Lugansky - Rachmaninoff Prelude in B minor, Op. 32, No. 10

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Lugansky - Rachmaninoff Prelude in B minor, Op. 32, No. 10

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Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Prelude in B minor. Lento - Op. 32, No. 10 (1910)
Nikolai Lugansky, 2014 Festival de la Grange de Meslay
Rachmaninoff, 13 Preludes, Op. 32 • Lugansky - Rachmaninof...
“The Prelude in B minor Op. 32 No. 10 is Russian to the core. Pianist Benno Moisevitch, in conversation with Rachmaninoff, wisely guessed its emotional wellspring: the yearning for a homecoming that would never come. Its principal motive is a dotted figure, wavering modally between major and minor, that is soon accompanied - and then overwhelmed - by an utterly heartbreaking storm of throbbing triplets that reverberate clangorously like massive swaying church bells, thundering towards a resolution that never arrives.”
Donald G. Gíslason, Vancouver Recital Society

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@islaadele1212 5 ай бұрын

Lugansky makes Rachmaninoff utterly magical.

@aalb1970 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite Rachmaninov piece. And Luganky's performance is impeccable as always, and not too sentimental, which is a bonus.

2 жыл бұрын

mee too. There is masterpieces like this one which is composed to move you .... and to test le niveau et la sensibilité de l'interprète

@CLPianoMusic 2 жыл бұрын

That is always what I love about Lugansky; aside from his brilliant technique, ability to perform the works like these without it sounding stagnant or forced.

@werneraumann3447 10 ай бұрын

@@CLPianoMusicдо

@arthurlbrt 3 жыл бұрын

4:02 the silence is juste amazing 😳😳

@orvillewrightjr9330 2 жыл бұрын

I played this piece in recitals(not nearly as well as Maestro Lugansky) and received the most applause for it! This piece has an iconographic connection to Arnold Boecklin's painting, "The return," which supposedly shows someone returning from a funeral. The painting is very stark, showing a black and white foyer in the foreground. This is one of the most aesthetic and gorgeous of Rachmaninoff's oeuvre, certainly one of my personal favorites.

@nikolai5012 Жыл бұрын

Are you sure you are referring to the same painting as you are thinking? Is it this one: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Homecoming_%28painting%29

@ruthblackburn6915 3 жыл бұрын

Soul wrenching prelude and performance. The clamouring church bells induce a deep agonal yearning that is irresible and demands my attention. Though the yearning remains, I am always left in awe when the music fades away.

@michaeltraub3614 3 жыл бұрын

For my taste too slow

@CLPianoMusic 2 жыл бұрын

I've been listening on loops, especially from 2:36 and this section is so full of passion, which Lugansky captures vividly. Agreed, sometimes the silence at the end or even at 4:02 is one of the most powerful parts!

@tatummacsquezzy2803 3 жыл бұрын

Having to suddenly flee, exiled in a strange land, someone reminisces on his homeland, his people. Experiencing intense pain and longing for it, he knows that even if he could return, it wouldn't be like it was. His resolve is sorrowful acceptance. Lugansky is my favorite Rachmaninoff interpreter.

@CLPianoMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully said. Lugansky is a genius! ❤

@Classical4Piano 10 ай бұрын

This was written in 1910 so he did not long for his homeland as he was already there

@idilarseven4287 8 ай бұрын

He is handsome, good looking, noble, a perfect match for Rachmaninov’s perfect music….❤❤❤

@user-cg1ih5ys6r 11 ай бұрын

Поражаюсь мощи ума, таланта, труда, как композитора, так и исполнителя.

@robertjason6885 4 ай бұрын

Brings out the counter melodies like practically no one else

@davidjoseph3403 3 ай бұрын

Wow. Just getting some inkling of that. Can't stop listening. It's like eating a box of cereal under my bed. Jus' transported.

@robertjason6885 3 ай бұрын

@@davidjoseph3403That is a wonderful reaction. When music moves you, it’s just so…..so……Moving!!

@georgesotiriou7051 3 жыл бұрын

The devastating pain of an exile.

@lovettboston Жыл бұрын

It's hard to avoid associating this piece with Rachmaninov's exile after the 1917 "October Revolution," but the music was composed in 1910. He said it was inspired by Arnold Böcklin's painting, "The Homecoming." What adds to the association with exile is the part near the end that quotes from the "Song of the Indian Guest" in Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Sadko." The tenor aria is song by an Indian in exile, about the most cherished memory of his distant homeland--a ruby with a phoenix, which is a bird with the face of of young woman whose singing makes anyone who hears it "forget everything."

@ThePainist 2 ай бұрын

Actually the piece inspired by Bocklin's Homecoming was Etude-Tableaux op 39 no 8 in D minor

@lovettboston 2 ай бұрын

@@ThePainist Interesting. I have seen references linking a couple of the etudes-tableaux to paintings by Böcklin, but not "Homecoming." On the other hand, I've seen numerous references linking "Homecoming" to the B Minor Prelude from Op. 32. I'm not a primary source for any of this, so I could be mistaken.

