Sokolov - Haydn: Sonata Hob.XVI:34 in E minor (Bisdorf, 12th May 2002)

[@lxr0913]

Only with these good recordings can we fully appreciate his application of trills: sometimes with pedal, sometimes without. Marvellous.

[@youngpossum]

There are two even better quality recordings on elwisw's channel, of the D major and E minor sonatas (though the latter cuts off in the first movement). They're not properly labelled but start here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onqagmN8gsp6j68 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKnIe4Gej7-ZaqM (numbering system continues to 6)

[@vegarguleng1748]

Wow!! So beautiful, pure musicality. Last movement feels almost like it is improvised. I have always struggled to play this fast, yet playful and without alberti-bass in left hand disturbing the beautiful melodies in the right hand. This is an entire different approach, which is really inspiring. Thank you Sokolov!!

[@youoneda]

I 'm sure Mr.Grigory Sokolov is the most great pianist in the today's world. This finale is a original expression. I feel sense of lonliness and gentle mind.

[@noblekime319]

Wow. Incredible--especially the last movement! Amazing mearsured tempo and ornamentation.

[@mariaizmaylova9097]

Grigory Sokolov is of course the best pianist in the world. I’m 13, and I want to be like him.

[@mauarre6645]

You can be like you also !

[@stonefireice6058]

You must have a stamina to play 10-12 hrs daily! That’s what he did and as a result became Grand Prix recipient at Tchaikovsky competition when he was just 16. He never stopped that routine. Good luck to you! Herr Mozart said” talent is not enough to become a master, hard work is needed”

[@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!!!

[@fabiograssi670]

Wrong. You must be the best of yourself.

[@aidan4624]

we all do bud

[@shibalea2000]

His piano sound is always breathtaking. Who can play Haydn Sonata 34 more beautifully?

[@ritapilecka3821]

Великоленый финал! Светлую музыку венского классика Joseph`а Haydn`а не описать словами ~ не объяснить

[@НатальяСидорова-в5р]

Филигранно! Как бриллиант высшего качества.

[@paulnaud]

One of the best living pianists !!!

[@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!! Maybe Artur Rubinstein=THE GOD NOT DUST! Emil Gilels=THE KING NOT DUST!! WHO IS THE GREATEST? THE GOD? THE KING? THE GIANT? THE TITAN?.My vote goes to Grigory Sokolov!!!

[@23bernardito]

I just discovered Sokolov by pure luck a couple of days ago: this guy is amazing, so fresh and intense in his interpretation, so brilliant in his technique. The rendering of this Haydn sonata is so poetic! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@luisztsaez9058]

bernard Sokolov

[@windupwatch]

See if you can find his Chopin Preludes and Op 25 Etudes om Naive from aound 1990. That is an astonishing set (also includes Funeral March sonata). I think he is the greatest living pianist.

[@marcellolupoi696]

Simply the top of Haydn interpretation

[@olgaorleanskaia1162]

Someone said: there are pianists and there is Grigory Sokolov. True.Happy we are here in St.Petersburg, he comes every year and plays in the Philharmonic Society Great Hall. Tonight he is playing Haydn and Schubert. We've been waiting for a year.

[@windupwatch]

Luck y you. I'm in Australia and I'm quite sure he'll never come here.

[@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!!!

[@KarloFeder]

das ist die hohe Kunst des Klavierspiels. Sorgsam u. tief gespielt. Die Liebe des Pianisten zu dieser Sonate wird Klang

[@victormedem3981]

+Karl Feder Ja, aber was der Komponist geschrieben hat, ist Sokolov wie immer wurst...

[@g.kech.10]

The perfect touch; I also discovered him by chance

[@lucapianist67]

The third movement is insane, out of this world. He takes a radically different approach (he's sokolov at the end of the day) and does something magical, creating different sound textures, articulations... wow I wonder what an acceptable interpration of "vivace molto" would be tho

[@smitshah4794]

I agree! Solokov implies that lively isn't always necessarily 'fast'. And he does so very convincingly.

[@AlexanderZlatkovski]

The best rendition - not hurried and poetic... Wonderful!

[@MXChan]

Bravo! Fantastic articulation on the last movement.

[@gerardbegni2806]

This is true for the first movement also, which requests some legato/staccato contrasts.

[@ТатьянаИванова-к4к]

Божественно.

[@Нинагамцемлидзе]

Прекрасен как всегда!

[@ТатьянаБоежова]

Fantastic!

[@НатальяНикулина-м9в]

Восхитительно!!!

[@NicolasEjzenberg]

This is beyond words.

[@jordanstephens95]

Lovely. Thanks for the upload!

[@victoriastepanova3907]

Потрясающее исполнение! Brilliant!

[@ОлександрНікулін-м4д]

Мне очень нравится выбраный темп 3 части

[@eporze]

El III Mov,Sokolov lo transforma en un Himno de Amor!!!.-

[@Altagraciadeorituco]

A musicality madre in Heaven!

[@giuseppemakaveli4947]

bellissima, mi fa pensare a mille cose.

[@lucindamuschialli]

Leo was 9 years old in October 2015 with Mario and Luigi duvet cover and pillow case.

[@mikern2001]

Two geniuses, here.

[@nbharakey]

"Милый Гайдн", как Рихтер сказал однажды.

