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One of the most remarkable recordings of D 960. Absolutely breathtaking.

Schubert's songs rang true here. What a marvellous rendition and a good sound track here too. Thank you Mr S. and others concerned.

Григорий Соколов- титан фортепианного исполнительского искусства! Его проникновение в глубинную суть исполняемых им произведений не имеет себе равных.

The Great SOKOLOV playing the great Schubert masterpiece!! :-))))

The various interpretations of this piece seem to divide KZfaq audiences. But for me, Sokolov’s first movement is the best that I have found. Pure beauty.

When I heard the opening notes of this wonderfull b flat sonata I was delighted. Ever since I heard Richter's magisterial performance I've wanted to hear Sokolov's. This is a long meditative composition. Unique to Schubert. My favorite Schubert sonata if played well.

l love Schubert´s music, and most of all I love this sonata and the C String Quintet, both are at the top of the Great Music. Sokolov´s rendering is, perhaps, the better.

Incredible performance: precise and artistically beyond superb! This well known and extensively played sonata op. 960 is tough to play, because, like many popular music pieces, very few pianists can make it sound fresh and anew. Sokolov always does that! He is not afraid to perform pieces, known too well by everyone, pieces, that seemly lost their “luster” due to overuse, shunned by famous artists for that reason. 960 under Grigory’s hands comes out fresh and brilliant, total delight!

Wow! Sokolov really captures the improvisatory element in late Schubert; almost sounds as if the music were being composed as he's playing.

Was glad to be allowed to listen to him playing of Mozart, Schumann and Chopin at Frankfurt´s Alte Oper, but man, when it comes to Schubert, it reaches the innermost of your heart deepest of your soul.... Don´t miss it.

Pure gold!! Sokolov is a pianist of genius. He takes exactly the right tempo in the first movement.

Absolutely the truth. In this Moment Sokolov is top Bach and Schubert artist

Schubert the best to traslate idea to music. Magnífico!!

Я очень люблю Шуберта и игру этого пианиста.Душа откликается и на музыку и на её исполнение.

Have all the Schubert piano sonatas played by Tirimo. But now I think will have to get the ones Sokolov recorded, for he is really allowing me to finally discover and open my ears and head to this music. My mother has the piano career and insisted on Sokolov as her favourite pianist. She says his Schumann Carnaval is the best she has ever heard. 🤔🙄😳😊❤️👍🎶🙏

Think Sokolov is a great pianist who shines specially when playing Schubert. He arises the inner beauty of the works with an apparent easiness. 🤔👌❤️

Loneliness of Love holds a creative genius.

I'm a huge, huge fan of Sokolov, but on this piece, I agree with you. It has much more emotive force when played more slowly...but there remains that exquisite Sokolov touch.

Dolce addio alla vita .

Just really loved the last movement among the others. He really nailed it. :-))))

Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960 I. Molto moderato 0:02 II. Andante sostenuto 20:17 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza 31:06 IV. Allegro ma non troppo 35:15

МУЗЫКАНТ ОТ ВСЕВЫШНЕГО !!!

Grigory Sokolov is a very respected contemporary pianist, one of the few of the great names of the XX century that is alive and playing. He is Russian, his studies were done in Russia. He recognizes as one o h influencers the also Russian superb pianist Emil Gilels. I first heard his recordings playing Bacch and made a strong impression, his playing is straightforward, technically perfect, very respectful of the scores, a no frills, no nonsense player. Later, I found he plays a very wide list of composers besides Bach, from baroque to XX century. In my biased perception, Sokolov and Mitsuko Uchida may be counted among the best active Schubert piano players (Brendel is alive but retired). The romantic streak of Schubert may resonate well with the emotional, romantic soul of Russia. His rendering of the D 960 is near perfection.

Thank you for introducing me to this pianist. I've listened to 6 different interpretations of this sonata this evening, came to this name--which I in the U.S. had never heard of before, shame on us.He's on a level with Kempff, whose version I love.

Brendel makes the most sense of the most notes in this astoundingly creative, magical work

Великолепно!

Wonderful playing.

Exquisite pianist

Great Sokolov.

Great live recording! It seems Sokolov takes an approach similar to Horowitz' in terms of speed and freshness which i'm beginning to prefer over the rigid slow approach chosen by others.

Great!

とても、大人の素晴らしい､演奏だと、思います。間を大事にした、名演ですね。

❤❤❤

Best piano player in the world by very far

Thanks for that info I think I wanna check that out. I am such a huge fan of this work that if I were a pianist I'd dream of playing it myself.

Love the pronounced ostinato bass figures in the slow movement recapitulation - initially it creates the character of a funeral march, that, after the magical modulation into radiant C major becomes a sublimely lyrical view heavenward.

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He really is fantastic. A bit too heavy sometimes but he plays Schubert jovial technical. He also suits Prokofiev

and the brendel one is allso verry nice

Bravo--a performance of the 4th movt that doesn't sound "studied" -- There is energy and speed but phrases are nuanced..they take flight.

Excellent interpretation, but I prefer Richter's version. It is more slow and more mystical.

23:33!

孤寂的慈愛 是 天賜

Sokolov is the greatest Schubert pianist. Even greater than Richter. These two Russians outdo all the others on Schubert's sonatas, including the Austrians and Germans. I'm shocked. Of all the Germans and Austrians on this music, only Gieseking is even nearly as good; however, he's much faster. Only he can race through the music at the marked tempos and come even close to the deeply moving renderings of them by Sokolov and Richter. Maybe if Schubert were to hear these performances, he'd change those markings.

I love Richter in D664, but I find the slowness simply affected in D960.

12:20

Excellent interpretation, but I prefer Richter's version.

Lucio Battisti Emozioni

I prefer Richters interpretation

Perfectly! Nevertheless, Richter is better. Only in my humble and sincere opinion!

There are Maria Yudina, Richter, Kempff, and then probably Sokolov

Kempff's magic is the most ineffable and natural.

Schubert piano works carries Beethoven to where he was heading lyrically and romantically.

играет лучше, чем Рихтер

Lupu is very disappointing in D960. Sokolov's is less mannered that it might've been from him, and I love it. But nothing on Kempff's. Comparable to Brendel's (superior in micro profundities, less of the Austrian naturalness of Brendel).

There is not enough cold and death in Sokolov's second subject in the first movement. The onward momentum is like a babbling brook.

I agree with one of the commentator's that the second movement lacks direction, and in fact the third sort of anders about aimlessly, too. Not the best by a long chalk: as for favourite versions: I love Richter and adore Schnabel, who for some reason is not mentioned here. Of younger contemporaries, the only one who I have found pleasure in is Martin Stadtfeld - youthful but very impressive. And not to forget Lazar Bermann!