Grigory Sokolov is one of the greatest phenomena of our time: born in the Soviet Union in 1950, the world-renowned exceptional pianist is so introverted that for years he has both stopped giving interviews and refused to make studio recordings. Moreover, Sokolov now records only solo repertoire, which is why recordings of piano concertos can be drawn exclusively from the stock of his rare concert recordings. The artist, who is under exclusive contract to Deutsche Grammophon, now expands his recording catalog with two self-selected legendary recitals from 2005 and 1995, Mozart's 23rd Piano Concerto with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by Trevor Pinnock and Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier.