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Yevgeny Sudbin has been hailed by The Telegraph as 'potentially one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century'. In the midst of a 7-year and 14 album collaboration with BIS Records, all of Yevgeny's recordings have met with critical acclaim and are regularly featured as CD of the Month by BBC Music Magazine or Editor's Choice by Gramophone. His Scriabin recording was awarded CD of the Year by The Telegraph and received the MIDEM Classical Award for Best Solo Instrument Recording at Cannes. It was described by Gramophone as 'a disc in a million' while the International Record Review stated that Yevgeny's Rachmaninov recording 'confirms him as one of the most important pianistic talents of our time'. "... Sudbin's readings gain considerably from the care with which they are recorded - the piano is not a contrapuntal instrument, but counterpoint is crucial to these sonatas, and the recording itself is as responsible as the performer is for bringing it out when using an instrument other than the one for which the works were created.""It has been a decade since Sudbin last recorded Scarlatti for BIS, but the passage of time has not led to significant changes in his interpretations, which are poised, very adeptly fingered, and paced with a sure sense of musical comprehension and a feeling for the sonatas' varied colors.""... those who are fond of Sudbin's pianism, and in particular those who own his decade-old Scarlatti disc, will deem this a ( ) recording and find it a real pleasure to hear." --Mark J. Estren, INFODAD.COM: Family-Focused Reviews, March 31, 2016ClassicsToday: Sound Quality 10 / Artistic Quality 10"Certainly Sudbin characterizes every note, and his willingness to explore some delightful but relatively lesser-known works (K. 125 and K. 373, in G major/minor for example) can only be applauded. If this sequel isn't quite as enticing as Sudbin's original, then, it is different: more reflective, perhaps more mature in some ways. In any case, no one can accuse him of serving up more of the same, and BIS' engineering is uniformly outstanding. Recommended, then, especially for connoisseurs." --David Hurwitz, Classicstoday.com