Afgelopen februari bracht de 22-jarige Russische pianist Daniil Trifonov Carnegie Hall in vervoering met een de Preludes van Chopin en werken van Liszt, Scriabin en Medtner. Hij is al in het bezit van de Grand Prix van het International Tchaikovsky Competition 2011. De critici in New York zijn er niet over een of hij de opvolger is van Horowitz, Richter of Kissin. Maar men is ervan overtuigd dat een grote Russische pianist van deze eeuw is gevonden. Oordeel zelf aan de hand van deze prachtige live opname waarin de befaamde Russische pianotraditie in dit contrastrijke programma uitstekend naar voren komt. Martha Argerich zeg over hem: “What he does with his hands is technically incredible. It’s also his touch – he has tenderness and also the demonic element. I never heard anything like that.”
Daniil Trifonov: The Carnegie Recital
Chopin:
Preludes (24), Op. 28
Liszt:
Piano Sonata in B minor, S178
Medtner:
Fairy Tale in E Flat major Op. 26 No. 2
Scriabin:
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19 'Sonata Fantasy'
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Opinions differ on whether he is the heir of Horowitz, Richter or Kissin but in that line of giants, critical opinion is unanimous: Daniil Trifonov is THE great Russian pianist for the 21st Century.
In the past thirty years, the honour of a live Carnegie Hall recital recording has been bestowed by DG upon only two other pianists: Mikhail Pletnev and Lang Lang. Daniil Trifonov now joins this elite company for his very first recording on the Yellow Label.
Recorded in February this year, this richly contrasted and spectacularly virtuosic programme includes much-loved classics by Chopin and Liszt and is the perfect album to introduce the world to DG’s newest piano star . Born 22 years ago in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, Trifonov is already the winner of the Grand Prix, First prize and a Gold Medal in the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (2011.) Beyond his phenomenal technique, he is a distinctly Russian artist: an intense, soulful musician in the great Russian tradition whose presentation and repertoire set him apart from all other young piano stars of today.
Tracks
Disc 1
1. 1. Andante (Original Version)
2. 2. Presto (Original Version)
3. Lento Assai - Allegro Energico (Original Version)
4. 2. Andante Sostenuto (Original Version)
5. Allegro Energico - Andante Sostenuto - Lento Assai (Original Version)
6. No. 1 In C Major. Agitato (Original Version)
7. No. 2 In A Minor. Lento (Original Version)
8. No. 3 In G Major. Vivace (Original Version)
9. No. 4 In E Minor. Largo (Original Version)
10. No. 5 In D Major. Molto Allegro (Original Version)
11. No. 6 In B Minor. Lento Assai (Original Version)
12. No. 7 In A Major. Andantino (Original Version)
13. No. 8 In F-Sharp Minor. Molto Agitato (Original Version)
14. No. 9 In E Major. Largo (Original Version)
15. No. 10 In C-Sharp Minor. Molto Allegro (Original Version)
16. No. 11 In B Major. Vivace (Original Version)
17. No. 12 In G-Sharp Minor. Presto (Original Version)
18. No. 13 In F-Sharp Major. Lento (Original Version)
19. No. 14 In E-Flat Minor. Allegro (Original Version)
20. No. 15 In D-Flat Major "Raindrop Prelude" (Original Version)
21. No. 16 In B-Flat Minor. Presto Con Fuoco (Original Version)
22. No. 17 In A-Flat Major. Allegretto (Original Version)
23. No. 18 In F Minor. Molto Allegro (Original Version)
24. No. 19 In E-Flat Major. Vivace (Original Version)
25. No. 20 In C Minor. Largo (Original Version)
26. No. 21 In B-Flat Major. Cantabile (Original Version)
27. No. 22 In G Minor. Molto Agitato (Original Version)
28. No. 23 In F Major. Moderato (Original Version)
29. No. 24 In D Minor. Allegro Appassionato (Original Version)
30. No.2 In E-Flat Major - Molto Vivace (Four Fairy Tales Skazki, Op.26)
