Asmik Grigorian - Dissonance - Presto Music

The white-hot charisma which the Lithuanian soprano brings to roles like Salome and Jenůfa registers just as forcefully in the studio as it does on stage, to the extent that every one of these songs really does feel like an opera in miniature - and Geniušas matches her for sheer magnetism at every turn (check out the postlude of What Happiness for a taster). Despite the short running-time (just 45 minutes) it's very hard to feel short-changed - such is the intensity of the performances that you may well need a lie down after that anyway...