Dissonance Asmik Grigorian and Lukas Geniušas

• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943): 14 Romances, Op. 34:
• 1 Rachmaninoff: 14 Romances, Op. 34: XIII. Dissonance 06:24
• 6 Romances, Op. 8:
• 2 Rachmaninoff: 6 Romances, Op. 8: II. Child! Thou Art as Beautiful as a Flower 02:04
• 12 Romances, Op. 14:
• 3 Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 14: I. I Wait for Thee 01:51
• 4 Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 14: VIII. Oh, Do not Grieve! 03:45
• 15 Romances, Op. 26:
• 5 Rachmaninoff: 15 Romances, Op. 26: II. He Took All from Me 01:11
• 12 Romances, Op. 21:
• 6 Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: III. Twilight 01:57
• 7 Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: IV. They Answered 01:40
• 12 Romances, Op. 14:
• 8 Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 14: VII. Believe Me Not, Friend! 01:47
• 12 Romances, Op. 21:
• 9 Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: VII. How Fair this Spot 02:04
• 6 Romances, Op. 4:
• 10 Rachmaninoff: 6 Romances, Op. 4: IV. Do not Sing, My Beauty 04:35
• 12 Romances, Op. 21:
• 11 Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: XI. No Prophet I 01:26
• 12 Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: XII. How Painful for Me 02:01
• 13 Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: V. Lilacs 01:51
• 12 Romances, Op. 14:
• 14 Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 14: XI. Spring Waters 02:09
• 6 Romances, Op. 8:
• 15 Rachmaninoff: 6 Romances, Op. 8: V. The Dream 01:21
• 14 Romances, Op. 34:
• 16 Rachmaninoff: 14 Romances, Op. 34: XII. What Happiness 02:30
• 6 Romances, Op. 4:
• 17 Rachmaninoff: 6 Romances, Op. 4: III. In the Silence of the Secret Night 02:43
• 12 Romances, Op. 21:
• 18 Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: VI. Fragment from Musset 01:48
• 15 Romances, Op. 26:
• 19 Rachmaninoff: 15 Romances, Op. 26: III. Let Us Rest 02:28
• Total Runtime 45:35

Info for Dissonance

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 favourite composers, Sergei Rachmaninov. This album, entitled 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!

"A Soprano With a Bottomless Appetite for Risk" (The New York Times)

"Grigorian is utterly compelling throughout. Even on disc, without the visuals, you can hear how Grigorian lives and breathes each song...Pianist Lukas Geniušas is an equal partner dramatically." (Gramophone Magazine)

"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...Quieter passages bring hints of vulnerability and a more convincing tenderness than most singers of Grigorian’s power can summon without the voice losing its poise." (The Guardian)

Asmik Grigorian, soprano
Lukas Geniušas, piano

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