Grigory Sokolov pone en pie al público de la Quincena Musical

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 12 August 2021

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Reviewed at Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastián on 9 August 2021

Chopin, 2 Polonaises, Op.26 (Selección)

Chopin, Polonaise no. 5 in F sharp minor, Op.44

Chopin, Polonaise no. 6 in A flat major, "Heroic," Op.53

Rachmaninov, 10 Preludes, Op.23

Grigory Sokolov, Piano

Grigory Sokolov probes Purcell at the Concertgebouw

Laurence Vittes, 4th June

Purcell, Mozart... then a half hour of encores. Grigory Sokolov holds the Concertgebouw spellbound.

*****

A dazzling display of formidable technique

Mark Valencia, 23rd July

Colours poured in through a metaphorical stained glass window in Verbier's church.

****1

Worshipping at the shrine of Sokolov in Verbier

Mark Pullinger, 26th July

Musical pilgrims gathered in Verbier's church to listen to the cult Russian pianist in a programme of Schumann and Chopin.

*****

Grigory Sokolov in recital at the Wiener Konzerthaus

Zwölftöner, 5th December

Grigory Sokolov’s annual visit to the Konzerthaus – always in December, always half-lit, always a lengthy affair – is an object of cultish appreciation for the Viennese, who are drawn to mystique like moths to a flame.

****1

Moderne Renaissance: Grigory Sokolov spielt William Byrd in Köln

Sebastian Urmoneit, 8th July

Grigory Sokolov bringt – erfolgreich – Werke des englischen Renaissance-Komponisten William Byrd in die Gegenwart.

****1

Grigory Sokolov laisse perplexe à Bozar

Patrice Lieberman, 10th December

Si le pianiste a l’art de concocter des programmes originaux, il se montre aussi curieusement imprévisible, capable de sublimes fulgurances comme d’inexplicables lourdeurs.

***11

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Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro es un apasionado de toda la música clásica, pero muy especialmente de la obra y de la personalidad de Gustav Mahler. Su estudio y su disfrute han llenado y llenan su vida, hasta el punto de que una autoridad como José Luis Pérez de Arteaga lo ha calificado como "fabuloso estudioso mahleriano". Actualmente es coeditor de la principal web en castellano dedicada a dicho compositor (gustav-mahler.es). Profesionalmente, enseña e investiga neuroanatomía animal en la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela.