Chopin Evocations

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In this work, Trifonov staves off potential sentimentality and produces – as usual – an exquisite tone…Some listeners will undoubtedly miss the epic nature of the original orchestration, but... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 6th Oct 2017
Catalogue No: 4797518
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

6th October 2017
Presto Recordings of the Year

Finalist 2017
The New York Times

Recordings of the Year 2017
Opus Klassik Awards

2018

Winner - instrumental (piano)

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

Work length34:49

$3.30

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Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev
Recorded: 2017-05
Recording Venue: Konzerthaus, Dortmund

1. Maestoso

Track length15:40

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2. Larghetto

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3. Allegro vivace

Track length8:49

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Chopin: Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano' in B flat major, Op. 2

Work length16:59

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Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

Introduction. Largo - Poco piu mosso, common time

Track length5:04

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Thema. Allegretto

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Variation 1. Brillante

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Variation 2. Veloce, ma accuratamente

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Variation 3. Sempre sostenuto

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Variation 4. Con bravura

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Variation 5. Adagio

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Coda. Alla Polacca

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Excerpt, Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9

Work length1:30

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Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Recorded: 2017-04
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

12. Chopin

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Excerpt, Grieg: Moods, Op. 73

Work length1:51

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Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

5. Étude "Hommage à Chopin"

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Barber: Nocturne, Op. 33

Work length4:09

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Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: Morceaux (18), Op. 72

Work length2:58

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Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

15. Un poco di Chopin

Track length2:58

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Chopin: Rondo in C major, Op. 73

Work length8:46

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Daniil Trifonov (piano), Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2016-07-18
Recording Venue: Regentenbau - Rossini-Saal , Bad Kissingen

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

Work length42:44

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Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev
Recorded: 2017-05
Recording Venue: Konzerthaus, Dortmund

1. Allegro maestoso

Track length21:58

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2. Romance. Larghetto

Track length11:05

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3. Rondo. Vivace

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Mompou: Variations On A Theme By Chopin

Work length20:27

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Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Recorded: 2017
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

Theme. Andantino

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Variation 1. Tranquillo e molto amabile

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Variation 2. Gracioso

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Variation 3. Para la mano iquierda. Lento

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Variation 4. Espressivo

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Variation 5. Tempo di Mazurka

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Variation 6. Recitativo

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Variation 7. Allegro leggiero

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Variation 8. Andante dolce e espressivo

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Variation 9. Valse

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Variation 10. Évocation. Cantabile molto espressivo

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Variation 11. Lento dolce e legato

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Variation 12. Galope y Epílogo

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Chopin: Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'

Work length5:36

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Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Recorded: 2017-05
Recording Venue: Konzerthaus, Dortmund

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Recording of the Week, Daniil Trifonov performs piano works by Chopin and others

6th October 2017

Katherine enjoys Trifonov's latest album, exploring Chopin's music, influence and legacy, with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Mikhail Pletnev.

Star pianist & composer Daniil Trifonov burst onto the international music scene at the International Chopin Competition in 2010. He then went on to win the Grand Prize at the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition performing Chopin's 1st Piano Concerto in the final round. Daniil Trifonov stands for virtuosity, musical poetry and evocative power. He is the world’s top young pianist today - and the music of Chopin is close to his heart.

The album features world premiere recordings of both Piano Concertos in fascinating orchestrations by pianist-composer Mikhail Pletnev. Pletnev also conducts the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in performances of exceptional detail, lyrical freedom and chamber music-like transparency.

The solo works include some of Chopin's earliest (Variations on "La ci darem la mano" Op. 2) and latest (Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66) works, together with the rarely-heard Rondo Op. 73a for two pianos, a devilishly difficult piece here performed by Trifonov together with his friend and mentor, Sergei Babayan.

The atmospheric tenth variation of Mompou's Variations on a Theme of Chopin is entitled "Evocation" and, in its poigant transformation of Chopin's famous melodies, inspired the name of this album.

Reviews

Christmas 2017

In this work, Trifonov staves off potential sentimentality and produces – as usual – an exquisite tone…Some listeners will undoubtedly miss the epic nature of the original orchestration, but Pletnev’s version is a welcome – and well executed – experiment…The more unusual Chopin-related pieces…are the icing on a Bake Off-worthy cake.

October 2017

By and large, Pletnev’s scoring is unobtrusive and does not overly distract, though the woodwind ensemble at the opening of the finale sounds like Chopin hijacked by Tchaikovsky. One thing is constant throughout and that is the sublimely wonderful sound Trifonov produces right throughout the register.

9th November 2017

Around the concertos, Trifonov places other early Chopin – a truly exceptional account of the Variations on Là ci darem la Mano...There’s a glittering set of Mompou variations, Barber’s Nocturne, a Grieg study and a Tchaikovsky miniature, all played with predictable faultless brilliance.

New York Times 13th December 2017

Do we need another recording of Chopin’s piano concertos? Well, we need this one, because Mr. Trifonov plays them magnificently; because of illuminating chamber-orchestra arrangements by Mikhail Pletnev, who conducts; and because of Chopin-inspired works by Grieg, Barber and others that join.

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