Lugansky - Rachmaninoff, Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2

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  • Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
    Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2 (1892)
    Nikolai Lugansky, 2019
    Lento - Agitato - Tempo primo
    “First technical hint: set the right tempo for the first theme and hold it for the entire first part. Common mistake is to play it too loudly. I admit that the temptation is great, but the climax is not at the beginning. Reserve your strength because you will find several fff later. Take the chords of the melody in the upper voice delicately by caressing the keys and strive to make them sing. Avoid taking the chords in arpeggios lest that it lose evenness. The difficulty of the first part is to maintain regularity of the movement. The attack of the three notes in the first theme should not be too strong; just enough that they are all heard.
    In [Agitato], emphasize the upper triplets in the right hand, which is why I indicated “allegro con fuoco.” Adopt a tempo according to your technical capabilities. Emphasize the melody; it is unnecessary to play it faster than you are able.
    The return of the first part in double octaves requires the pianist to concentrate all his strength. Do not confuse fury with amplitude and majesty. It is safer to render this passage slowly - even if a trifle slower than at the beginning - and above all to ensure regularity of the decrescendo. I let this effect become apparent from bar 6 of this part. In the coda that the melody is in the middle voice of the chords in both hands, and it is essential to accentuate it delicately. Guard against the temptation to arpeggiate the closing chords.”
    - Rachmaninoff, “Réflexions et souvenirs”
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Komentáře • 133

  • @LVKNG
    @LVKNG Před 3 lety +429

    old people coughing is part of classical music live concerts for sure

    • @danielluque1921
      @danielluque1921 Před 2 lety +11

      A veces lo hacen de aposta cuando no les gusta algo

    • @hamiamiam
      @hamiamiam Před 2 lety +20

      Can’t they stay at home for god sake

    • @misscrystal1627
      @misscrystal1627 Před 2 lety +34

      That’s an old classical tradition no one can break

    • @lindorsibande
      @lindorsibande Před 2 lety +14

      Why do people cough during concerts/recitals? Is it just coincidence that classical concerts/recitals are attended by people who are ill?

    • @footingball5566
      @footingball5566 Před 2 lety +7

      @@lindorsibande old people mostly. Also the big concerts are pretty often in very dry environments such as Berwaldhallen in Stockholm where all classical music for radio is recorded. The sound is superb to listen to but it's really dry and if you're on stage to have a concert, you can't really hear for example other choir singers (talking from experience) but the outward sound is still really good

  • @dbd73310
    @dbd73310 Před 3 lety +263

    Wow. The only flaw I can find in Lugansky, is that after hearing his interpretations its hard to listen to anyone else play the piece. Stunning.

  • @antonioluciovivaldi2127
    @antonioluciovivaldi2127 Před 3 lety +123

    One of the greatest pianists of our times.

  • @georgeamino979
    @georgeamino979 Před 4 měsíci +10

    When I was studying he came and did a masterclass on this piece with one of the students, and I have never heard the piano played both so quietly and so loudly in my life. It was amazing

  • @republiccooper
    @republiccooper Před 4 lety +75

    I learn so much from watching him perform.

  • @AleksaC05
    @AleksaC05 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Masterpiece. Nikolai Lugansky is easily one of the greatest pianists when it comes to playing Rachmaninoff, and other very passionate pieces.

  • @SpontaneityJD
    @SpontaneityJD Před 3 měsíci +6

    That was deep... What structure.

  • @TwelfthRoot2
    @TwelfthRoot2 Před 3 lety +152

    For people who think piano is about acrobatics, this is an example of a technically easy piece to hit notes but there is a universe of difference between an average professional and Lugansky. There are only a handful of people in the world that can play at this level, maybe not even a handful.

    • @DrJonathanDO
      @DrJonathanDO Před 3 lety +1

      @@aidan4624 I agree. My hands are large, and I am okay with the stretches but my hands are ultra flexible. I tried showing my mom, who is a pro cellist, but her hands can't reach. She wouldn't ever be able to play this.

    • @flyingpenandpaper6119
      @flyingpenandpaper6119 Před 2 lety +14

      @@aidan4624 This really just isn't true. The largest chord is only an octave wide and I can manage it comfortably with hands only spanning a ninth. The only part where anyone with hands larger than an octave will have to stretch is at an F#m broken chord in the RH in the Agitato. This is not an "easy" piece-I would say it is on the lower end of intermediate-but if this was advanced, then what would be the Third Piano Concerto?

    • @LalzJeNeSuis
      @LalzJeNeSuis Před 2 lety +1

      This performance is great, but I prefer Rousseau's one, more precise, smoother. And Kissin's one is kind of the same as Lugansky's.

    • @danielraichman7026
      @danielraichman7026 Před 2 lety +11

      @@LalzJeNeSuis je prend le temps de te répondre vu que ton pseudo est « je ne suis » je pense que tu parles français. Alors je ne sais pas si tu es pianiste ou pas mais en tout cas à quel moment tu peux comparer l’interprétation d’une chaîne CZcams ou les interprétations sont certes juste (encore heureux) mais sans aucune émotion avec les nuances pas toutes respectées et l’interprétation de Kissin et Lugansky qui sont pour moi les deux meilleurs pianistes de notre génération.

