One of Lithuania’s leading artistic figures, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis 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 colourful influences of folk-music and the beauty of the countryside intermingled with pieces showing his development while at the Conservatoires of Warsaw and Leipzig.

Mūza Rubackytė’s recordings of Čiurlionis have been described as ‘flawless’ (American Record Guide) and she herself as ‘one of today’s most important pianists’ (Chicago Tribune).

This second volume of Čiurlionis’s piano music received acclaim in its original Marco Polo release (8223550). Grand Prix winner of the Budapest International Piano Competition, Mūza Rubackytė’s international career continues to flourish as a ‘commanding and perceptive musician’ (The Detroit News).