Textura praises Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“As stated, familiarity with Harari's text isn't required for Sapiens to be enjoyed, especially when the composition's so adventurous and Rumyantsev's performance so riveting. It's a prototypical example of contemporary solo piano writing in the way it thwarts stylistic pigeonholing and functions more generally as a document of its creator's fecund imagination. Such works leave terms like tonal and dissonant long behind, preferring instead to be unencumbered by overly restrictive categorizing.”