Purcell & Mozart

What do Purcell and Mozart have in common – the grounds, tunes, and dances of the English Baroque composer and the piano works from the Viennese Classical period? A lot, when played by Grigory Sokolov. His annual spring tours have become pilgrimages for his devoted followers. He dedicated the entire 2022/23 season to Purcell and Mozart (supplemented by five encores), and this live album reveals their shared streaks of charm and melancholy. The press was rapturous: “Sokolov treats every note as a precious jewel, transporting his listeners to another time while remaining timeless (Der Standard). “Unfailingly enthralling” (Süddeutsche Zeitung); “His touch: exquisite, concentrated, sparkling, luminous” (rbb online); “This colossal artist who never ceases to astonish” (Scherzo).

TRACKLIST

CD1:

Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

1. A Ground in Gamut, Z. 645

Suite No. 2 in G minor, Z. 661

2. I. Prelude

3. II. Allemande

4. III. Courante

5. IV. Sarabande

6. A New Irish Tune, Z. 646

7. A New Scotch Tune, Z. 655

8. Trumpet Tune, ZT 678

Suite No. 4 in A minor, Z. 663

9. I. Prelude

10. II. Allemande

11. III. Courante

12. IV. Sarabande

13. Round O, ZT 684

Suite No. 7 in D minor, Z. 668

14. I. Allemande

15. II. Courante

16. III. Hornpipe

17. Chaconne in G minor, ZT 680

CD2:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat major K. 333

1. I. Allegro

2. II. Andante cantabile

3. III. Allegretto grazioso

4. Adagio in B minor K. 540

ENCORES:

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)

5. VI. Les sauvages [Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, Suite in G Major, RCT 6]

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

6. Prelude in D flat major “Raindrop”, op. 28/15

7. Mazurka No. 40 in F minor, op. 63/2

Jean-Philippe Rameau

8. VIII. Tambourin [Suite in E minor, RCT 2]

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

9. Prelude in E minor, BWV 855 (arr. in B minor by Alexander Siloti)