich.

[@margaritadubrovina7063]

Великий пианист и музыкант !! Невероятная ясность в интерпретации музыки! ❤🙏🙏🙏

[@yourgirlme9163]

Horowitz will be forever remembered. He is the beacon and Art Tatum too: supreme genius.

[@conservativemike3768]

After 60 years of listening to everything and everyone, I’ve finally found THE #1.

[@williamderosa8947]

Yuja who ? Lang Lang what …. Sorry people this is a real pianist. So refreshing to listen to an artist of this caliber.

[@griffin5734]

You can't find a video without someone speaking of this two. That's how brilliant they are.

[@williamderosa8947]

@@griffin5734 brilliant perhaps …compared to artists like Argerich, Kissin, Bronfman, Sokolov, Richter, Horowitz, Gilels to name but a few …. not in same league.

[@user-jo3mm5vr4n]

Вершина МАСТЕРСТВА!

[@f_______682]

Wow wow wow, other worldly

[@hidropoop472]

One of the best of all time.

[@bluedoggo483]

i will never be able to stop thinking about that crystal clear trills in 2:33. pure perfection, jeez

[@moniquegosselin-noat1956]

oui, Il est le dieu du piano; l'expression est parfaitement adéquate; grande admiration et fascination!

[@JaxEntersEvasion]

"il est le dieu du piano" ?

[@gilberthong9165]

Yes! The God of Piano!!

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Grigory Sokolov The Titan The Giant of The piano! Artur Rubinstein The God! Emil Gilels The King

[@MM-111]

This is great ! And here is Maestro Grigory Sokolov to see. Thank you !

[@jfpary7336]

Man, damned he is exceptional everywhere...

[@ALF8892]

Even without the technique, I would love to be able to play as freely and organically as him. He definitely is expressive and makes it look easy

[@MikeDewisBaritone]

The fact that this has a single dislike is proof that it's possible to press the wrong thumb. Astonishing!

[@ChrisPaulPf]

But not the wrong key 🎹😂

[@ottokarvonschnallenburg2572]

Maybe because the Brahms sounds very prokofiesque?

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

De los mejores del mundo .🇮🇷🥇🖐️

[@awesomeart1972]

I listen to so much classical music 🎶/artists that I forget how incredible Grigory is (Boston)

[@olgagleb5718]

Только что после концерта в театре Сан Карло г. Неаполь. Зрители даже послее многочисленных бис не хотели отпускать Маэстро. Это божественные исполнения боговдохновленной музыки 👏👏👏👏

[@tomrose2086]

just phenomenal. What an inspiration.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Grigory Sokolov=THE TITAN OF THE PIANO!! THE GIANT OF THE PIANO!! Grigory Sokolov his Chopin piano concerto no 2!! Brahms piano concerto no 2! Mozart piano concerto no 24! Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! After Grigory Sokolov played These concertos then All The others pianists Are really only The DUST ZEROS!!

[@alfredomontane578]

SOKOLOV PERTENECE A LA ÉLITE DE LOS MÁS GRANDES PIANISTAS DE NUESTRA ÉPOCA,ES ÚNICO EN ALGUNOS COMPOSITORES

[@handavid6421]

Maximum Heights of human potential. Hail to giants!

[@urekmazino8799]

This is past human potential

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Grigory Sokolov THE TITAN OF THE PIANO!! THE GIANT OF THE PIANO!! Grigory Sokolov his Chopin piano concerto no 2! Brahms piano concerto no 2! Mozart piano concerto no 24! Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! After Grigory Sokolov played These concertos then All The others pianists Are really only The DUST ZEROS!!! The REAL SHOCKER=Grigory Sokolov played Haydn piano concerto no 11 in 1991 My home city! Sokolov was around and softest Ever piano sound! The White Yellow gas risen from The piano! The piano sound was like 'Cotton Candy sound tone! The Best piano sound players like Wilhelm Kempff Radu Lupu Emil Gilels Artur Rubinstein could not.get The Cotton candy tone out of The piano! This Haydn concerto 11 playing by Sokolov maybe lost for Ever! No tapes! No.film! WE WANT HAYDN CONCERTO BY SOKOLOV!!

