Georgijs Osokins - Osokins Plays Chopin & Rachmaninoff (2026)

Tracklist

01. Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57
02. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: I. Allegro maestoso
03. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: II. Scherzo, molto vivace
04. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: III. Largo
05. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: IV. Finale, presto non tanto
06. Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 1 in A Minor
07. Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 2 in A-Flat Major
08. Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor
09. Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major, Op. 60
10. Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61
11. Souvenir de Paganini in A Major, Op. Posth.
12. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: I. Tema. Largo
13. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: II. Variation 1. Moderato
14. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: III. Variation 2. Allegro
15. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: IV. Variation 3. L'istesso Tempo
16. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: V. Variation 4. L'istesso Tempo
17. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: VI. Variation 5. Meno Mosso
18. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: VII. Variation 6. Meno Mosso
19. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: VIII. Variation 7. Allegro
20. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: IX. Variation 8. L'istesso Tempo
21. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: X. Variation 9. L'istesso Tempo
22. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XI. Variation 10. Più Vivo
23. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XII. Variation 11. Lento
24. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XIII. Variation 12. Moderato
25. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XIV. Variation 13. Largo
26. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XV. Variation 14. Moderato
27. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XVI. Variation 15. Allegro Scherzando
28. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XVII. Variation 16. Lento
29. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XVIII. Variation 17. Grave
30. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XIX. Variation 19. Allegro Vivace
31. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XX. Variation 20. Presto
32. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XXI. Variarion 21. Andante
33. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XXII. Variation 22 Maestoso-Meno Mosso-Presto
34. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XXIII. Tema
35. 6 Romances, Op. 3: III. In the Silence of the Secret Night
36. 12 Romances, Op. 21: VII. How Fair this Spot
37. Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: III. Mélodie
38. 7 Morceaux de salon, Op. 10: III. Barcarolle
39. Fragments, Op. Posth.
40. 14 Romances, Op. 34: XIV. Vocalize
41. All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: V. Now Lettest Thou Depart
42. 6 Romances, Op. 38: V. The Dream

An illuminating juxtaposition of keyboard giants bookending the Romantic age, by a pianist with a growing international reputation.
The Latvian pianist Georgijs Osokins made these recordings for Piano Classics between 2016 and 2018, and they attracted an enthusiastic critical response on their first issue. In Gramophone, Jeremy Nicholas welcomed a ‘powerful and cleanly articulated reading’ of Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a Theme of Chopin, while the paired transcriptions ‘provide further evidence of Osokins’s stylistic identification with Rachmaninoff’s idiom.’
The Chopin album was made shortly after Osokins placed himself among the medal winners at the 2015 Chopin competition in Warsaw, where he divided opinion with interpretations which many found radical. Yet the coherence of his thinking is powerfully evident from the sequence which charts the ‘late’ thinking and keyboard writing of Chopin, as it ventures into poetic territories hitherto unexplored even by him, from the Third Piano Sonata through to the visionary Polonaise-Fantaisie. These are works that will perennially challenge and reward the most adventurous minds and musicians in any generation, and with this album Osokins placed himself among their number.
In the following decade, Osokins has gone on to win first prize at the 2018 Manhattan International Music Competition in New York, and make an acclaimed debut at the Salzburg Festival, as well as several other recordings. He has also become the youngest-ever recipient of the Latvian Grand Music Award, the highest honour in the Latvian music industry. Such awards are recognition of the artistry which illuminates this album: a piercing musicianship which places itself at the service of the composer.

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