Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 1 & Preludes Op. 32

Listen on Presto Music. Free thirty day trial. Find out more.

There’s no playing to the gallery in Lukas Geniušas’s Rachmaninov with a difference, though he could certainly reach to the back of the largest concert hall with his resonant fortissimos . — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 20th Oct 2023
Catalogue No: ALPHA997
Label: Alpha
Length: 55 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

December 2023

Editor's Choice

In stock

Usually despatched within 1 working day

Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28

Work length42:23

Album only

Original Version
Lukas Geniušas (piano)

I. Allegro moderato

Track length16:27

Album only

II. Lento

Track length10:10

$1.50

$2.30

$3.05

III. Allegro molto

Track length15:46

Album only

Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 32 No. 2 in B flat minor

Work length3:07

$1.00

$1.50

$2.05

Lukas Geniušas (piano)

Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 32 No. 7 in F major

Work length2:47

$1.00

$1.50

$2.05

Lukas Geniušas (piano)

Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 32 No. 8 in A minor

Work length1:52

$1.00

$1.50

$2.05

Lukas Geniušas (piano)

Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 32 No. 13 in D flat major

Work length5:32

$1.00

$1.50

$2.05

Lukas Geniušas (piano)

About
Reviews
Videos
Explore

About

The pianist Lukas Geniušas has recorded the original version of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Sonata no.1 in the composer’s Swiss home Villa Senar (Sergei & Natalia Rachmaninoff) and on his own piano, an unusually long Steinway & Sons model, presented to the composer and concert pianist by the manufacturer to mark his sixtieth birthday. The difference between the original version of Sonata no.1 and the second version, shorter by more than 100 bars, is not just a question of length, according to Lukas Geniušas: ‘There is a lot lost between the first and second editions. I know it goes against the grain, but I would name this sonata to be one of, if not the best Rachmaninoff’s solo piano work. Its shattering might, its splendor and scale can only be likened to the Third piano concerto, which was written soon after.’ The programme is completed by four preludes from the Op. 32 set.

Reviews

Christmas 2023

There’s no playing to the gallery in Lukas Geniušas’s Rachmaninov with a difference, though he could certainly reach to the back of the largest concert hall with his resonant fortissimos .

December 2023

Comparisons are odious in this instance. Anyone with more than just a passing interest in Rachmaninov will need to have this excellently recorded disc on their real or virtual shelves.

Videos

An error occurred.

Try watching this video on www.youtube.com, or enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser.

Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 1 & Preludes Op. 32

CD

Downloads

Contents

Download queue