[@jrodriguezpiano]

0:00 0:16 FTG 00:17 00:34 INDEPENDENT TRANSITION 00:35 00:50 STG 00:50 00:53 CODETTA

[@douglasdickerson5184]

💙💙💙

[@WalyB01]

that a real presto ppffff.

[@AlexA-yw2kl]

wow, makes happy 3rd movement so beautifully unexpectedly dramatic. totally new

[@WalyB01]

I loved playing that as a kid. Haven't played it in a while thanks for reminding me.

[@hansdekorver7365]

Grigory Sokolov 52 years old at the time.

[@c.g.marseille4510]

@bernard. Oh yes I am agree Sokolov he is so amazing

[@gezaoszkarstremeny7608]

Ha ezt meghallgatod, és a végére nem süt ki a nap, akkor sohase fog...

[@ibrahimx2011]

Престо очень быстро,молто виваче очень медленно

[@maillydieterlen4677]

Frérot de lavega

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

No se oye.

[@undnjdjk2641]

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1:57 3

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2:50 4

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3:39 3

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1:30 2

[@fabiograssi670]

Too slow the performance of the third mov.

[@ZettaufrayMelanie-gx8bc]

Horrible. Rien compris à Haydn et son humour. Le 3 e mouvement est catastrophique.

[@sfox4568]

Sorry but this is much too fast!

[@mariarizzo8816]

I think so

[@sfox4568]

Sokolov has his fans.For Rameau I Can understand. For Haydn, in my opinion, he plays much too fast. Same for Bach / Siloti piece. Emil Gilels version is just heaven. Thanks for sharing

[@sfox4568]

I just compared the Bach Siloti. versions. Available on CD Thé Seattle recital (D.gramophon)

[@Gorboduc]

First movement is marked presto, third is molto vivace.

[@sfox4568]

Yes ...but here we have Presto and molto vivace at subsonic speed, not compatible with the keyboard used at Haydn's Time.

[@olivierjouanjan264]

Sokolov devrait arrêter de jouer de la musique romantique ou préromantique allemande, parce que manifestement il n'y comprend rien. Il joue du Sokolov sur les notes de Haydn, mais où est Haydn ??? Même chose pour ses insupportables Schubert... Et Beethoven. Mieux vaut ne pas évoquer Mozart... Une tuerie, de la musique. Insupportable. Il est excellent dans les sonates de guerre de Prokoviev, dans Scriabine et même dans Chopin, toutes ce musiques qui supportent l'excès. Mais par pitié, qu'il cesse de penser qu'il peut jouer Haydn et les autres. Un peu d'humilité ne lui ferait pas de mal. Et cet enregistrement est en tout point, dans tous les mouvements dégoutant d'affêterie et de "regarde-moi que que c'est moi que v'là". Et je ne parle même pas du troisième mouvement, qui est une honte à toute sensibilité musicale un peu exercée. Ecoutez Brendel, et vous comprendrez ce que Haydn veut dire, et ce n'est pas la soupe que nous sert Sokolov. Le dernier concert de ce monsieur auquel j'étais invité", c'est seulement parce que j'étais invité que je ne suis pas parti au milieu, tellement Schubert était massacré. Ce n'est pas parce qu'un pianiste peut tout faire, comme Sokolov sans aucune doute, qu'il peut se permettre de faire n'importe quoi, ce qui est manifestement ici le cas.

[@markhughes7927]

Olivier Jouanjan Tous expressions sont libres - regardez ou passez.......... Have you checked out Pogorelich’s rendition of Sonata 19 in D? Superb - in humble opinion.

[@olivierjouanjan264]

@@markhughes7927 Cher M. Hugues, oui les opinions sont libres et la votre tout autant que la mienne. Donc je la respecte. J'ai écouté Pogorelich dans Hob XVI:19, suivant votre conseil. C'est assurément mieux que Sokolov dans Haydn. Mais j'ai le tort sans doute de penser d'une part que cette sonate n'est pas dans le "top" des sonates de Haydn, donc elle m'intéresse peu. Et même chez Pogorelich il me manque quelque chose de l'humour, de la pétillance (profonde aussi) de Haydn, dans cette sonate en tout cas, mais je vais en écouter d'autres par le grand Ivo pour me faire une idée plus juste. Quant à Sokolov, il m'ennuie dans ce répertoire. Il est beaucoup plus intéressant dans Bach et, je vais le dire manière plus claire, fabuleux dans Scriabine, Chopin ou Prokoviev: je l'ai entendu en concert dans la 7e sonate de Prokoviev et c'était extraordinaire. Je crois que tous les pianistes, même les plus talentueux - et c'est évidemment le cas de Sokolov qui est non seulement l'un des plus grands virtuoses de notre époque mais qui a un toucher exceptionnel -ne sont pas faits pour tous les répertoires. Vous qui aimez le piano, avez vous regardé la chaîne KZbin du jeune Kit Armstrong "Musique ma patrie" ? Pendant tout le confinement dû au Covid, il nous a offert gratuitement chaque jour de petits concerts. Vous n'aimerez peut-être pas, mais c'est mon conseil. Peut-être trouverons nous des terrains d'entente. J'en serais ravi. Cordialement

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

NOT TRUE!! 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!!