Sokolov plays the poetic prelude transcribed by Siloti after the Prelude BWV 855 by Bach. Siloti was one of the best Liszt's pupil. He was the teacher of Sergeï Rachmaninov and Alexander Scriabin.
This is an encore of a recital filmed by Bruno Monsaingeon.
Gavrilov plays 3 encores in a recital :
- Scarlatti : Sonata in D, K1, L366 and Sonata in C, K199, L104 and
- Prokofiev : Suggestion Diabolique Op. 4. Prokofiev's performance is breathless...
Gavrilov belongs to the rare persons who has been Sviatoslav Richter's "students". They both recorded Bach, Haendel and Beethoven.