Daniil Trifonov: Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty; Children's Album; Piano Sonata, Op. 80; Theme and Variations, Op. 19/6 Digital

Star pianist Daniil Trifonov burst on to the international scene winning the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011. With this album, Trifonov returns to the music of Tchaikovsky in a beautiful selection of solo works evoking youth and family.
“We think of him,” says the celebrated pianist, “as an archetypical Romantic” and a “troubled soul. But particularly in his younger years, Tchaikovsky found joy in his close relationships and emotional comfort in his family.”
The selected pieces include the rarely-performed Sonata Op.80, the Children’s Album, the Variations Op.19/6 and Pletnev’s Concert Suite from Sleeping Beauty. They reflect Tchaikovsky at his most effervescent and intimate and contain some of Trifonov’s most electrifying playing to date.

Tracklist:
Theme and Variations in F major
No. 6 from Six Morceaux pour piano op. 19
1. Tema. Andante non tanto
2. Var. I. L’istesso tempo
3. Var. II. L’istesso tempo
4. Var. III. Allegretto
5. Var. IV. Allegro vivace leggiero
6. Var. V. Andante amoroso
7. Var. VI. Allegro risoluto
8. Var. VII. Moderato assai
9. Var. VIII. Allegro
10. Var. IX. Alla mazurka
11. Var. X. Andante non troppo, un poco rubato
12. Var. XI (Alla Schumann). Allegro brillante
13. Var. XII. L’istesso tempo
14. Coda. Presto
Piano Sonata in C sharp minor op. 80
15. 1. Allegro con fuoco
16. 2. Andante
17. 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivo – Trio
18. 4. Allegro vivo
Detskij Al’bom · Children’s Album op. 39
Collection of Easy Pieces for Children à la Schumann
19. 1. Utrennjaja molitva · Morning Prayer
20. 2. Zimnee utro · Winter Morning
21. 3. Igra v lošadki · Hobbyhorse
22. 4. Mama · Mummy
23. 5. Marš derevjannyh soldatikov · March of the Wooden Soldiers
24. 6. Bolezn’ kukly · The Doll’s Illness
25. 7. Pohorony kukly · The Doll’s Funeral
26. 8. Val’s · Waltz
27. 9. Novaja kukla · The New Doll
28. 10. Mazurka
29. 11. Russkaja pesnja · Russian Song
30. 12. Mužik na garmonike igraet · Farmer Playing on the Accordion
31. 13. Kamarinskaja
32. 14. Pol’ka · Polka
33. 15. Ital’janskaja pesenka · Italian Song
34. 16. Starinnaja francuskaja pesenka · Old French Song
35. 17. Nemeckaja pesenka · German Song
36. 18. Neapolitanskaja pesenka · Neapolitan Song
37. 19. Njanina skazka · Nanny’s Tale
38. 20. Baba-Jaga
39. 21. Sladkaja grëza · Sweet Dream
40. 22. Pesnja žavoronka · The Lark’s Song
41. 23. Šarmanščik poet · The Organ-Grinder Sings
42. 24. V cerkvi · At Church
Concert Suite from the Ballet The Sleeping Beauty
43. 1. Prolog · Prologue
44. 2. Tanets pazhej · Dance of the Pages
45. 3. Videnie · Vision
46. 4. Andante
47. 5. Feja serebra · The Silver Fairy
48. 6. Kot v sapogakh i belaja koshechka · The Puss-in-Boots and the White Cat
49. 7. Gavot · Gavotte
50. 8. Schebechuschaja kanarejka · The Canary Fairy Sings
51. 9. Krasnaja Shapochka i Volk · Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
52. 10. Adagio
53. 11. Final