It all began in January 2024 with a phone call to Rainer Maillard. I suggested to him that we finally record another album with Mikhail Pletnev. Rainer was immediately enthusiastic, and shortly afterwards so was Deutsche Grammophon. And so we ended up producing a very special album with Mikhail Pletnev. The rest is history.
I am therefore very delighted that Rainer has won the OPUS KLASSIK 2026 award for Innovative Listening Experience of the Year for his audiophile production Mikhail Pletnev – Chopin & Scriabin: Préludes.
Congratulations!
Mikhail Pletnev – Chopin & Scriabin: Préludes
Composers: Alexander Scriabin · Frédéric Chopin
Tracks: 24 Preludes, Op. 11 · 24 Preludes, Op. 28
Piano: Mikhail Pletnev
Producers: Rainer Maillard & Matthias Spindler
Recording: Berlin, Emil Berliner Studios, 11/2024
Recording Producer, Recording Engineer & Immersive Mix Engineer: Rainer Maillard
Recorded and mastered by Emil Berliner Studios
Piano Technician Shigeru Kawai SK-EX: Shinya Kurata (MPA), Kawai
Special Thanks: Anne-Sophie Desrez (Kawai), Svetlana Rips (Mikhail Pletnev), Dr. Clemens Trautmann (DG)
Executive Producer Deutsche Grammophon: John Helyar
2025 Deutsche Grammophon
2LPs |A|A|A| 486 7630 |G|H|
1CD |D|D|D| 486 7455 |G|H|
Int. Release Date: 12/2025
2025 — NPO Klassiek Album van de Week (31.12.2025)
2026 — OPUS KLASSIK »Innovative Listening Experience of the Year«
2025 — iTunes Top Klassik Musik Album Charts #1 (Germany)
2025 — iTunes Top de la mejor Clásica música álbums #5 (Spain)
2025 — iTunes Album Cổ điển Nhạc Hay Nhất #2 (Vietnam)
2025 — Official Specialist Classical Chart #5 (Great Britain)
2026 — Gfk Entertainment Top 20 Klassik Charts #3 (Germany)
2026 — Apple Classical Top 100 #4 (05.01.2026)
2026 — iTunes Top Classical Music Albums Charts #3 (Hong Kong)