Composer György Ligeti praised Evgeni Koroliov's Bach recordings, stating he would choose them if he could only take one work to a desert island.
Composer Biography
Maurice Ravel's parentage, a Swiss engineer father and a Basque mother, may have contributed to his music's blend of precision and imaginative fantasy.
Performer Biography
Ljupka Hadžigeorgieva and Evgeni Koroliov have performed as a piano duo since their studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow in the 1970s.
Performer Biography
Evgeni Koroliov, a prominent figure on the international piano scene, was a student at the legendary Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ravel's music is characterized by perfect form, with nothing excessive or missing, achieving a precise balance between what is said and what the artist intends to say.
Album & Artwork
The album's cover features a detail from Paul Klee's 1921 painting, 'TraumStadt' (Dream City).
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in 2017 at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin, using a Steinway D piano.
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