Daniil Trifonov

Concert Review: Pianist Daniil Trifonov — He Covers the Waterfront

November 18, 2023
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Daniil Trifonov’s long-awaited return to Symphony Hall showed that he continues to embody the fullness of the great Russian pianistic legacy.

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Classical CD Reviews: Russia’s Silver Age, “Amici e Rivali,” and Jonathan Leshnoff’s Symphony no. 3

December 14, 2020
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Daniil Trifonov’s Silver Age pays bracing tribute to fin-de-siecle and post-Revolutionary Russian music; Jonathan Leshnoff’s Third Symphony is smartly-written and affecting. What happens when tenors Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres team up for an album of duets and ensembles from various Rossini operas? Fireworks.

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Classical Music Reviews: The Boston Symphony’s 2018-19 Season-closing Concerts

May 4, 2019
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The final two concerts of the BSO’s season were in the orchestra’s sweet spot.

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Classical CDs Review: Suppé Overtures, Bronsart and Urspruch Piano Concertos, and “Destination Rachmaninov”

November 1, 2018
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Pianist Daniil Trifonov’s Rachmaninov album is magnificent; the Münchner Rundfunkorchester do right by Franz von Suppé’s overtures, and the Romantic Piano Concerto series continues to unearth gems.

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Concert Review: Pianists Daniil Trifonov and Sergei Babayan

March 6, 2018
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Their combined sound, made by two nested pianos, their lids off, aided and abetted by Jordan Hall’s superb acoustics, was irresistible.

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Classical CD Reviews: All-star Schubert and Mozart Arias

December 9, 2017
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A hell-for-leather approach to Schubert has its drawbacks; for all the sheen of Juan Diego Flórez’s singing, he doesn’t always seem at home in the music.

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Classical CD Reviews: Arabella Steinbacher plays Britten and Hindemith and Daniil Trifonov’s “Chopin Evocations”

September 22, 2017
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Hindemith and Britten could hardly have asked for more committed advocates than Steinbacher, Jurowski, and the RSOB.

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