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Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2021-02-13 07:18:53
This is Vladimir Sofronitsky playing Scriabin Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23, on the composer’s own piano. New on-line.
2021-02-03 05:00:00
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies from the Russia Revelation series
[…] of Melodiya -- because both were state agencies and everything was broadcast. While Denon has not prevented BMG from marketing these performances in Japan, BMG has so far succeeded in keeping Denon out of the United States. This is unfortunate, because while BMG has concentrated upon musicians well-known in the West such as Sviatoslav Richter, Gilels and Oistrakh, Denon has focused upon important artists, such as pianists Heinrich and Stanislas Neuhaus, Oleg Boshnyakovich, Vladimir Sofronitsky and Maria Grinberg, who were never permitted to perform in the West. But now the situation has been further complicated by another player in this Aladdin's cave of musical treasures: Revelation Records. This division of England's Telstar Records has struck its own licensing deal with Radio Ostankino. Over the last two years, Revelation has released about 100 CDs of Russian material in Great Britain, and the company has found a U.S. distributor in […]
2020-04-10 02:02:51
Although pianist Vladimir Sofronitsky (1901-1961) achieved cult status in his native Russia, his reputation in the West was relatively shadowy, certainly among American piano mavens. I first encountered his artistry through a budget LP issued by Westminster/ABC in the 1970s containing a live Scriabin recital from 1960. Around 1980 a series of imported Russian Melodiya […]
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