Star pianist Daniil Trifonov burst on to the international scene winning the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011. With this album, Trifonov returns to the music of Tchaikovsky in a beautiful selection of solo works evoking youth and family.

“We think of him”, says the celebrated pianist, “as an archetypical Romantic” and a “troubled soul. But particularly in his younger years, Tchaikovsky found joy in his close relationships and emotional comfort in his family.”

The selected pieces include the rarely-performed Sonata Op.80, the Children’s Album, the Variations Op.19/6 and Pletnev’s Concert Suite from Sleeping Beauty. They reflect Tchaikovsky at his most effervescent and intimate and contain some of Trifonov’s most electrifying playing to date.

Tracklist:
CD 1
Theme and Variations in F major
No. 6 from Six Morceaux pour piano op. 19
1. Tema. Andante non tanto
2. Var. I. L’istesso tempo
3. Var. II. L’istesso tempo
4. Var. III. Allegretto
5. Var. IV. Allegro vivace leggiero
6. Var. V. Andante amoroso
7. Var. VI. Allegro risoluto
8. Var. VII. Moderato assai
9. Var. VIII. Allegro
10. Var. IX. Alla mazurka
11. Var. X. Andante non troppo, un poco rubato
12. Var. XI (Alla Schumann). Allegro brillante
13. Var. XII. L’istesso tempo
14. Coda. Presto
Piano Sonata in C sharp minor op. 80
15. 1. Allegro con fuoco
16. 2. Andante
17. 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivo – Trio
18. 4. Allegro vivo

CD 2
Detskij Al’bom · Children’s Album op. 39
Collection of Easy Pieces for Children à la Schumann
1. 1. Utrennjaja molitva · Morning Prayer
2. 2. Zimnee utro · Winter Morning
3. 3. Igra v lošadki · Hobbyhorse
4. 4. Mama · Mummy
5. 5. Marš derevjannyh soldatikov · March of the Wooden Soldiers
6. 6. Bolezn’ kukly · The Doll’s Illness
7. 7. Pohorony kukly · The Doll’s Funeral
8. 8. Val’s · Waltz
9. 9. Novaja kukla · The New Doll
10. 10. Mazurka
11. 11. Russkaja pesnja · Russian Song
12. 12. Mužik na garmonike igraet · Farmer Playing on the Accordion
13. 13. Kamarinskaja
14. 14. Pol’ka · Polka
15. 15. Ital’janskaja pesenka · Italian Song
16. 16. Starinnaja francuskaja pesenka · Old French Song
17. 17. Nemeckaja pesenka · German Song
18. 18. Neapolitanskaja pesenka · Neapolitan Song
19. 19. Njanina skazka · Nanny’s Tale
20. 20. Baba-Jaga
21. 21. Sladkaja grëza · Sweet Dream
22. 22. Pesnja žavoronka · The Lark’s Song
23. 23. Šarmanščik poet · The Organ-Grinder Sings
24. 24. V cerkvi · At Church
Concert Suite from the Ballet The Sleeping Beauty
25. 1. Prolog · Prologue
26. 2. Tanets pazhej · Dance of the Pages
27. 3. Videnie · Vision
28. 4. Andante
29. 5. Feja serebra · The Silver Fairy
30. 6. Kot v sapogakh i belaja koshechka · The Puss-in-Boots and the White Cat
31. 7. Gavot · Gavotte
32. 8. Schebechuschaja kanarejka · The Canary Fairy Sings
33. 9. Krasnaja Shapochka i Volk · Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
34. 10. Adagio
35. 11. Final