Vladimir Sofronitsky: 1954 Moscow Recital

[maestrob]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kG7p-6xffQ&t=615s

Program:

1. Borodin: Petite Suite
I Au couvent, Andante religioso, C sharp minor
II Intermezzo, Tempo di minuetto, F major
III Mazurka I, Allegro, C major
IV Mazurka II, Allegretto, D flat major
V Rêverie, Andante, D flat major
VI Serénade, Allegretto, D flat major
VII Nocturne
2. Lyadov: Prélude Op.46 No.1 in B flat major
Prélude Op.39 No.2 in C minor
Prélude Op.36 No.3 in G major
3. Rachmaninov: Prélude Op.23 No.4 in D major
Prélude Op.32 No.5 in G major
Études-Tableaux Op.39 No.4 in B minor
4. Scriabin: Étude Op.42 No.2 in F sharp minor
Étude Op.42 No.3 in F sharp major
Sonata No.4, Op.30 in F sharp major
5. Prokofev: Visions Fugitives, Op.22 (selection): nn° 1, 2, 3, 7, 11
6. Kabalevsky: Sonatina Op.13 No.1 in C major
I Allegro assai e lusingando
II Andantino
III Presto
7. Goltz: Scherzo in E minor
8. Mendelssohn: Étude in A minor
9. Debussy: Général Lavine – eccentric
10. Chopin: Etude Op.10 No.5 in G flat major
11. Scriabin: Poème Op.32 No.1 in F sharp major
Prélude Op.11 No.13 in G flat major
Prélude Op.11 No.14 in E flat minor
Prélude Op.39 No.4 in A flat major
Prélude Op.31 No.3 in E flat minor
Étude Op.8 No.10 in D flat major
12. Rachmaninov: Prélude Op.32 No.12 in G sharp minor

Live performance. Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire, Moscow, Russia. June 11th, 1954. Vladimir Sofronitsky, pianist.

[Lance]

Sofronitsky, indeed a remarkable pianist, died too young. I have several Russian/Ukrainian-born friends residing around these parts, who were professional performing pianists who hold Sofronitsky to a god-like status. He seems to be most associated with the music of Scriabin. Seems to me I recall that he married into that family or some such thing.

People looking for his recordings would do well to seek out the Melodiyas [too many to list], the 34-CD set on Scribendum [817], which gives a remarkable overview, or the 10-CD set on Brilliant Classics [8975], the latter of which I believe is OOP like many of the Russian pianist Brilliant sets. Other excellent recordings appear on the Vista Vera label [00024, 00031, 00091]. He also appears on many other labels.

[Rach3]

[quote=Lance post_id=536296 time=1684524228 user_id=672. Seems to me I recall that he married into that family or some such thing.
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He married Scriabin’s eldest daughter, after the composer’s death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Sofronitsky