Evgeni Koroliov Piano Recital A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations and Goldberg Variations can be considered the most ambitious keyboard variation series in the history of music. The thirty variations written for the bass part of the Aria are a brilliant intellectual achievement: not only are they a masterpiece of the variation technique, but of the canon form, too, since every third variation was written in a strict canon. This work that places extraordinary demands on technique and intellectual approach has been well known since the rediscovery of Bach in the early 19th century, although its true popularity was established by the legendary recordings of Glenn Gould in 1955 (and again in 1981).
Although there are few self-respecting pianists who wouldn’t take on the Goldberg Variations, the several hundred commercially available recordings suggest that the work shakes off those who attempt to approach it in the same way Mount Everest does with summiteers of various abilities and different levels of dedication. Evgeni Koroliov is one of few pianists who has successfully scaled this work: both the profession and general public consider his recording among the benchmark readings of this giant piece. His performance is characterized by a clarity of purpose, humility, a perfectly plastic display of the structure.