Kar-Ming Chong ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>For Preludes, I recommend G. Sokolov on the Opus 111 label.  I found his
>interpretation to be atmospheric and deliciously warm.

Oddly enough I was just listening to Sokolov playing a Nocturne and
remembered that fabulous Opus111 disc and thought I should mention him
here.

And you beat me to it.  Sokolov is an extraordinary pianist, without a
doubt one of the greatest alive.  He won the 1966 Tchaikovsky competition,
but doesn't like to record.  His live CDs are, without exception (of the
ones I've heard) superb.

Deryk Barker
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