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This recording has been highly anticipated. For years, Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian has been renowned within the international scene, and now she’s finally released her first album: Dissonance, recorded with the Lithuanian-Russian pianist Lukas Geniušas. Dissonance—the name of one of Rachmaninov’s Romances, op. 34—consists of a total of 19 pieces, all of which are filled with intimate conflicts (at least in relation to their lyrics or the circumstances in which they were written). “On the contrary,” says the soprano, "our duo is in perfect harmony."
In his Romances, which appeared roughly between 1890 and 1906, Rachmaninov immortalised, in music, poets and writers such as Alexander Pushkin, Afanassi Fet, Heinrich Heine, Anton Tchekov and Fiodor Tiuttchev, to name but a few. The same theme runs through all these texts: the intimate conflicts and sufferings that arise when two lovers are unable to overcome obstacles in order to fully embrace their true feelings for one other.
From drama to poetry, from love to death, from beauty to suffering: all these themes are put to music in titles like Child, you are beautiful as a flower, op. 8 No 2, I wait for thee, op. 14 No. 1, How much it hurts, op. 21 no. 12, and the closing title: We shall rest, op. 26 no. 3. “In life,” explains Grigorian, “dissonance serves as a way to make consonance—that is, beauty and harmony—heard again. It helps us recognise and truly feel life’s brightness, something we can’t appreciate when there’s no suffering. "
With their masterful technique and unique form of musical expression, Grigorian and Geniušas don’t sound like two musicians who’ve never recorded together before. Their artistic symbiosis creates a balance that’s perhaps further strengthened by the cultural affinity between the two performers and the composer himself. With this release, listeners are treated to a real musical romance. © Lena Germann/Qobuz
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Yakov Polonsky, Lyricist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev, Lyricist - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist - Mariya Davydova, Lyricist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Aleksander Pushkin, Lyricist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Fyodor Tyutchev, Lyricist - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Ivan Tkhorzhevsky, Lyricist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lev Mey, Lyricist - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Lyricist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist - Galina Galina, Lyricist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Aleksander Pushkin, Lyricist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Aleksandr Kruglov, Lyricist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist - Galina Galina, Lyricist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ekaterina Beketova, Lyricist - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Fyodor Tyutchev, Lyricist - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist - Natalya Dmitriyevna Skalon, Lyricist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Afanasy Fet, Lyricist - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Afanasy Fet, Lyricist - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Aleksey Apukhtin, Lyricist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Lukas Geniusas, MainArtist - Asmik Grigorian, MainArtist - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Lyricist
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Album review
This recording has been highly anticipated. For years, Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian has been renowned within the international scene, and now she’s finally released her first album: Dissonance, recorded with the Lithuanian-Russian pianist Lukas Geniušas. Dissonance—the name of one of Rachmaninov’s Romances, op. 34—consists of a total of 19 pieces, all of which are filled with intimate conflicts (at least in relation to their lyrics or the circumstances in which they were written). “On the contrary,” says the soprano, "our duo is in perfect harmony."
In his Romances, which appeared roughly between 1890 and 1906, Rachmaninov immortalised, in music, poets and writers such as Alexander Pushkin, Afanassi Fet, Heinrich Heine, Anton Tchekov and Fiodor Tiuttchev, to name but a few. The same theme runs through all these texts: the intimate conflicts and sufferings that arise when two lovers are unable to overcome obstacles in order to fully embrace their true feelings for one other.
From drama to poetry, from love to death, from beauty to suffering: all these themes are put to music in titles like Child, you are beautiful as a flower, op. 8 No 2, I wait for thee, op. 14 No. 1, How much it hurts, op. 21 no. 12, and the closing title: We shall rest, op. 26 no. 3. “In life,” explains Grigorian, “dissonance serves as a way to make consonance—that is, beauty and harmony—heard again. It helps us recognise and truly feel life’s brightness, something we can’t appreciate when there’s no suffering. "
With their masterful technique and unique form of musical expression, Grigorian and Geniušas don’t sound like two musicians who’ve never recorded together before. Their artistic symbiosis creates a balance that’s perhaps further strengthened by the cultural affinity between the two performers and the composer himself. With this release, listeners are treated to a real musical romance. © Lena Germann/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:35
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Asmik Grigorian Lukas Geniušas
- Composer: Serge Rachmaninoff
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Genre: Classical
2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2022 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
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