Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis: The Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2

On this CD:

1. Prelude for piano in D minor, Op. 1, VL 106
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

2. Mazurka for piano in F major, VL 143
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

3. Waltz for piano in B minor, VL 144
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

4. Little polka for piano in F major, VL 145
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

5. Mazurka for piano in F minor, KJZ 566
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

6. Polonaise for piano in B minor, VL 190
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

7. Prelude for piano in C minor, VL 189
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

8. Mazurka in E flat minor, VL 161
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

9. Mazurka in C major, KJZ 579
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

10. Waltz in F major for piano, VL 177
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

11. Mazurka in E flat minor for piano, VL 195
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

12. Mazurka in D flat major, VL 180a
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

13. Prelude in F major for piano, VL 109
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

14. Waltz in B major for piano, VL 159
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

15. Mazurka in C major for piano, VL 237
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

16. Mazurka in F sharp minor for piano, KJZ 773
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

17. Mazurka in F sharp minor for piano, KJZ 573
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

18. Litauisches Lied in B minor for piano, VL 146
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

19. Melody in D major for piano, KJZ 738
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

20. Melody in E major for piano, KJZ 760
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

21. Mazurka in C sharp minor for piano, VL 200
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

22. Mazurka in E minor for piano, VL 198
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

23. Mazurka in B major for piano, o.O.
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

24. Mazurka in E minor for piano, VL 236
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

25. Mazurka in B minor for piano, VL 167
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

26. Prelude for piano VL197
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

27. Prelude in F minor for piano, Op. 8/2, VL 222
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

28. Pieces (3) for piano, Op.12 No. 1, Prelude in D minor for piano, VL 239
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

29. Pieces (3) for piano, Op.12 No. 2, Postlude in C major for piano, VL 240
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

30. Pieces (3) for piano, Op.12 No. 3, Prelude in B minor for piano, VL 333
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

31. Marios (The Sea), cycle of landscapes for piano, Op. 28, VL 317-319
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

32. Preludes (6) for piano, Op. 33, VL 338-344
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

33. Fugue for piano, Op 34, VL 345
Composed by Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis
Performed by Nikolaus Lahusen

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ASIN: B00004W5A7
Release Date: 2000-08-15

Tracks:

  1. Fugue in c, Op.10 No.1
  2. Prld in b flat, Op.3 No.1
  3. Humoreske in g, Op.3 No.2
  4. Prld in f, Op.3 No.4
  5. Mazurka in b, Op.3 No.3
  6. Fugue in f#, Op.10 No.2
  7. Nocturne in f#, Op.4 No.1
  8. Impromptus in f#, Op.4 No.2
  9. Prld in F#, Op.6 No.1
  10. Nocturne in c#, Op.6 No.2
  11. Fugue in b, Op.10 No.3
  12. Prld in b, Op.16 No.1
  13. Prld in b, Op.16 No.2
  14. Prld in d, Op.16 No.3
  15. 'Eintracht', Op.16 No.4
  16. Prld Over A Theme in b, Op.20 No.1
  17. Prld Over A Theme in b, Op.20 No.2
  18. Prld Over A Theme in b, Op.20 No.3
  19. 'Besaca' - Var, Op.18
  20. Fugue in e, Op.10 No.5
  21. Prld in d, Op.21 No.1
  22. Prld in d, Op.21 No.2
  23. Prld in d, Op.21 No.3
  24. Prld in d,Op.21 No.4
  25. Choral Fugue in a, Op.10 No.4
  26. Prld in d, Op.31 No.1
  27. Prld in d, Op 31 No.4
  28. Prld in C, Op.31 No.2
  29. Prld in C, Op.31 No.3

Album Description

Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis - painter, composer, thinker and visionary - was born in 1875, in the southern Lithuanian town of Varena, near Vilnius. Beginning his artistic career as a composer, in his final years he additionally devoted himself to the art of painting. Doubly talented and a visionary artistic figure of the years linking the late Romantic with the Modern Age, he was one of numerous creative innovators, among them Skryabin, Schoenberg and Ravel, all born in the same year. He was granted only ten years to exercise his extensive creative talents before his untimely death in 1911. Between 1899 and 1909 he produced 250 musical compositions, 150 of which were scored for solo piano, as well as 200 paintings and 80 drawings. Deep depression and exhaustion hindered him from being artistically productive thereafter.

