M.K. Ciurlionis: Piano Works Vol 2 / Muza Rubackyte, - Naxos (USA) - NXS 8572660 -

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	Prelude in D minor, VL 239 - Prelude in D minor, VL 239
	Prelude in A minor, VL 241 - Prelude in A minor, VL 241
	Prelude in D minor, VL 256 - Prelude in D minor, VL 256
	Prelude in B minor, VL 259 - Prelude in B minor, VL 259
	Pater Noster, VL 260 - Pater Noster, VL 260
	Autumn, VL 264 - Autumn, VL 264
	3 Autumn Pieces on a Theme, VL 269-271 - No. 1. VL 271
	3 Autumn Pieces on a Theme, VL 269-271 - No. 2. VL 270
	3 Autumn Pieces on a Theme, VL 269-271 - No. 3. VL 269
	Prelude in D minor, VL 294 - Prelude in D minor, VL 294
	Prelude in D minor, VL 295 - Prelude in D minor, VL 295
	Impromptu in D minor, VL 298 - Impromptu in D minor, VL 298
	Prelude, VL 304 - Prelude, VL 304
	Prelude in D minor, VL 325 - Prelude in D minor, VL 325
	Prelude in C major, VL 327 - Prelude in C major, VL 327
	Prelude in C major, VL 330 - Prelude in C major, VL 330
	Prelude in A major, VL 335 - Prelude in A major, VL 335
	Prelude in G major, VL 338 - Prelude in G major, VL 338
	Prelude in D minor, VL 340, "Oh, My Dear Mother" - Prelude in D minor, VL 340, "Oh, My Dear Mother"
	Prelude in G minor, VL 343 - Prelude in G minor, VL 343
	Prelude in D minor, VL 344 - Prelude in D minor, VL 344
	Fugue in B flat minor, VL 345 - Fugue in B flat minor, VL 345
	String Quartet in C minor, VL 83 (arr. M. Rubackyte for piano) - I. Allegro moderato
	String Quartet in C minor, VL 83 (arr. M. Rubackyte for piano) - II. Andante
	String Quartet in C minor, VL 83 (arr. M. Rubackyte for piano) - III. Menuet: Grazioso

Album Summary

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude for piano in D minor, VL 239

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude VL.241

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude for piano in D minor, VL 256, Op. 16/3

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude for piano in B flat minor, VL 259, Op. 16/2

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Pater Noster VL.260

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Autumn VL.264

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Preludes (3) on One Theme, Op.20

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude for piano in D minor, VL 294, Op. 21/1

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude for piano in D minor, VL 295, Op. 21/2

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude VL.298

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude VL.304

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude for piano in D minor, VL 325, Op. 31/1

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude for piano in C major, VL 327, Op. 31/2

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude VL.330

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude for piano in A major, VL 335

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude for piano in G major, VL 338

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude VL.340

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude VL.343

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Prelude VL.344

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Fugue for piano in B flat minor, Op. 34, VL. 345

Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas : Quartet for Strings in C minor

Performer

M�za Rubackyt� (Piano)

Composer

Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis (1875 - 1911)

Notes & Reviews:

One of Lithuania's leading artistic figures, Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis pursued a career as a painter as well as a musician, seeing all art as springing from the same source. His earlier works inhabit a romantic idiom, with the colorful influences of folk-music and the beauty of the countryside intermingled with pieces showing his development while at the Conservatoires of Warsaw and Leipzig. Muza Rubackyte's recordings of Ciurlionis have been described as 'flawless' (American Record Guide) and she herself as 'one of today's most important pianists' (Chicago Tribune)

Ritmo
Three pieces on a theme autumn show great sensitivity in the playing of Rubackyte, which also confirms its ability transcriber in the String Quartet that closes the album, very well played attending to phrasing and dynamics. Good album, really, that should give way to a future comprehensive piano.

MusicWeb International
The Grieg-like lyric pieces of volume 1 have been replaced by more impressionistic and harmonically ambiguous items, particularly in the last four or five, where the influence of Szymanowski's now published early piano pieces can be heard. Nevertheless, there is still everywhere lovely melody in abundance, and echoes of Chopin are still apparent. Like Chopin and Szymanowski, Ciurlionis can pack an awful lot of music - and not necessarily notes - into two minutes.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Clara Wieck Auditorium, Heidelberg (04/13/1993-04/16/1993).

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