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Bach: The Art of Life

Daniil Trifonov (piano)

Bach: The Art of Life

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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...

BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 20215 out of 5 stars

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Bach: The Art of Life

Daniil Trifonov (piano)

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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...

BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 20215 out of 5 stars

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Contents and tracklist

Bach, J C: Harpsichord Sonata, Op. 17 No. 5
Work length6:14
I. Allegro
Track length3:38
II. Presto
Track length2:36
Bach, W F: Twelve Polonaises, F. 12
Work length5:17
No. 8 in E Minor
Track length5:17
Bach, C P E: Clavier‐Sonaten und freie Fantasien nebst einigen Rondos, Wq59
Work length4:46
IV. Rondo in C Minor, H. 283
Track length4:46
Bach, J C F: Variations on "Ah vous dirais-je, Maman," HW 12 no 2
Work length8:39
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
Bach, J S: Musette in D major, BWV Anh. 126
Work length0:56
Bach, J S: Gedenke doch, mein Geist, BWV509
Work length0:42
Bach, J S: Menuett in A minor, BWV Anh. II / 120
Work length1:33
Bach, J S: Minuet in F major, BWV Anh. 113
Work length2:56
Bach, J S: Polonaise in F major, BWV Anh. 117a
Work length0:57
Bach, J S: Polonaise in D minor, BWV Anh. II / 128
Work length3:41
Bach, J S: Gib dich zufrieden, BWV511
Work length1:05
Bach, J S: Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114
Work length1:45
Bach, J S: Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 116
Work length1:12
Bach, J S: Polonaise, BWV Anh. 125
Work length1:09
Bach, J S: Menuett in C minor, BWV Anh. II / 121
Work length1:33
Stölzel: Bist du bei mir
Work length3:29
Brahms: Studies (5), Anh.1a / 1: Chaconne von JS Bach
Work length15:00
Bach, J S: The Art of Fugue, BWV1080
Work length1:10:57
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
Excerpt,Bach, J S: Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
Work length4:18
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Transcr. Hess for Piano)
Track length4:18

Spotlight on this release

Awards and reviews

  • Presto Editor's Choice
    October 2021
  • Presto Recordings of the Year
    Finalist 2021
  • International Classical Music Awards
    2022
    Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
  • BBC Music Magazine
    Christmas 2021
    Instrumental Choice
  • Grammy Awards
    65th Awards (2023)
    Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo

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.
5 out of 5 stars

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.
Katherine Cooper
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