Alternately intimate, tender, fiery, Daniil Trifonov delivered a recital of rare perfection on Wednesday evening at the Victoria Hall in Geneva. A large audience had come to listen to the Russian pianist in works that matched his temperament. Play the Imagination up. 17 Schumann et al Gaspard of the night of Ravel is already not an easy task! But now Trifonov has added The Children’s Album by Tchaikovsky, the Fantasy in C minor of Mozart and the Sonate no 5 of Scriabin. A copious program served by a magician of colors and sound textures.
