{"product_id":"mendelssohn-sokoli-piano-sonatas","title":"Mendelssohn \/ Sokoli: Piano Sonatas","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePiano Sonatas\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eMendelssohn \/ Sokoli\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003ePiano Classics\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e5029365101875\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical Artists\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         The first album to bring together all of Fanny Mendelssohn's four piano sonatas, written over the course of almost 20 years, and including the 'Easter Sonata' rediscovered in 2010. Born in 1998 to Albanian parents, the Italian pianist Gaia Sokoli has won rave reviews as well as a string of competition awards in her home country. She took first prize in the Bradshaw and Buono Competition held annually in New York, and made a Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 13. Gaia Sokoli was giving concerts as a young child: 'Making music came naturally to me and I felt I had to do it.' Gaia Sokoli's repertoire ranges from Bach to Ligeti, but she has a particularly strong feeling for the late-Classical and early-Romantic piano composers from Beethoven to Chopin and Schumann. She has formed a regular chamber-music partnership with the violinist Giulia Gambaro, and she now studies with Roberto Prosseda, who has contributed the booklet essay to her debut recording, discussing Fanny Mendelssohn's sonata writing in the context of a culture which saw her compositional activity as little more than the talented exercise of a hobby when set alongside her brother Felix's pre-eminent genius.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                           \u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.tidal.com\/albums\/194585417\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Mendelssohn \/ Sokoli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39503537668167,"sku":"42008064","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/4008018-2774029.jpg?v=1711745823","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/mendelssohn-sokoli-piano-sonatas","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}