@ThePainist 2 ай бұрын

@@lovettboston My mistake, the painting was actually Through the wheat fields or something like that, I mixed up my paintings

@davidjoseph3403 2 ай бұрын

Cool comment.

@exomin4309 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for isolating the piece from the prelude performance! much easier to access his amazing rendition

@exomin4309 3 жыл бұрын

agreed, I also noted the bass melody starting at 1:43 was sort of disjointed (the run F# -> B). but that’s quite nitpicky in the grand scheme of the prelude. I’m searching for multiple interpretations of the piece since I’m competing with it pretty soon-I think Yuja Wang rendition edges over Lugansky a tiny bit. I haven’t considered the sustain on that note-thanks for pointing it out!

@exomin4309 3 жыл бұрын

they sure are!

@jungwirthmartin 3 жыл бұрын

@@exomin4309 definitely not, Lugansky is the king of the Rachmaninov interpretation, my opinion

@exomin4309 3 жыл бұрын

@@jungwirthmartin I respect that opinion, Lugansky is definitely overall the crowning interpreter of Rachmaninoff pieces, but having competed with this piece, it needs slightly deeper analysis of multiple pianists, not just Lugansky. Richter, Berezovsky, and Wang also play the piece beautifully. That's in no way to say Lugansky is a mediocre pianist, though!

@JC-FunkMaestro 5 ай бұрын

This pianist has just the perfect way of playing

@hughlazarus7806 2 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite Rachmaninoff Prelude and you play it so well I have always wanted to learn this one

@patmajor4840 2 жыл бұрын

Perfection

@fredericlisztmaninoff16 3 жыл бұрын

what an amazing venue to perform this piece wonderful rendition as well

@Radblur 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible

@brightnight8831 Жыл бұрын

My favorite performance of this piece that I've heard. So good.

@surkova_a Жыл бұрын

Прекрасное исполнение Николая! Браво!👏

@patmajor4840 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this channel.

@user-tk7wq4fq1f 7 ай бұрын

Исполнение нравится:слышится мне сила и мощь и какое- то изящество и русская певучесть.❤❤❤

@trollmallow924 3 жыл бұрын

Astounding

@user-tk7wq4fq1f 5 ай бұрын

Джем,всё прекрасно:разнообразие красивейших произведений,оформление,надписи с именами авторов и исполнителей! СПАСИБО за уважител ное отношение к слушателям!❤❤❤

@oliviervinches5032 3 жыл бұрын

Benno Moiseiwitsch told this prelude was Rachmaninov's prefered one.

@user-ib2tr3lj2p Жыл бұрын

Браво

@hazelblades2197 Жыл бұрын

Breath taking

@theshmoob 3 жыл бұрын

what is his fingering on the descending rh passage 3:50? I noticed he is not using his thumb. I always played that part with my thumb

@emielgeerts 3 жыл бұрын

I think someting like 4-3-2-4-3-2 etc.

@ruexcited2WholeHearted 3 жыл бұрын

W o W !

@etruscie 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@MichaelConwayBaker 6 ай бұрын

This is Rachmaninoff's favorite prelude.

@user-wv7ky6bv6g 2 жыл бұрын

Listeners get shadow on their faces, did you notice?

@Neuromas23 Жыл бұрын

Rach symphony 2

@realitywins3325 2 жыл бұрын

What it feels like to lose your country forever; that’s what this piece is about. He must have lived hearing church bells….

@Classical4Piano 10 ай бұрын

He was in Russia still and wouldn't leave for another 7 years

@Scriabinfan593 5 ай бұрын

4:02 I absolutely hate the silence here lol. But I give him props for creativity and playing it in a non-conventional way.

@D7sus4 3 ай бұрын

Не по нотам, кстати.

@youngpaderewski3668 3 жыл бұрын

Lungansky

@whackamole 2 жыл бұрын

I like this a lot. But you have to go a long way to beat John Ogden's crack at this masterpiece imo.

@user-em3hs5im9p Жыл бұрын

Луганский гениальный пианист, буквально лучший, он играет всего рахманинова, он его лучший исполнитель, так что никаких долгих путей ему проходить не придётся

@brightnight8831 Жыл бұрын

I am now going to find John Ogden's performance and see :)

@user-em3hs5im9p Жыл бұрын

@@brightnight8831 O don’t think someone have to see, cause at least in Russia, he is the best.

@billmarrufo Жыл бұрын

I just listened to Ogden. Amazing too. Thanks! I love both interpretations as well. Do you like Scriabin’s preludes? They are also most inspiring and beautiful.

@saltburner2 8 ай бұрын

He is very good, but perhaps not quite in the same league as the composer and Moiseiwitsch - both of whom recorded it. There is film of the latter discussing it and discovering they both saw the piece in the same way - it was their favourite of the preludes.