Grigory Sokolov - Repertoire

Repertoire

Sokolov has also significantly reduced the number of Concerto performances, giving the following reason:

"It's very simple. For piano is written an ocean of music, and during your lifetime you are not able to play even a small part of it. Then with orchestra it's not easy to find enough time to rehearse, or to find an orchestra which is interested in the final product and not looking at their watch. It's also not easy with conductors, because you must find the combination of a very good musician who has this special talent to follow and to understand the music in the same way as you. It's very seldom, I must say! And then maybe the worst: if you play a solo piece several times over several days you will develop, going to another level with it, but with a concerto you play this piece more and more, but with each orchestra and conductor you must start again at the first rehearsal. So, if you spend so much energy that you could use much more effectively for recitals, why do you do it? I very much like the fact that everything I make depends only on me. With a hundred people it's almost impossible. You have not the responsibility."

The 10 CDs (2 of Bach, 2 of Beethoven, 2 of Schubert, 2 of Chopin, 1 of Brahms, and 1 of Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev; all recorded by the label Opus 111) and 1 DVD (a live recital in Paris) that are currently (2011) available for Sokolov constitute a snap-shot of the repertoire that Sokolov has so far performed. A more complete repertoire listing is as follows:

• ARAPOV

1. Concerto for violin, piano and percussion
2. Etude-Scherzo
3. Sonatas No's 1 & 2

• BACH

1. Art of Fugue
2. English Suite No.2
3. Fantasy & Fugue in a minor, BWV 904
4. French Suite No.3
5. Goldberg Variations
6. Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971
7. Overture in the French style, BWV 831
8. Partitas Nos. 2, 4 & 6
9. Sonata in A-min after Reinken’s Hortus Musicus 1-5, BWV760
10. Toccata in E minor, BWV 914
11. Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, 1-8
12. Well-Tempered Clavier Book II

BACH-SILOTI Prelude in b-min

BACH-BRAHMS Chaconne for the left-hand BWV1004

BACH-BUSONI "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesus Christ" BWV639

BACH-BUSONI "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein" BWV734

• BEETHOVEN

1. Sonatas No.s 2, 3, 4, 7, 9-11, 13-17 & 27-32
2. Diabelli Variations
3. Concertos Nos. 1 & 5
4. Rondos Op.51 & Op.129

• BRAHMS

1. Sonata No.1 in C major, Op.1
2. Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5
3. 4 Ballades Op.10
4. Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15
5. Variations on a Theme by Handel Op. 24
6. 2 Rhapsodies Op.79
7. Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.83
8. 8 Fantasies Op.116
9. 6 Klavierstücke, Op.118 - no.1 Intermezzo in A minor; no.2 Intermezzo in A major; no.6 Intermezzo in E flat minor
10. 3 Intermezzi Op.117

• BYRD

1. Pavan & Galliard MB52
2. Alman MB11
3. Prelude MB12
4. Clarifica me Pater (II) MB48
5. Qui Passe MB19
6. March before the Battle MB93
7. Battle MB94
8. Galliard for Victory MB95

• CARVALHO-SOKOLOV Toccata and Andante in G

• CHOPIN

1. Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
2. Concertos No.s 1 & 2
3. Etude Op.10 No.8
4. Etudes Op.25
5. Fantasie-Impromptu Op.66
6. Fantasy Op.49
7. Impromptus Op.29, Op.36 & Op.51
8. Mazurkas Op.7 No.2, Op.17 No.4, Op.30 No.s 1-4, Op.33 No.4, Op.50 No.s 1-3, Op.63 No.s 1-3, Op.68 #No.s 2-4, Op.posth
9. Nocturnes Op.32 No.s 1 & 2, Op.48 No.s 1 & 2, Op.62 No.s 1&2, Op.72, Op.posth
10. Polonaise-Fantasie Op.61
11. Polonaises Op.26 No.s 1 & 2, Op.40 No.2, Op.44, Op.53, Op.posth.
12. Preludes Op.28
13. Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3
14. Waltz No.17 Op.posth

• COUPERIN

1. Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou les Maillotins
2. Pieces de clavecin Book III Ordre XIII & Ordre XVIII

• DEBUSSY

1. Canope (from Preludes, Book II, No.10)

• FRANCK

1. Prelude, Chorale & Fugue

• FROBERGER

1. Toccata FbWV101
2. Canzon FbWV301
3. Fantasia FbWV201
4. Ricercar FbWV411
5. Capriccio FbWV508
6. Partita FbWV610

• HAYDN

1. Piano Sonatas Hob XVI: 23, 37 & 34

• KOMITAS

1. Six Dances

• LISZT

1. La Campanella
2. Rhapsodie Espagnole

• MOZART

1. Concertos No.s 23 & 24
2. Sonatas KV.280, KV.310, KV.332 & KV.457
3. Fantasy KV.475

• PROKOFIEV

1. Concerto No.1
2. Sonatas No.s 3, 7 & 8

• RACHMANINOV

1. Concertos No.s 2 & 3
2. Preludes Op2 No.3, Op.23 No.s 1-8 & 10, Op.32 No.5

• RAMEAU

1. Suite in D de pièces de clavecin (1724) — in his repertory in 2012
2. Suite in G/g de pièces de clavecin (1726) — in his repertory before 2012
3. "Le rappel des oiseaux" & "Tambourin" from Suite in E minor (1724)

• RAVEL

1. Gaspard de la nuit
2. Oiseaux Tristes (From Miroirs)
3. Prelude
4. Sonatine
5. Tombeau de Couperin

• SAINT-SAENS

1. Concerto No.2

• SCHOENBERG

1. Two Pieces Op.33

• SCHUBERT

1. Impromptus D.935 No.s 1 & 2
2. Moment Musicaux D.780
3. Sonatas D537, D.664, D.784, D.850, D.894, D.958, D.959 & D.960
4. Wanderer Fantasy

• SCHUMANN

1. Carnaval Op.9
2. Sonata No.1 in F-sharp minor, Op.11
3. Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op.22
4. Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.14
5. Kreisleriana Op.16
6. Fantasie Op.17
7. Arabesque Op.18
8. Humoresque Op.20
9. Novelletten Op.21 nos. 2, 7 & 8
10. 4 Klavierstücke (Scherzo, Gigue, Romance and Fughette) Op.32
11. Variations in E-flat on an Original Theme, WoO 24, "Geister Variations"

• SCRIABIN

1. Caresse Dansee Op.57 No.2
2. Dèsir Op.57 No.1
3. Enigme Op.52 No.2
4. Etudes Op.2 No.1, Op.8, Op.42 No.s 4 & 5
5. Feuillet d’Album Op.45 No.1
6. Poème fantastique Op.45 No.2
7. Poèmes Op.32 No.2, Op.69 No.s 1 & 2
8. Prelude & Nocturne Op.9
9. Preludes Op.33 No.s 1-4, Op.45 No.3, Op.49 No.2 & Op.51 No.2
10. Sonatas No.s 1, 3, 4, 9 & 10
11. Vers la flamme Op.72

• SEIXAS-SOKOLOV Toccatas in D & C

• STRAVINSKY

1. Petrouchka

• TCHAIKOVSKY

1. Concerto No.1