Live, Video: Find classical music concert, opera, ballet and dance reviews | English | Waltz in A Minor "Grande Valse Brillante", Op.34 no.2

Modest as ever, Daniil Trifonov offers another masterclass in how virtuosity is sublimated into poetry. 

Bookended by Tchaikovsky, Daniil Trifonov’s powerfully virtuosic recital also visits the music of Chopin and Barber. 

By using Schumann’s Novelletten to draw a broad dramaturgical bow over the whole evening, Martin Helmchen stands on his own as a bold and highly creative pianist.

An excellent second half performance of Chopin's Four Ballades is preceded by an interpretation of waltzes and études that often lacks nuance of phrasing and dynamics.