Grigory Sokolov plays Beethoven’s Hammerklavier

Finally, its back! But the quality of the Video and it's not in synch with the Audio 😢

Fantastic

Спасибо!!!

As usual with him _ Comme d'habitude avec lui ❤❤❤

It's not reasonable for anyone familiar with the great Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov to assert that his sometimes deliberately slower tempi are a consequence of a lack of virtuosity. Just listen to and watch his astounding performances of the Brahms 2 or Rach 3 concerti, the Chopin etudes, and his Bach Partitas. His sheer power, exquisite phrasing and articulation are a miracle, to say nothing of his musicality. If you want uniformity, listen to AI generated music. Brahms reportedly said after hearing a performance of his G minor Rhapsody, played slowly, that he loved it. Then a second pianist played it much more quickly, and he said he loved that performance, too. Someone asked him how he could love both and he said it could and should be interpreted differently by different pianists. Like other truly great pianists, Sokolov hears the muse and plays the music differently from day to day and year to year, just as what is truly satisfying to the listener is fluid.

Master

Liszt wrote that the Hammerklavier takes about an hour to perform. In which case, he probably played it at tempi similar to this.

У меня взрорвались полушария от восторга!

He strikes a great balance! I feel too many pianists nowadays are sacrificing quality to speed and cheap showmanship.

Мой любимый пианист, самый лучший из лучших, божественный, поцелованный Богом и очень любим истинными ценителями музыки! Здоровья, Вам, Григорий Соколов и долголетия!

Как бы. Хотелось услышать. В. Исполнении Григория лунную. Сонату , патетическую и Апассионату

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Not synchronized, I hate it... anyway, thank you very much.

Fantastic. The best version I know❤

내가 가장 좋아하는 피아니스트!! 연주가 너무 아름다워서 할 말을 잃었다.

Sarà anche un ottimo pianista ma le mie orecchie non ce la fanno.Hanno ascoltato dal vivo tutti i più grandi del Novento:ABMichelangeli,Pollini,Richter,Gilels,Magaloff,Brendel Baremboim,Pogolerich,Aschenazy,.Proprio non ce la faccio ad ascoltare questi suoni ruvidi e metallici su questi staccati ritmosi e nevrotici.Boh!

Music ke alaavan aur kuchh to bataye ya sunaae hame
Kuchh samajh nhi aa raha hai

太伟大了

Astonishingly Brilliant!

Omg is so good

Il la joue relativement lentement mais avec une superbe compréhension et une grande clarté. L'adagio gigantesque est sublime. Merci Mr Sokolov.

Well below the written MINIM = 138!

O M G

Ich finde den vierten Satz perfekt, quasi von legato. Durch das Tempo, das nicht so rasch ist wie bei manch anderen Pianisten, ist die Fuge sehr durchsichtig und klar zu verstehen, ohne dass es schleppt. Vorzüglich!

I think there’s an inconsistency between the first movement tempo marking “allegro” and the metronome marking of 138 = half note which is ridiculously fast. I think a performer has to choose between them. I think Sokolov’s tempo is right.

Heavy, heavy and heavy, as the man is, overweighted.
Go to HJ Lim or Artur Schnabel to hear the flying version.