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.
Track Listing
LP 1
Side A:
Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
A Ground in Gamut, Z 645
Suite in G minor, Z 661
1. Prelude
2. Almand
3. Corant
4. Saraband
A New Irish Tune "Lilliburlero", Z 646
A New Scotch Tune, Z 655
Trumpet Tune "Cibell", ZT 678
Side B:
Suite in A minor, Z 663
1. Prelude
2. Almand
3. Corant
4. Saraband
Round O, ZT 684
Suite in D minor, Z 668
1. Almand
2. Corant
3. Hornpipe
Chaconne in G minor, ZT 680
LP 2
Side A:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat major, K 333 (315c)
1. Allegro
Side B:
1. Andante cantabile
2. Allegretto grazioso
LP 3
Side A:
Adagio in B minor, K 540
Side B: Encores
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
Les sauvages - from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, Suite in G Major, RCT 6
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Prelude in D flat major "Raindrop", op. 28/15
Mazurka in F minor, op. 63/2
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Tambourin (from Suite in E minor, RCT 2)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Prelude in E minor, BWV 855 - arr. in B minor by Alexander Siloti
