This unique 5 CD plus 1 DVD set is presented by Melodiya and the Andrei Konchalovsky Foundation in honor of one of the finest 20th century Russian pianists,
Vladimir Sofronitsky.
Heinrich Neuhaus wrote of Sofronitsky, “...A seal of something unusual, sometimes almost supernatural, mysterious, inexplicable, and imperiously attractive is always on his play.”
Five of these discs contain recordings of Sofronitsky’s recitals between 1951 and 1960. The sixth disc contains a documentary on the pianist by the director Andrei Konchalovsky. Works included in this set are by composers Scriabin, Schumann, Chopin, Schubert, Liszt, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Lyadov, Debussy, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich.This unique 5 CD plus 1 DVD set is presented by Melodiya and the Andrei Konchalovsky Foundation in honor of one of the finest 20th century Russian pianists,
Vladimir Sofronitsky.
Heinrich Neuhaus wrote of Sofronitsky, “...A seal of something unusual, sometimes almost supernatural, mysterious, inexplicable, and imperiously attractive is always on his play.”
Five of these discs contain recordings of Sofronitsky’s recitals between 1951 and 1960. The sixth disc contains a documentary on the pianist by the director Andrei Konchalovsky. Works included in this set are by composers Scriabin, Schumann, Chopin, Schubert, Liszt, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Lyadov, Debussy, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich. Read less