Wonderful Daniil Trifonov recital on TTN 8.12.12

[Nick Armstrong]

Quick post while enjoying this hugely, a recital by one of the young pianists to watch (or rather listen to) in particular.

This is proving a specially dazzling treat:

1:52 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
12 Etudes (Op. 25)
Daniil Trifonov (piano)

2:23 AM...

[amateur51]

Quick post while enjoying this hugely, a recital by one of the young pianists to watch (or rather listen to) in particular.

This is proving a specially dazzling treat:

1:52 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
12 Etudes (Op. 25)
Daniil Trifonov (piano)

2:23 AM...

Many thanks for this alert Caliban - I'll try to catch this later

Did Jonathan say anything about its provenance?

[Nick Armstrong]

Many thanks for this alert Caliban - I'll try to catch this later

Did Jonathan say anything about its provenance?

It was a recital from the 66th International Chopin Festival in Duszniki Zdrój in Poland in August last year. Below is a review from someone who was there, from this blog http://www.michael-moran.com/2011/08...rnational.html



Saturday August 13th 2011

FINAL RECITAL Daniil Trifonov (20.00)

What a miraculous year this young man has had in the contemporary world of the piano

.....

After interval we began the Chopin. 3 Mazurkas Op. 56 which were simply perfect – I have nothing left to say. The 12 Etudes Op. 25 Trifonov unfurls like a great opera with many scenes. Although thankfully he does not run the end of one etude into the beginning of another, the completeness of his conception tonally and emotionally is tantamount to interpreting the set as an integrated unified work. Absolutely convincing. I will not go into the performance of each study here – although the depth of conception of each one and how it ‘fits in’ to the whole certainly deserves detailed analysis. Suffice to say I was riveted from beginning to end, particularly by his emotional commitment and range of intense response in tone and touch. His complete technique always remained a servant to his view of the music and not a means of superficial display and grand-standing before the audience. He was recalled numerous times and played wonderful encores ranging from a piece from Tchaikovsky's The Seasons to Chopin’s Tarantella. The audience continued to stand and applaud even when when he returned at the base of the platform with no further intention of playing....surrounding him with applause and adulation.

I have never witnessed scenes like this at the Duszniki Festival except with the magnificent Ukrainian pianist Aleksander Gavrylyuk (although I have only been coming for a mere seven years after all....). I fervently hope his teachers protect him from the ruthless grasp of the commercial world. I hope he does not perform too often now the demand to hear him is so huge and suffer burn out or lose the finer edge of his playing which sometimes happens with adulation and repitition. A very young pianist is only human after all and his is a quite extraordinary talent.

As I staggered out into the damp Duszniki night I reflected on the myth of Orpheus. The making of music is the cultivation of magic not simply a series of beautiful sounds more or less skilfully strung together on an instrument. It is a cabbalistic craft. For me Trifonov is an alchemist of the piano.

[amateur51]

It was a recital from the 66th International Chopin Festival in Duszniki Zdrój in Poland in August last year. Below is a review from someone who was there, from this blog http://www.michael-moran.com/2011/08...rnational.html



Saturday August 13th 2011

FINAL RECITAL Daniil Trifonov (20.00)

What a miraculous year this young man has had in the contemporary world of the piano

.....

After interval we began the Chopin. 3 Mazurkas Op. 56 which were simply perfect – I have nothing left to say. The 12 Etudes Op. 25 Trifonov unfurls like a great opera with many scenes. Although thankfully he does not run the end of one etude into the beginning of another, the completeness of his conception tonally and emotionally is tantamount to interpreting the set as an integrated unified work. Absolutely convincing. I will not go into the performance of each study here – although the depth of conception of each one and how it ‘fits in’ to the whole certainly deserves detailed analysis. Suffice to say I was riveted from beginning to end, particularly by his emotional commitment and range of intense response in tone and touch. His complete technique always remained a servant to his view of the music and not a means of superficial display and grand-standing before the audience. He was recalled numerous times and played wonderful encores ranging from a piece from Tchaikovsky's The Seasons to Chopin’s Tarantella. The audience continued to stand and applaud even when when he returned at the base of the platform with no further intention of playing....surrounding him with applause and adulation.

I have never witnessed scenes like this at the Duszniki Festival except with the magnificent Ukrainian pianist Aleksander Gavrylyuk (although I have only been coming for a mere seven years after all....). I fervently hope his teachers protect him from the ruthless grasp of the commercial world. I hope he does not perform too often now the demand to hear him is so huge and suffer burn out or lose the finer edge of his playing which sometimes happens with adulation and repitition. A very young pianist is only human after all and his is a quite extraordinary talent.

As I staggered out into the damp Duszniki night I reflected on the myth of Orpheus. The making of music is the cultivation of magic not simply a series of beautiful sounds more or less skilfully strung together on an instrument. It is a cabbalistic craft. For me Trifonov is an alchemist of the piano.

High praise indeed - although I confess to never having "staggered out into the damp Duszniki night" - is Duszniki noted for the quality of its dampness, I wonder (sounds a bit like Caernarfon, if so )

[Nick Armstrong]

High praise indeed - although I confess to never having "staggered out into the damp Duszniki night" - is Duszniki noted for the quality of its dampness, I wonder (sounds a bit like Caernarfon, if so )

[David-G]

This was indeed a superb concert. It was in fact broadcast previously on TTN, in March.

[gradus]

Just come across Trifonov's recording of the Chopin Barcarolle and various transcriptions of Schubert and Schumann songs - enthusiastically recommended, delightful unforced lyrical playing and thankfully without the mics inside the piano lid so sounding to my ears rather veiled/gentler than some piano recordings these days. No lack of power when needed though.