Adams, Stravinsky, Gershwin & Bernstein: Hallelujah Junction

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Release Date
May 23, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      John Adams, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Colin McPhee, Frederic Rzewski, Igor Stravinsky
    • PERFORMER
      Lukas Geniusas, Anna Geniushene
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 23, 2025
    • UPC
      3701624511220
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1122
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Cuban Overture (arr. G. Stone for 2 pianos)

      Composer: George Gershwin

      Performer: Lukas Geniušas, Anna Geniushene

    2. I. Tempo giusto - L'istesso tempo

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Lukas Geniušas, Anna Geniushene

    3. II. Allegretto

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Lukas Geniušas, Anna Geniushene

    4. III. Con moto - Poco meno - Tempo I

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Performer: Lukas Geniušas, Anna Geniushene

    5. El salón México (arr. L. Bernstein for 2 pianos)

      Composer: Aaron Copland

      Performer: Lukas Geniušas, Anna Geniushene

    6. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues

      Composer: Frederic Rzewski

      Performer: Lukas Geniušas, Anna Geniushene

    7. I. Pemoengkah

      Composer: Colin McPhee

      Performer: Lukas Geniušas, Anna Geniushene

    8. II. Gambangan

      Composer: Colin McPhee

      Performer: Lukas Geniušas, Anna Geniushene

    9. III. Taboeh teloe

      Composer: Colin McPhee

      Performer: Lukas Geniušas, Anna Geniushene

    10. I. —

      Composer: John Adams

      Performer: Lukas Geniušas, Anna Geniushene

    11. II. —

      Composer: John Adams

      Performer: Lukas Geniušas, Anna Geniushene

    12. III. —

      Composer: John Adams

      Performer: Lukas Geniušas, Anna Geniushene


Anna Geniushene and Lukas Geniusas both have brilliant careers as soloists: Anna won the silver medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2022 and now records for Fuga Libera, while Lukas' two Rachmaninov recordings, a recital of solo works (ALPHA997) and songs with Asmik Grigorian (ALPHA796), have both won major awards. Partners in life and in art, they form a highly virtuosic and tightly knit duo. This highly varied programme pays tribute to American music with works by Gershwin, Stravinsky, Copland and McPhee, a succession of melting-pots that create fusions of classical music, jazz, Mexican music and Balinese rhythms. The spectacular and rebellious Fourth Ballad from Frederic Rzewski's North American Ballads (1978-79) is also included. This musical odyssey concludes with the vast fresco that is John Adam's magnificent Hallelujah Junction (1996).