
At 36:43, Evgeni Koroliov’s Kreisleriana times out to be one of the longest on disc. This is not so much because of slow tempos as
Evgeni Koroliov is such an interesting pianist that everything he records usually is worth hearing, and this disc is no exception. It is a very
A strong personality, intelligent musicianship, and supreme technical refinement grace Evgeni Koroliov’s previous Tacet releases devoted to music of Bach, Tchaikovsky, and Schubert. The same
Evgeni Koroliov’s strengths as a Bach pianist carry over to what I believe is his first all-Mozart CD. These include his gift for harmonic pointing
As with his magnificent recording of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, Evgeni Koroliov interprets Book 2 from a pianistic angle, taking advantage of the instrument’s
The present release attests to Evgeny Koroliov’s standing among the most stylish, thought-provoking, technically accomplished, and emotionally fulfilling Bach pianists who ever lived. He probes
Evgeni Koroliov’s well-deserved prominence among today’s Bach pianists began, in effect, with this 1990 recording of The Art of Fugue, newly repackaged by Tacet. I
Evgeni Koroliov’s recordings of The Art of Fugue (for Tacet) and the Goldberg Variations (for Hänssler) have placed him in the forefront of today’s Bach
Evgeni Koroliov takes many of his tempo and articulation cues from Glenn Gould’s influential 1981 Goldbergs, from the unbridled virtuosity of the cross-handed movements to