Daniil Trifonov
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Trifonov’s approach is to search out through rounded and constantly beautiful piano tone the music’s pre-Debussyian side – a legitimate take on Liszt’s radical streak, keeping any risk of meretricious... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th October 2016
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2017, Winner - Jahrespreis
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Rachmaninov Variations
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
the Philadelphians under Yannick Nézet-Séguin provide sterling support for Trifonov's stunning pyrotechnics. There are also moments of magical repose, Trifonov achieving astonishing beauty of... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Concerto
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Destination Rachmaninov - Arrival
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
In the First, he steers the music’s dramatic ebb and flow with total conviction, while also bringing tremendous clarity of fingerwork to its elaborate piano writing. Yannick Nézet-Séguin and... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Concerto Choice
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Building a Library, January 2021
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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We don’t normally associate Daniil Trifonov with Bach, so this recording is a revelation…Many pianists radiate effort in their attempts to make intellectual sense of The Art of Fugue: Trifonov’s... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Instrumental Choice
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Destination Rachmaninov - Departure
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Trifonov is wonderfully alive to [the Fourth’s] mercurial piano writing, achieving astonishing crystalline delicacy in the elaborate filigree passage work and negotiating unexpected juxtapositions... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th October 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Building a Library, December 2018, Also Recommended
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Concerto
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2019, Winner - Piano
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Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty; Children's Album; Piano Sonata, Op. 80; Theme and Variations, Op. 19/6
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano)
With all due respect to Mikhail Pletnev's excellent recording of the Album for the Young, Op 39, Trifonov now claims reference-version status. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd October 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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Lieder: Berg, Schumann, Wolf, Shostakovich, Brahms
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (bass-baritone), Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Goerne and the equally probing Daniil Trifonov – a true conversational partner – seem to conceive the whole programme as a brooding mega-cycle on the human condition. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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My American Story – North
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano), The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
a heartfelt and considered album, delivered with a refreshing smile – and first-rate musicianship. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th October 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winners 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Weinberg: Orchestral & Chamber Works
RecommendedGidon Kremer (violin & director), Daniil Grishin (viola), Giedre Dirvanauskaite (cello), Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Kremerata Baltica
Kremer and his associates deliver incisive, committed performances...a fascinating piece, performed here with great brilliance. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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We’ve been treated to an original and exhilarating new reading of this wonderful repertoire – a kind of keyboard Regietheater – and even those who aren’t ultimately convinced will agree that... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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