It is the piano compositions, in particular, which have secured him posthumous fame. Following the early lyrically romantic piano pieces, he turned towards a modern style replete with constructivistic detail. In his way he anticipated the melodic form of serial music, using ostinato tone progressions embedded in flickering chromatic atonal surfaces. After about 1908 his music became atonal, strictly contrapuntal and linear, less sensuous than that of Skryabin's.

Later generations have seen the painter-composer Ciurlionis as an aesthetic revolutionary. Some art historians argue that his works, with their mystical approach to the natural world, are examples of abstract - or at least non-figural - paintings predating Kandinsky's own steps in that direction. A number of musicologists claim, on the other hand, that Ciurlionis used tone rows as a basis for musical composition even before Schoenberg.

The French novelist Romain Rolland has perhaps found the most fitting words for the greatness and universality of this unique artist: "It is hard to describe how strongly I am moved by this remarkable art, which has not only enriched the world of painting but also widened our horizons in the area of polyphony and musical rhythm. Ciurlionis was the Christopher Columbus of a new intellectual continent."

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Perfect.......2001-01-10

Everybody in Lithuania plays Ciurlionis. And everybody in Lithuania can say you how to play Ciurlionis. But when I listened CD of German pianist Nikolaus Lahusen, I can say... nothing! Nobody before had played Ciurlionis so perfect and in so deep feeling of composer's nature like N. Lahusen. I can say that Ciurlionis waited for N.Lahusen like A.Skrjabin waited for Sofronicky or F.Chopin for A. Rubinstein... Of course, you know that Ciurlionis is the great painter. But you don't need to go to his exhibition in Paris (d'Orsay museum), you can simply sit down and listen for N.Lahusen's playing - you really will see true colors and will hear true sounds of great artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis!
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    Manufacturer: Kuckuck Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    FuguesFugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
    PreludesPreludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
    General ModernGeneral Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00005MIXV
    Release Date: 2001-07-17

    Tracks:

    1. Ste 1: Prld in d, VL 106
    2. Ste 1: Mazurka in F, VL 143
    3. Ste 1: Walzer in b flat, VL 144
    4. Ste 1: Kleine Polka in F, VL 145
    5. Ste 1: Mazurka in f, KJZ 566
    6. Ste 1: Polonaise in b flat, VL 190
    7. Ste 2: Prld in c, VL 189
    8. Ste 2: Mazurka in e flat, VL 161
    9. Ste 2: Mazurka in C, KJZ 579
    10. Ste 2: Walzer in F, VL 177
    11. Ste 3: Mazurka in e flat, VL 195
    12. Ste 3: Mazurka in D flat, VL 180a
    13. Ste 3: Prld in F, VL 109
    14. Ste 3: Walzer in B flat, VL 159
    15. Ste 3: Mazurka in C, VL 237
    16. Ste 4: Mazurka in f#, KJZ 773
    17. Ste 4: Mazurka in f#, KJZ 573
    18. Ste 4: Litauisches Lied in b, VL 146
    19. Ste 4: Melodie in D, KJZ 738
    20. Ste 4: Melodie in E, KJZ 760
    21. Mazurka in c#, VL 200
    22. Mazurka in e, VL 198
    23. Mazurka in B, o.O.
    24. Mazurka in e, VL 236
    25. Mazurka in b, VL 167
    26. Mazurka in e flat, VL 197
    27. Prld in f, VL 222
    28. Prld in d, VL 239
    29. Postludium in C, VL 240
    30. Prld in b, VL 333
    31. Das Meer: Moderato, VL 317
    32. Das Meer: Andante, VL 318
    33. Das Meer: Allegro Impetuoso, VL 319
    34. 6 Prlds, Op.33: Prld, VL 338
    35. 6 Prlds, Op.33: Prld, VL 339
    36. 6 Prlds, Op.33: Prld, VL 340
    37. 6 Prlds, Op.33: Prld, VL 342
    38. 6 Prlds, Op.33: Prld, VL 343
    39. 6 Prlds, Op.33: Prld, VL 344
    40. Fuge, VL 345

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