Grigory Lipmanovich Sokolov born April 18, 1950, is a Russian concert pianist. He is among the most esteemed of living pianists, his repertoire spanning composers from the Baroque period such as Bach, Couperin or Rameau up to Schoenberg and Arapov. He regularly tours Europe, and resides in Italy.

Disc: 1
1 1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2 2. Andante cantabile con moto
3 3. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)
4 4. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
5 1. Allegro con brio
6 2. Larghetto
7 3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) & Trio
8 4. Finale (Allegro molto - Poco andante - Presto)
9 Ouverture, Op. 43
Disc: 2
1 1. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
2 2. Larghetto
3 3. Scherzo (Allegro) & Trio
4 4. Allegro molto
5 1. Adagio - Allegro molto
6 2. Adagio
7 3. Menuetto (Allegro vivace)
8 4. Allegro ma non troppo
9 Ouverture, Op. 84
Disc: 3
1 1. Allegrto con brio
2 2. Andante con moto
3 3. Allegro
4 4. Allegro - Presto
5 1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
6 2. Allegretto
7 3. Presto - Assai meno presto - Presto
8 4. Allegro con brio
Disc: 4
1 1. Allegro non troppo - Eveil d'impressions agréables en arrivant à la campagne
2 2. Andante molto mosso - Scène au bord du ruisseau
3 3. Allegro - Réunion joyeuse de paysans
4 4. Allegro - Orage - Tempête
5 5. Allegretto - Chant des bergers. Sentiments joyeux et reconnaissants après l'orage
6 1. Allegro vivace e con brio
7 2. Allegro scherzando
8 3. Tempo di menuetto
9 4. Allegro vivace
Disc: 5
1 1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
2 2. Molto vivace
3 3. Adagio molto e cantabile
4 4. Presto - Allegro

As is the case with most of Schubert’s chamber music, it took several decades for the quintet to be discovered and published. The first performance took place more than 20 years after the composer’s death, on the initiative of the violinist Joseph Hellmesberger and his quartet (Vienna, Musikverein, 1850), and the score was published only in 1853 (Spina, Vienna). The work then circulated rapidly through Europe; for example, it received its Paris premiere on 7 February 1866 under the auspices of the Société de Musique de Chambre of Jules Armingaud and Léon Jacquard. Here Anne Gastinel joins the Quatuor Diotima in Schubert's monumental chamber work that takes almost an hour to perform but contains some of his most sublime melodies.