Sokolov - Schubert: Klavierstücke in E-flat minor, D. 946 No. 1

[@johnbarry5036]

the best. Sokolov is never afraid to play it his way, to interpret it personally. Thats the way it should be, otherwise the performer would simply be a robot.

[@ИринаКалина-ч9п]

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[@vittoo49]

Thank you for this gift to me.

[@nathanrakhlevsky5157]

Superb!!!!!!!!!

[@lluisrafalessole-classical5068]

Wow Spectacular 🎹

[@rekhabhatt6771]

Why is the duration more than other interpretations I have seen... Somewhere it's 7mins and here it is 13?

[@sketchgamma]

His tempo is very slow

[@stonefireice6058]

Schubert didn’t time his music, sorry about that. Sokolov with slower tempi gives us full spectrum of emotions, more intense, that we usually miss with faster interpretations, including Richter’s, who I love otherwise. But it’s your choice, what you prefer.

[@PedroSouza-lz3gz]

The last theme that Sokolov plays was erased on the original edition, but Sokolov plays that last theme. (Claudio Arrau plays this piece with this theme too).

[@wolfgangklofat594]

@@stonefireice6058 You are wrong in this special case, Richter and Sokolov do play the piece in a similiar tempo and both also play it the original score, of which the composer Schubert later cancelled a part - ignored by these pianists. Anyway, that(!) makes the real difference compared with other interpretations.

[@automobilemusicengines]

The reason being most pianists that perform this piece only play it through the A, B, A structure (the A section being Eb minor and the B section being B minor). However, a handful of performers, including Sokolov, play it with the ABACA structure (the C section being mainly a Ab major trio that Schubert crossed out from his first edition). It's hard to find a score or recording with the ABACA structure nowadays.