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Rachmaninoff: Dissonance / Grigorian, Geniušas
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Rachmaninoff: Dissonance / Grigorian, Geniušas

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Composer
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Artist
Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniusas
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Mar 25, 2022
Catalog #
ALPHA796
UPC
3760014197963

About

Shortlisted for the Gramophone Awards!

Following her triumphs on the stages of the Salzburg and Bayreuth festivals and at Covent Garden, Asmik Grigorian now belongs to the world’s vocal elite. She joins Alpha Classics for several projects and presents here her very first recital, devoted to one of her favorite composers, Sergei Rachmaninov. This album, titled Dissonance, assembles vocal works carefully chosen by the soprano for the contrasts they generate when grouped together: ‘Most of Rachmaninov’s songs really call for operatic power. In fact, he wrote mini-operas lasting a few minutes.’ While this album is called Dissonance, in reference to the ‘internal conflicts’ that punctuate these songs, the duo formed by the Lithuanian singer and her pianist compatriot Lukas Geniušas is one of total consonance!

"[Grigorian's] powers of expression are as fierce in front of the microphone as they are on the stage...Her tone at its fullest, all velvet-wrapped steel, gleams with enough edge to cut through anything a full-throttle Rachmaninov piano part can throw at it, and Geniušas does not give the impression of holding back[.] As a duet partner, he’s just soloistic enough, with an attentive ear for the detail of what Grigorian wants to achieve with the shape of a phrase.

"The program, in a sequence chosen by the performers, ranges from some of the Op. 4 songs Rachmaninov wrote as a student to his Op. 34. Some last barely 90 seconds, but here they still seem like a scene rather than merely a song – a panoramic view, not a snapshot. Grigorian and Genušias will make you wonder why you don’t hear them more often." -The Guardian

"There’s a palpable energy between the [performers] on this recording. [Grigorian] unfurls her otherworldly quality—what Barrie Kosky once called 'Planet Grigorian'—like a banner; [Geniušas] provides the breeze to hold it aloft. By no means are the songs on Dissonance calm or gentle, but Grigorian and Geniušas handle them lovingly." -Van Magazine

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 14 Songs, Op. 34: No. 13. Dissonans (Discord) 06:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    14 Songs, Op. 34: No. 13. Dissonans (Discord)
    Duration
    06:24
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  2. 2 6 Songs, Op. 8: No. 2. Ditja! Kak cvetok ty prekrasna 02:04
    Track
    2
    Title
    6 Songs, Op. 8: No. 2. Ditja! Kak cvetok ty prekrasna
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  3. 3 No. 1. Ya zhdu tebya (I wait for you) 01:51
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 1. Ya zhdu tebya (I wait for you)
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  4. 4 No. 8. O ne grusti (Oh, do not Grieve) 03:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 8. O ne grusti (Oh, do not Grieve)
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  5. 5 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 2. Vsyo otnyal u menya (He Took All from Me) 01:11
    Track
    5
    Title
    15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 2. Vsyo otnyal u menya (He Took All from Me)
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  6. 6 No. 3. Sumerki (Twilight) 01:57
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 3. Sumerki (Twilight)
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  7. 7 No. 4. Oni otvechali (They Answered) 01:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 4. Oni otvechali (They Answered)
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  8. 8 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 7. Ne ver' mne, drug (Believe me not, Friend) 01:47
    Track
    8
    Title
    12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 7. Ne ver' mne, drug (Believe me not, Friend)
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  9. 9 12 Songs, Op. 21: No. 7. Zdes' khorosho (How Fair this Spot) 02:04
    Track
    9
    Title
    12 Songs, Op. 21: No. 7. Zdes' khorosho (How Fair this Spot)
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  10. 10 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 4. Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Oh beauty, do not sing to me) 04:35
    Track
    10
    Title
    6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 4. Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Oh beauty, do not sing to me)
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  11. 11 No. 11. Ya ne prorok (No Prophet I) 01:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11. Ya ne prorok (No Prophet I)
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  12. 12 No. 12. Kak mne bol'no (How Painful for Me) 02:01
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12. Kak mne bol'no (How Painful for Me)
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  13. 13 No. 5. Siren' (Lilacs) 01:51
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 5. Siren' (Lilacs)
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  14. 14 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 11. Vesenniye vodï (The Waters of Spring) 02:09
    Track
    14
    Title
    12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 11. Vesenniye vodï (The Waters of Spring)
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  15. 15 6 Songs, Op. 8: No. 5. Son (The Dream) 01:02
    Track
    15
    Title
    6 Songs, Op. 8: No. 5. Son (The Dream)
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  16. 16 14 Songs, Op. 34: No. 12. Kakoye schast'ye (What Happiness) 02:30
    Track
    16
    Title
    14 Songs, Op. 34: No. 12. Kakoye schast'ye (What Happiness)
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  17. 17 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 3. V molchan'i nochi taynoy (In the Silence of the Secret Night) 02:43
    Track
    17
    Title
    6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 3. V molchan'i nochi taynoy (In the Silence of the Secret Night)
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  18. 18 12 Songs, Op. 21: No. 6. Otrivok iz A. Myusse (Fragment from Musset) 01:48
    Track
    18
    Title
    12 Songs, Op. 21: No. 6. Otrivok iz A. Myusse (Fragment from Musset)
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas
  19. 19 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 3. Mi otdokhnyom (We shall rest) 02:28
    Track
    19
    Title
    15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 3. Mi otdokhnyom (We shall rest)
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Asmik Grigorian, Lukas Geniušas