Denis Kozhukhin releases Haydn sonatas disc on ONYX Classics

Denis Kozhukhin

Next Concerts

June 12, 2026

Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15

– Sunwook Kim (conductor)

Venue: Gyeonggi Arts Centre, Suwon-si

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June 13, 2026

Seoul, South Korea

Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15

– Sunwook Kim (conductor)

Venue: Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

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News

September 17th, 2014

September 2014 sees Denis release his second recital album, of four Haydn keyboard sonatas, on ONYX Classics. The disc, recorded at the legendary Teldex Studio in Berlin, features sonatas nos.38, 39, 47 and 59, music that has been unjustly neglected and yet contains some of Haydn’s most inventive and forward-looking music.

The new recording follows the success of Denis’s debut album of Prokofiev’s ‘War Sonatas’. “On the strength alone of these interpretations and realisations, it may well be that Denis Kozhukhin can be considered as the leader of the pack of Russian pianists currently under forty,” was the verdict of Classical Source. “A stunning tour de force,” commented BBC Music Magazine. “I’ve never heard so much revelatory detail in Prokofiev’s triptych of dark and painful masterpieces. Kozhukhin has a way of bringing out the details of the inner parts, or even a usually inconsequential-seeming bass line, that highlights the drama instead of detracting from it…”

The new album is released on 29 September 2014. Click here for full details, including audio clips.

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Brahms: Fantasies No. 1 in D minor

In the Press

“Ravel’s Concerto in G takes us to completely different worlds. From that suggestive, almost hypnotic evocation of Debussy, we move on to a piece full of vitality, smiles, light-heartedness and, as its author intended, fun. Exultant fun from beginning to end, with hardly any respite, barely in the second movement, which never ceases to smile charmingly, albeit in a calmer way. Music that fits like a glove to the vitalistic nerve of the French maestro, who put all the rhythmic voltage into a vibrant accompaniment for the Russian soloist Denis Kozhukhin, who in turn demonstrated his excellent level once again.

As has been appreciated on previous occasions, the Russian’s sound is beautiful and has sufficient presence, although it does not dazzle. He shades beautifully and handles the pedal with general restraint, only occasionally overstepping that balance. He translated the fast-paced score apolloniously and with impeccable momentum, with a good dose of panache and fantasy, very successful realisation of the music’s jazzy resonances, and enviable intensity, connecting very well with the baton in a reading in which the rhythmic energy shone through.”