Sokolov at Salzburg-universal - As Time Goes By

who would have thought, Grigory Sokolov when called. yellow label, the first einstmal
German classical music label, now somehow universal. Who knows there still.
all the (few) Russian and French recordings, mostly live recordings,
early radio broadcasts from Munich and Berlin that have been sent are,
Years back, the recordings are Paris last state of affairs.
who live it as I was in Berlin, experienced, knows that he is not 'consumption Abel' and
as disparate musiziert.
musically many is highly idiosyncratic, not so-called. 'state of the art'.
as this already highly pr-hyped Salzburg recital.
the music marketing requires the difficult-to-place as pleasing streamliner,
which can be equally commercialize fine.
as a Salzburg recital of Sokolov, who was considered a pianistic Mirakulum advance,
at least all the pianistic lowbrow, where a label as Opus 111 was a stranger.
the Andren, is Sokolov Salzburg Chopin preludes offer little new-inspired,
most mannered-referential, that sounded anno 1990 but inspired much fresher.
as here the unknown Sokolov-Mozart, a tribute to the early local muse spirit,
certainly also willfully articulated.
so what-? one for marketing and pianistic lowbrow maintained recital without
really new, remarkable pianistic revelations, all consumer-minded.
ps I am quite Sokolov-verehrer- a!
Preludes, Op.35 Sonata 2, Etudes Op.25, ...