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Sunday, September 17, 2017

Johann Sebastian Bach - French Overture; Italian Concerto (Evgeni Koroliov)


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Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • (01-02) Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
  • (03-13) Overture in the French Manner in B minor, BWV 831
  • (14-16) Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971
  • (17-20) 4 Duettos, BWV 802-805
  • (21-22) Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 906

Evgeni Koroliov, piano
Date: 2000
Label: Hänssler

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Review

ARTISTIC QUALITY: 10 / SOUND QUALITY: 10

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 the Chromatic Fantasy’s daring modulations with exuberant respect in the central improvisatory sequences and keeps the rhythmic momentum alive and unsagging in the companion fugue; he brings a stunning variety of voicings and articulations to the French Overture in B minor, all of which draw attention to the music rather than the pianist; and he takes portions of the second Bourée’s “A” section up an octave and brilliantly clarifies Bach’s ricocheting dynamic changes in the concluding Echo. The Italian Concerto’s myriad solo/orchestral contrasts are impeccably realized, although Koroliov’s bass notes in the slow movement are too clipped and static to support the right hand melodic material. I like Koroliov’s free-flowing way with the Four Duets, as well as his unusual yet effective slow tempo for the last A minor selection. The pianist stops the fragmentary, intensely chromatic C minor Fantasy and Fugue in mid-stream, right at the point where Bach’s manuscript breaks off. What a spooky way to end an extraordinary recital!

-- Jed Distler, ClassicsToday

More reviews:
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/bach-french-overture-italian-concerto-chromatic-fantasia-fugue
http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Overture-Concerto-Bachakademie-Koroliov/dp/B00004TKFB

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Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. Bach enriched established German styles through his mastery of counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and his adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from Italy and France. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations, and vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach

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Evgeni Koroliov (born 1 October 1949, in Moscow) is a Russian classical pianist. He was a pupil of Anna Artobolesvkaya, got lessons from Heinrich Neuhaus and Maria Yudina, and studied with Lev Oborin and Lev Naumov. Besides classical, romantic and contemporary repertoire Evgeni Koroliov has always been particularly interested in the work of J.S. Bach. Many critics attest Koroliov's J.S. Bach records not only having an absolutely outstanding position among all new releases of the J.S. Bach-Year but belonging to the most important J.S. Bach-recordings of record- and CD-history ever.

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