Purcell & Mozart: 2CD

Grigory Sokolov’s annual spring tours have become pilgrimages for his devoted followers. In 2022/2023, he dedicated 70 recitals to Purcell and Mozart, revealing their shared streaks of charm and melancholy.

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)