Evgeni Koroliov, Anna Vinnitskaya, Ljupka Hadzi Georgieva & Kammerakademie Potsdam - Bach: Concertos for Pianos (2019) [24/96]

Over the past five years, pianist Anna Vinnitskaya has made three Alpha recordings dedicated to Shostakovitch, Brahms et Rachmaninov.

Evgeni Koroliov is a great master of the piano, a great Bach specialist, whose recordings of Bach are an acclaimed benchmark. His piano duo with his wife, Ljupka Hadzi-Georgieva, has made its mark over the past few years in all the major international concert venues. Also a highly reputed teacher, Koroliov was Anna Vinnitskaya’s professor at Hamburg.

‘Though I no longer study with him, I still meet and talk with him several times a week,’ she confides. ‘That helps me further in my development, not just as a pianist but as a human being…Now that I am myself a professor at the same university, I try to carry it on, to pass his experience on to others.’

These three Slavonic pianists, who for some time have been aiming to record the Bach concertos as a team, decided to invite a German ensemble that is itself highly expert in Bach interpretation, the Potsdam Chamber Orchestra; they recorded this double album in a legendary venue where some of the greatest artists have recorded: the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin.

Tracklist:
1. Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro
2. Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: II. Adagio
3. Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: III. Allegro
4. Concerto for Two Keyboards in C Minor, BWV 1060: I. Allegro
5. Concerto for Two Keyboards in C Minor, BWV 1060: II. Largo ovvero adagio
6. Concerto for Two Keyboards in C Minor, BWV 1060: III. Adagio
7. Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058: I. […]
8. Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058: II. Andante
9. Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058: III. Allegro assai
10. Concerto for Two Keyboards in C Minor, BWV 1062: I. […]
11. Concerto for Two Keyboards in C Minor, BWV 1062: II. Andante e plano
12. Concerto for Two Keyboards in C Minor, BWV 1062: III. Allegro assai
13. Concerto for Three Keyboards in C Major, BWV 1064: I. Allegro
14. Concerto for Three Keyboards in C Major, BWV 1064: II. Adagio
15. Concerto for Three Keyboards in C Major, BWV 1064: III. Allegro assai
16. Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: I. Allegro
17. Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: II. Larghette
18. Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: III. Allegro ma non tanto
19. Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: I. […]
20. Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo
21. Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: III. Presto
22. Concerto for Two Keyboards in C Major, BWV 1061: I. […]
23. Concerto for Two Keyboards in C Major, BWV 1061: II. Largo ovvero adagio
24. Concerto for Two Keyboards in C Major, BWV 1061: III. Fuga. Vivace
25. Concerto for Three Keyboards in D Minor, BWV 1063: I. […]
26. Concerto for Three Keyboards in D Minor, BWV 1063: II. Alla sicilliana
27. Concerto for Three Keyboards in D Minor, BWV 1063: III. Allegro
28. Concerto for Four Keyboards in A Minor BWV 1065 (Arranged for Three Pianos): I. […]
29. Concerto for Four Keyboards in A Minor BWV 1065 (Arranged for Three Pianos): II. Largo
30. Concerto for Four Keyboards in A Minor BWV 1065 (Arranged for Three Pianos): III. Allegro

Personnel:
Evgeni Koroliov, piano
Anna Vinnitskaya, piano
Ljupka Hadzi-Georgieva, piano
Kammerakademie Potsdam