[@petethediver1]

He is magnificent. Unrivalled.

[@leonidassiridis8233]

..Божественная игра и техника! -Маэстро!

[@miguelangelromeu8178]

I swear that i can see how Liszt Played the piano in the minute 6:40 to 7:10.

[@hidropoop472]

Hahahahah

[@user-dv3nr8vc4h]

Потрясающе, зримо, мощно! Полное погружение. Властно ведёт за собой! Браво!!!

[@yves-vv6uf]

Amazing talent ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ZhannaKemp]

Thank you for this video

[@yves-vv6uf]

Amazing 🤩 thank you

[@hengyuesu8535]

AMAZING PIANIST !

[@PSHEYACOOL]

Best of the best!!!!!❤❤❤

[@debbyyao5918]

Such a joy listening to Sokolov playing a variety of works! Thank you for uploading!

[@user-xf4mj8cw5l]

Божественно!!!!!!!

[@akucismarko]

Masterful performances!! Love everyone of these excerpts! Divine!

[@yves-vv6uf]

Bravo

[@Natalia-wz5ix]

эх, жалко, что я не в зале... ни один носитель не передает настоящего! звука.

[@kanekokazuko7034]

やった～‼️待望の大好きなエチュード大洋が聴けて嬉しいです。ものすごく迫力ある素晴らしい演奏に感動します‼️素晴らしい演奏の配信本当にありがとうございました😉👍🎶

[@juanvelasco5842]

Although Sokolov is an absolute amazing treasure of humanity, and a clear reflexion of God’s existence, there are other wonderful pianists around, but those that criticize him as being too technical or not musical, are jealous people who don’t even have a fraction of Sokolov’s musical talent, and they are just unappreciative parasites with a destructive and toxic attitude!

[@ta-rk7pl]

Incredible!

[@lluisrafalessole-classical5068]

Wow Spectacular 🎹

[@seemasingh4568]

Respect 🙏

[@emilianogoi5051]

Semplicemente superlativo!

[@quaver1239]

Wow. Thank you.

[@Scarshockable]

I saw him live playing Hammerklavier … that was amazing!

[@pauljones724]

Simply the best piano pianist i have ever head. He's like chopin,rachmaninoff,brahma, listz and the rest reincarnated. Better than horiwitz ,artur rubienstein maybe even liberate and more!! Simply magnificent!!!! In my opinion!! His rage and you can see thee fire in his fingers. God bless you and please please keep playing sir!! I wonder if you give piano lessons?? Lol!! I probably couldn't afford you??

[@Damian_Theodoridis]

best pianist uve heard, listen to cziffra and katsaris

[@-a-2953]

Yes... god of piano...

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Artur Rubinstein The God Grigory Sokolov The Titan The Giant of The piano Emil Gilels The King

[@carmen6169]

🇮🇷. 😂

[@anthonydecarvalho652]

These days there are dozens of wonderfully talented and technically amazing pianists, however they often sound very similar. Not this man he's apart of the great tradition of the pianists of the past with technique of course but even more then that, individuality.

[@johnboettger864]

The God of the piano. You ask him, he'll tell you.

[@MarconiJazz]

PERFECTION!

[@derisleybrittain]

Superb 🍷🍷🍷🍷🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾💐💐💐🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@user-pr8ur9en5t]

Protect this man from dies. he is the god of piano

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Grigory Sokolov=THE TITAN OF THE PIANO!! THE GIANT OF THE PIANO!! Grigory Sokolov his Chopin piano concerto no 2! Brahms piano concerto no 2! Mozart piano concerto no 24! Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! After Grigory Sokolov played These concertos then All The others pianists Are really only The DUST ZEROS!!

[@joelmacinnes2391]

@@RaineriHakkarainen what the hell are you on!

