On Saturday, January 13, 2007 at 6:05:55 PM UTC-8, Stephen Jay-Taylor wrote:
I only heard Sokolov for the first time live three years ago here, clearly already heading towards Richterian levels of personal eccentricity - with lights dimmed to zero and a table-lamp for him to see by - if the two most recent appearances at the QEH and the Barbican are anything to go by. But I've never heard playing like it since Gilels was in his late prime, if
then. Spellbinding as an interpreter, jaw-dropping as a technician.
Schubert D.959 and Debussy's Ist Book of Preludes. Utterly amazing.
SJT
Concerning Sokolov's Schubert, 11/1/2020 radio program which may be of interest:
https://www.wfmt.com/programs/collectors-corner-with-henry-fogel/
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