The Ukraine-born pianist who first came to prominence as an online sensation (now with more than 83 million YouTube views and reported to have 165,000 subscribers to her channel) has gone on with a concert career in prestigious venues of Europe, America and Asia.
This pair of discs follows her 2014 release of Chopin and Schumann Etudes and will further enhance her musical reputation.
Also the United States composer Philip Glass, born in 1937 and famous for inventing ''minimalist'' music, can be really appreciated on them.
Lisita, without any accompaniment, explores Glass music, that once seemed monotonous, to show it to be deeply evocative and excitingly harmonic.
She plays seemingly with effortless grace, sensitively interpreting the composer's hallmark repetitions as a challenge to her improvisation and with style that show the music to be fresh and remarkably interesting.
She fosters a close interest in its harmony, melody, and instrumental textures for their own sake.
Featured music covers three decades, including the 30min Here Now, written in 1968 before Glass was appreciated as composer of symphonies and opera, and Metamorphosis, a five-movement work for a theatrical adaptation of Kafka's play.
Many short pieces (some written for orchestra or groups but arranged for piano by Michael Riesman, a Glass collaborator) include How Now, Opening Truman Sleeps, Mad Rush, seven tracks taken from the film The Hours, and Closing from the film Mishima.
The piano is centre of the sound stage and has a superb, deeply resonant tone, aided perhaps by a touch of the engineer's reverb. Excellent detail.
Verdict: Brilliant pianist enjoys minimalism to maximum.
