Destination Rachmaninov: Departure, Trifonov (CD)

“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 of mood . . . Nézet-Séguin and the superbly responsive Philadelphia Orchestra follow the soloist’s every interpretative nuance.” — BBC Music Magazine 

Recorded with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, the orchestra most closely associated with the composer with which Rachmaninov himself famously recorded the set of concerti over 80 years ago, Grammy-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov presents the first installment of his cycle of Rachmaninov’s highly virtuosic Piano Concertos.

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 
Daniil Trifonov piano 
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor 
Philadelphia Orchestra 
April 2018, Verizon Hall, Philadelphia 

Rachmaninov Suite from Partita in E for Violin (after J.S. Bach) 
Daniil Trifonov piano 
April 2018, Verizon Hall, Philadelphia 

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40 
Daniil Trifonov piano 
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor 
Philadelphia Orchestra 
October 2015, Verizon Hall, Philadelphia 

Discs: 1 
Record Label: Deutsche Grammophon 
Release Date: October 12, 2018