Emancipation of Consonance (1 CD)


Firma Melodiya presents an album of piano music by contemporary Russian composers performed by Lukas Geniušas, a prize-winner of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition. The young pianist is one of the brightest musical talents of today. A student of Vera Gornostayeva, he is a worthy continuer of the great traditions of domestic piano art that date back to the time of Heinrich Neuhaus. At his age of 25, he is an owner of numerous prestigious international awards, including silver medals of two of Europe’s renowned piano tournaments – the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2011) and the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (2015). Critics have noted the maturity and depth of the pianist’s art, and the convincingness of his renditions of pieces written in different ages – from Handel to Hindemith. Geniušas’s recordings have been released on NIFC, Art Classic, DUX and Piano Classics. The Fryderyk Chopin Institute previously released a double album of his Chopin recordings, and the Moscow Conservatory released a live recording of the pianist’s recital dedicated to Rachmaninoff’s anniversary. This time Lukas Geniušas presents piano cycles of today’s Russian composers – Leonid Desyatnikov, Valery Arzumanov and Vladimir Ryabov. The featured works were composed in the second half of the 1980s in the vein of the aesthetics of the “new simplicity.” At the same time the music captures a complicated era of total reappraisal of values that was going on in those years in the life and arts of this country.

Track list

  • 1 27 Light Pieces for Piano, Op. 74: No. 1, To a Brighter Future
    Lukas Geniušas (Valeri Arzumanov)
    01:38
  • 2 27 Light Pieces for Piano, Op. 74: No. 2, Forgotten and Abandoned
    Lukas Geniušas (Valeri Arzumanov)
    01:52
  • 3 27 Light Pieces for Piano, Op. 74: No. 3, Blue Cities
    Lukas Geniušas (Valeri Arzumanov)
    01:13
  • 4 27 Light Pieces for Piano, Op. 74: No. 7, Fidget
    Lukas Geniušas (Valeri Arzumanov)
    0:47
  • 5 27 Light Pieces for Piano, Op. 74: No. 8, Seeing Off
    Lukas Geniušas (Valeri Arzumanov)
    01:42
  • 6 27 Light Pieces for Piano, Op. 74: No. 9, Dedication to Leshchenko
    Lukas Geniušas (Valeri Arzumanov)
    01:29
  • 7 27 Light Pieces for Piano, Op. 74: No. 11, Dedication to Mahler
    Lukas Geniušas (Valeri Arzumanov)
    01:29
  • 8 27 Light Pieces for Piano, Op. 74: No. 13, Before the Exam
    Lukas Geniušas (Valeri Arzumanov)
    01:22
  • 9 27 Light Pieces for Piano, Op. 74: No. 14, Don’t You Cry
    Lukas Geniušas (Valeri Arzumanov)
    01:42
  • 10 27 Light Pieces for Piano, Op. 74: No. 16, Jester
    Lukas Geniušas (Valeri Arzumanov)
    00:36
  • 11 27 Light Pieces for Piano, Op. 74: No. 24, Dedication to Butsko
    Lukas Geniušas (Valeri Arzumanov)
    00:40
  • 12 27 Light Pieces for Piano, Op. 74: No. 23, Wait a Little, You Will Have a Rest Too
    Lukas Geniušas (Valeri Arzumanov)
    01:48
  • 13 27 Light Pieces for Piano, Op. 74: No. 19, Prayer
    Lukas Geniušas (Valeri Arzumanov)
    03:48
  • 14 27 Light Pieces for Piano, Op. 74: No. 5, The Last Waltz
    Lukas Geniušas (Valeri Arzumanov)
    01:40
  • 15 Echoes of Theatre: I. Overture
    Lukas Geniušas (Leonid Desyatnikov)
    02:10
  • 16 Echoes of Theatre: II. From the Life of Kashchei
    Lukas Geniušas (Leonid Desyatnikov)
    02:10
  • 17 Echoes of Theatre: III. Vaudeville
    Lukas Geniušas (Leonid Desyatnikov)
    01:15
  • 18 Echoes of Theatre: IV. Jamais
    Lukas Geniušas (Leonid Desyatnikov)
    03:39
  • 19 Echoes of Theatre: V. Chase Rondo
    Lukas Geniušas (Leonid Desyatnikov)
    01:37
  • 20 Echoes of Theatre: VI. Handbells
    Lukas Geniušas (Leonid Desyatnikov)
    02:43
  • 21 Echoes of Theatre: VII. Finale
    Lukas Geniušas (Leonid Desyatnikov)
    02:17
  • 22 25 Russian Folk Songs for Piano, op. 73: I. The Storm Disturbs the Sea
    Lukas Geniušas (Vladimir Ryabov)
    02:11
  • 23 25 Russian Folk Songs for Piano, op. 74: III. The Lonely Coach-Bell Rings Monotonously
    Lukas Geniušas (Vladimir Ryabov)
    02:11
  • 24 25 Russian Folk Songs for Piano, op. 74: VIII. Glorious Sea – Sacred Baikal
    Lukas Geniušas (Vladimir Ryabov)
    02:36
  • 25 25 Russian Folk Songs for Piano, op. 74: X. Down Piterskaya Street
    Lukas Geniušas (Vladimir Ryabov)
    01:05
  • 26 25 Russian Folk Songs for Piano, op. 73: XII. I Remember I Was So Young
    Lukas Geniušas ()
    01:34
  • 27 25 Russian Folk Songs for Piano, op. 74: VI. Between the Steep Banks
    Lukas Geniušas (Vladimir Ryabov)
    03:17
  • 28 25 Russian Folk Songs for Piano, op. 73: VIII. Above the Open Fields
    Lukas Geniušas (Vladimir Ryabov)
    01:37
  • 29 25 Russian Folk Songs for Piano, op. 73: VII. The Crescent Moon Is Shining
    Lukas Geniušas (Vladimir Ryabov)
    06:07
  • 30 25 Russian Folk Songs for Piano, op. 74: XI. Evening Bells
    Lukas Geniušas (Vladimir Ryabov)
    03:16
  • 31 25 Russian Folk Songs for Piano, op. 73: XIII. Song of the Volga Boatmen
    Lukas Geniušas (Vladimir Ryabov)
    05:44
  • Total time: 01:07:15