[@TheStockwell]

"Lord of the Keyboard" or "Omnipotent Conquerer of the Realms of Steinway" - those are over-the-top hyperbole, as well. 😺

[@TheSokolover]

🌟 Enjoy other performances by *Grigory Sokolov* 🌟 • Chopin Etude Op.25 No.12 “Ocean”: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6ekaaSOlNVkZ9k • Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIO7ZqiDbsh4pdU • Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 + Encores: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKOXqntoataBmqM • Collection of Grigory Sokolov’s recordings: kzbin.info/aero/PLfqPPQ0lIUgH_Y4pJOp8wwOJstWsKrm9-

[@excelsior999]

Yes, there is a God.

[@manueladevilliers5301]

He has such strong fingers. Plays exceptionally fast but at the same time musically too. He will win the gold medal for speed!

[@joelmacinnes2391]

Except on his hammerklavier recording

[@m.g.manuel3600]

Well everything was so clear

[@opticalmixing23]

I hv him as my 4 all time favorite after Richter, S

[@carmen6169]

Bravisiiiiiimo. 🇮🇷❤️👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋

[@rfrancisfawkes105]

Surely Gorigory Sokolov is phenomenal with a style like no other. When I heard his performance of Brahms 2nd piano, it readily became the standard by which all other pianists are measured. However, God gave this gift to him so he can reflect God's glory. These talents are not for self-aggrandizment but to magnify the name of the most high God - the Alpha and Omega.

[@bosendorf2]

unico ed insuperabile

[@ivanmaldonadorequena4400]

Yeeesssss

[@emilianogoi5051]

Il passaggio del concerto di Brahms suonato con quel fuoco drammatico ? Un’esperienza mistica…!

[@stefanbalcerak3830]

Mistrz

[@Moptohor]

0:37 starting from here this video should be part of Batman where Sokolov plays Penguin :D

[@Philoreason]

He looks more like the odd dis-shelved brother of God of Piano, who is never serious in playing piano, yet posses such talent that even makes his brother jealous.

[@mariannelibis2081]

WOW!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@oskarekberg3704]

Nice compilation! 👍

[@excelsior999]

0:04 / 8:16 • Chopin Etude Op.25 No.12 Grigory Sokolov - The God of Piano 0:04 / 8:16 • Chopin Etude Op.25 No.12 CORRECTIN: Grigory Sokolov - The god of Piano.

[@kennethpiters6231]

Regardless of how good an artist is, saying he or she is the greatest is like saying strawberry is the best taste there is.

[@TheStockwell]

I agree. It's like saying Rachmaninoff is greater than Bach - or that Beethoven was better than the both of them. Also, it's a scientific absolute that the best taste there is has been established as Jack Daniel's Old No.7. Either that, or the Impossible burger ( 🍔 ) I ate yesterday. 😉

[@kennethpiters6231]

@@TheStockwell Its nice to see that someone "gets it". With the appreciation of art, the observer is part of the loop. Not all observers are the same. In fact, any observer may change, such as after too many Jack Daniels. What looked good in the evening may not look so good the morning after

[@Ianthe22]

@@TheStockwell In terms or performing on the piano, Rachmaninoff was certainly better than Bach. Regarding playing a "keyboard", Beethoven was most likely not better than neither Bach, nor Rachmaninoff. Although, i agree with you. Most people on youtube make outrageous claims. But then again, it's youtube. There is no need to waste energy on it.

[@jeromepages1042]

I agree.. .

[@FrancoisPopineau]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎹🎹🎹 Russia total music genious !!

[@most_sane_piano_enthusiast]

holy shit

[@malenasheytanova9967]

I envy each and everyone who found the words to say anything. I simply cannot. Just press the REPEAT button.

[@ernztrutherfordgaspar9026]

I bet his the only living person on earth who could ACTUALLY play Rush E.

[@user-mb3ou2ml7u]

信じられへんわ。難曲をこなすからモーツァルトが美しいのですね。

[@fukutomemasayuki7164]

He is god！only one pianist

[@violinhunter2]

...No Rameau but that's okay!!! Sokolov is the greatest on earth.

[@user-vc2od1wg9o]

Феноменально...так раскрутить подобную пасредственность.но кака во...

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Come on! Sokolov is the Giant of Piano! The Titan of Piano!