Trifonov, Daniil | Tchaikovsky | 2CD

Daniil Trifonov is a Russian classical pianist, born on 5 March 1991 in Nizhny Novgorod. He won the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011.

The Sleeping Beauty · Children's Album · Piano Sonata Op. 80 · Theme And Variations Op. 19/6 is a 2-CD album of solo piano works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, played by Daniil Trifonov and released on 3 October 2025 by Deutsche Grammophon. The programme also includes Pletnev's Concert Suite from Sleeping Beauty. David Frost is credited as producer, and the recording was made in January 2025.

Track List

Disc 1

1. Theme
2. Variation 1
3. Variation 2
4. Variation 3
5. Variation 4
6. Variation 5
7. Variation 6
8. Variation 7
9. Variation 8
10. Variation 9
11. Variation 10
12. Variation 11
13. Variation 12
14. Coda
15. I. Allegro Con Fuoco
16. II. Andante
17. III. Scherzo. Allegro Vivo
18. IV. Allegro Vivo

Disc 2

1. Morning Prayer
2. Winter Morning
3. Playing Hobby-horses
4. Mama
5. March of the Wooden Soldiers
6. The Sick Doll
7. The Doll's Funeral
8. Waltz
9. The New Doll
10. Mazurka
11. Russian Song
12. The Harmonica Player
13. Kamarinskaya
14. Polka
15. Italian Song
16. Old French Song
17. German Song
18. Neapolitan Song
19. Nanny's Story
20. Baba Yaga, 'The Witch'
21. Sweet Dreams
22. Lark Song
23. The Organ-grinder Sings
24. In Church
25. Prologue
26. Dance of Pages
27. Vision
28. Andante
29. The Silver Fairy
30. The Pussed Tom-cat and the White Cat
31. Gavotte
32. The Singing Canary
33. Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
34. Adagio
35. Finale