Sokolov says no to Cremona Music Award as it was previously given to Lebrecht

[Barbirollians]

This amusing story can be found on www.gramophone.co.uk

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I'm going to buy all of Sokolov's recordings!

[Bryn]

I already have the Naive box and the DGG Salzburg Recital. Might consider adding some of the Melodiya discs.

[Barbirollians]

No mention of this on Slipped Disc tonight !

[neiltingley]

Amusing for some perhaps but not to Mr Sokolov.

Lebrecht wrote this: http://slippedisc.com/2014/01/sad-ne...oses-his-wife/. However this page has been changed to remove or alter the offensive sentence. You can figure out what was changed by reading the comments.

This is Sokolov's response http://www.amcmusic.com/en/letter-of...b-monsaingeon/.

Beyond that was another catty blog post about Sokolov's refusal to go to the British embassy in Rome to be finger-printed for a UK visa.