Rachmaninoff Complete Preludes Etudes Tableaux

Artist: Lukas Geniušas & Zlata Chochieva This unique live recording by Lukas Geniušas is a feat of extraordinary concentration and technical mastery. Played in the big hall of the famous Moscow Conservatory, it displays Geniušas’ prodigious gifts: supreme control, strong sense of structure and a sincere and warm projection of the human emotions of the music. Lukas Geniušas, born into a family of musicians (his grandmother was the legendary Vera Gornostaeva), is Silver Medallist of the 2010 Chopin Competition, and first‐prize winner of the German Piano Award and the Gina Bachauer Competition. Zlata about her album: “For my third album for Piano Classics I chose the complete Etudes-tableaux by Rachmaninoff, music close to my heart. I always feel immensely fortunate to perform these masterpieces of a composer whom I whole heartedly adore. Rachmaninoff composed most of his works, including the Etudes-tableaux, at his family estate in Ivanovka, 600 km south of Moscow – he returned there each summer for more than twenty years, a habit only put to an end by his emigration in 1917. I visited his house there this August to absorb its special atmosphere, and to experience the inspiration and magical spirit which must have made this incredibly peaceful land such a joy and place of refuge for him. It is a great privilege to be able to experience these worlds that the Tableaux present, full of emotional poetry, romantic beauty, painful tragedy, darkness and light, and a boundless love for Russia.” Tracklist: Lukas Geniušas: 0:00:00 Prélude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2 (Lento) 0:04:09 10 Préludes, Op. 23: I. Largo in F-Sharp Minor 0:07:08 10 Préludes, Op. 23: II. Maestoso in B-Flat Major 0:10:42 10 Préludes, Op. 23: III. Tempo di minuetto in D Minor 0:13:55 10 Préludes, Op. 23: IV. Andante cantabile in D Major 0:18:27 10 Préludes, Op. 23: V. Alla marcia in G Minor 0:22:12 10 Préludes, Op. 23: VI. Andante in E-Flat Major 0:24:50 10 Préludes, Op. 23: VII. Allegro in C Minor 0:27:23 10 Préludes, Op. 23: VIII. Allegro vivace in A-Flat Major 0:30:53 10 Préludes, Op. 23: IX. Presto in E-Flat Minor 0:32:44 10 Préludes, Op. 23: X. Largo in G-Flat Major 0:36:17 13 Préludes, Op. 32: I. Allegro vivace in C Major 0:37:30 13 Préludes, Op. 32: II. Allegretto in B-Flat Minor 0:40:36 13 Préludes, Op. 32: III. Allegro vivace in E Major 0:43:14 13 Préludes, Op. 32: IV. Allegro con brio in E Minor 0:48:50 13 Préludes, Op. 32: V. Moderato in G Major 0:52:02 13 Préludes, Op. 32: VI. Allegro appassionato in F Minor 0:53:28 13 Préludes, Op. 32: VII. Moderato in F Major 0:55:45 13 Préludes, Op. 32: VIII. Vivo in A Minor 0:57:33 13 Préludes, Op. 32: IX. Allegro moderato in A Major 1:00:31 13 Préludes, Op. 32: X. Lento in B Minor 1:05:55 13 Préludes, Op. 32: XI. Allegretto in B Major 1:08:13 13 Préludes, Op. 32: XII. Allegro in G-Sharp Minor 1:10:41 13 Préludes, Op. 32: XIII. Grave in D-Flat Major Zlata Chochieva: 1:15:51 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33: No. 1 in F Minor. Allegro non troppo 1:18:35 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33: No. 2 in C Major. Allegro 1:20:56 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33: No. 3 in C Minor. Grave 1:26:28 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33: No. 4 in D Minor. Moderato 1:29:29 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33: No. 5 in E-Flat Minor. Non Allegro-presto 1:31:14 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33: No. 6 in E-Flat Major. Allegro con fuoco 1:33:11 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33: No. 7 in G Minor. Moderato 1:37:09 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33: No. 8 in C-Sharp Minor. Grave 1:40:06 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 1 in C Minor. Allegro agitato 1:43:15 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 2 in A Minor. Lento assai 1:49:21 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor. Allegro molto 1:52:13 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 4 in B Minor. Allegro assai 1:55:48 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 5 in E-Flat Minor. Appassionato 2:01:13 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 6 in A Minor. Allegro 2:03:55 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 7 in C Minor. Lento, Lugubre 2:09:18 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 8 in D Minor. Allegro moderato 2:12:50 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 9 in D Major. Allegro moderato.