(.) But what insights into the chemistry, the constructional and structural wonders of these Pr‚ludes do Koroliov"s musical-pathological dissections allow? They lead into the inside of this texture, invalidating all that one has experienced for frightful - and then again delightful - moments of thinking and feeling. In a peaceable way, they force one to unbiasedly expose oneself to a strange experience, yet, in the next moment, a familiar experience once again. (Klassik.heute.de)