Bach: The Art of Life
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Awards:
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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
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...
Bach: The Art of Life
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
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Awards:
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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
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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Contents and tracklist
Work length6:14
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
I. Allegro
Track length3:38
II. Presto
Track length2:36
Work length5:17
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
No. 8 in E Minor
Track length5:17
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
IV. Rondo in C Minor, H. 283
Track length4:46
Work length8:39
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Thema (Allegretto)
Track length0:22
Var. 1
Track length0:17
Var. 2
Track length0:21
Var. 3
Track length0:23
Var. 4 (Minore)
Track length0:37
Var. 5 (Maggiore)
Track length0:16
Var. 6 (Tempo di Minuetto)
Track length0:45
Var. 7
Track length0:31
Var. 8 (Schwäbisch, Non allegro)
Track length0:32
Var. 9 (Minore, Tranquillo)
Track length0:35
Var. 10 (Maggiore, Tempo I)
Track length0:30
Var. 11
Track length0:23
Var. 12 (Alla Siciliano)
Track length0:33
Var. 13
Track length0:12
Var. 14
Track length0:17
Var. 15 (Più andante)
Track length0:49
Var. 16 (Tempo I)
Track length0:18
Var. 17 (Minore)
Track length0:27
Var. 18 (Maggiore, Allegro)
Track length0:31
Work length0:56
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Work length0:42
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Work length1:33
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Work length2:56
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Work length0:57
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Work length3:41
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Work length1:05
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Work length1:45
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Work length1:12
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Work length1:09
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Work length1:33
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Work length3:29
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12
- Recording Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Work length15:00
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2021-02
- Recording Venue: Siemens-Villa, Berlin
Work length1:10:57
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2021-02
- Recording Venue: Siemens-Villa, Berlin
Contrapunctus 1
Track length2:44
Contrapunctus 2
Track length2:22
Contrapunctus 3
Track length2:32
Contrapunctus 4
Track length2:39
Contrapunctus 5
Track length3:06
Contrapunctus 6 [per Diminutionem] in Stylo Francese
Track length5:33
Contrapunctus 7 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem
Track length3:21
Contrapunctus 8
Track length5:00
Contrapunctus 9 alla Duodecima
Track length2:29
Contrapunctus 10 alla Decima
Track length4:01
Contrapunctus 11
Track length4:53
Contrapunctus [12] [rectus]
Track length3:25
Contrapunctus 12 inversus
Track length3:15
Contrapunctus [13] [rectus]
Track length1:52
Contrapunctus [13] inversus
Track length1:57
Canon [in Hypodiatessaron] per Augmentationem in Contrario Motu
Track length3:32
Canon in Hypodiapason (Canon alla Ottava)
Track length1:51
Canon alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza
Track length3:12
Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta
Track length2:40
[Contrapunctus 14] (Compl. by Daniil Trifonov)
Track length10:33
Work length4:18
- Daniil Trifonov (piano)
- Recorded: 2021-02
- Recording Venue: Siemens-Villa, Berlin
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Transcr. Hess for Piano)
Track length4:18
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Awards and reviews
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Presto Editor's ChoiceOctober 2021
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards2022Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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BBC Music MagazineChristmas 2021Instrumental Choice
Christmas 2021
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 approach seems effortless, at once incisive and tender, purveying pure pleasure from start to finish.
October 2021
Trifonov brings uncommon clarity and variety of touch to The Art of Fugue (given here in his own astute completion), but it was the gentle charm and affection which he brings to the slighter works by other members of the Bach family that lingered longest in my memory.