    • @LalzJeNeSuis
      @LalzJeNeSuis Před 2 lety +3

      @@danielraichman7026 Les interprétations restent des questions de goût pour chacun

  • @louisross5997
    @louisross5997 Před 3 lety +35

    I love the way the sound increasingly fills all the air and makes it vibrate...

  • @mirtozafiropoulou
    @mirtozafiropoulou Před 4 lety +36

    He's my most favorite pianist of the young era

  • @stuartdryer1352
    @stuartdryer1352 Před 4 měsíci +6

    Wow. No words for this.

  • @Doubtlessly
    @Doubtlessly Před 2 lety +27

    To me, this song is about the battle between your predestined path (the first three notes at the beginning of the song) and your will to power (the upper notes) - there's a constant battle and your will is trying to constantly fight and break free ... but it keeps falling back into the predestined path no matter what you do! And the final notes is the last wave of acceptance of the inevitable.

  • @Mendelian
    @Mendelian Před rokem +45

    I’ve watched every single performance of this piece on CZcams and this is IMO the best one, the timing and dynamics are spot on.

    • @alphax2869
      @alphax2869 Před rokem +3

      I like Kissin's performance equally if not a very tiny bit more. Both are legendary

    • @amadeusgallenz3591
      @amadeusgallenz3591 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Rachs own ist way better, one can feel the despair in every tone of his recording.

  • @tvfamilia1766
    @tvfamilia1766 Před 2 lety +15

    The best performance of this piece

  • @vuqarizzetli7265
    @vuqarizzetli7265 Před rokem +11

    Just think about it, Rachmaninov composed these stunning prelude when he was 18-19 years old. And little about Lugansky, he is the one of the best pianist alive.

  • @solverofcubes
    @solverofcubes Před 8 měsíci +4

    The music is flowing. Bravo Lugansky.

  • @slepokurov
    @slepokurov Před měsícem +2

    Самый недооцененный исполнитель конца 20 и начала 21 века. Абсолютный гений. Самое невероятное исполнение

  • @user-wb7gn1ym4s
    @user-wb7gn1ym4s Před měsícem +2

    The prelude in c sharp minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff is a truly terrifyingly beautiful piece that gave me nightmares as a child but as I see Nikolai Lugansky now, I think what beauty that Lugansky executes in a piece so terrifying, traumatising and unbearable to some people xxxxxxxxxx

  • @MyPianoArchives
    @MyPianoArchives Před 3 lety +28

    I started playing piano 3 years ago. This is the first piece I ever learned, and still.. every single day, I work on perfecting it. I'm self taught without ever having a teacher; the greatest way for me to get an understanding of the music (without ever reading sheet music) is watching all the different interpretations.

    • @gabrielluis7193
      @gabrielluis7193 Před 3 lety +4

      Amazing story. How did you practiced reading the notes?

    • @Dubov1933
      @Dubov1933 Před 3 lety +11

      Dam, that’s crazy first time. This is like level 10 RCM.

    • @MyPianoArchives
      @MyPianoArchives Před 3 lety +10

      @@gabrielluis7193 Thank you! I used synthesia tutorial videos/ hand placements. I will be uploading my interpretation in a few weeks. I purchased a Weber semi-concert grand piano from 1901 (partially restored 20 years ago) for an insane deal. It’s been what motivates me mostly, having such a vehicle to express myself. I started on a keyboard and an upright piano out of the trash. Since my I can nearly play all of these pieces start to finish (there’s other’s not worth mentioning since I’m not far enough in them yet): Chopin Ocean Etùde, Mozart Lacrimosa (Thalberg), Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 (and No. 20 posthumous), and finally I am determined to complete Rachmaninov’s Prelude in G Minor by the end of this month. That’s what I’m currently struggling with. I’m past the first A section, skipping B, until I get the other A section completed. Then gonna put it all together. By the end of the month I’ll upload both Preludes! What’s slowing me down is I recently got wrist surgery, so I’m just recovering. I strive to one day learn music from a russian teacher. I don’t want to attempt to learn theory or anything that may create a bad habit. I want to learn properly, so that’s why it takes me 1 year to complete a piece. I’m a perfectionist that wants to obey and respect the composers works. Hopefully, one day I’ll be able to play Liszt Sonata’s and all the pieces I dream of.
      Sorry for the short novel lol.

    • @MyPianoArchives
      @MyPianoArchives Před 3 lety +1

      @@Dubov1933 Funny enough, it was the first work by Rachmaninov I heard (I know.. how typical.) I told myself.. not in a million years would I learn this. Thankfully, I built up enough strength in my hands.. and eventually became possible.
      However, it definitely wasn’t easy, but through constantly working on it.. it’s become a breeze nearly. I can play the “hardest” sections with my eyes closed. But, that’s every pianist that diligently works on a piece, haha. Thankfully I no longer need to think about where to pedal, my dynamics, or how to let my hands drop to the keys. It just comes naturally and I pretty much just freely feel the music. Truly, an incredible feeling for someone who’s a complete amateur in my mind. Comparing to the colossal works that exist, and to the legends that I look up to.

    • @jeanpascaud4218
      @jeanpascaud4218 Před 3 lety +1

      @Vajanyi
      Please i would like very much hear your interpretation. Where is it possible ? Thanks from Paris.

  • @silviosalviati9710
    @silviosalviati9710 Před 3 lety +14

    I have had the chance to compare this prelude played by T.Nikolayeva and by N.Lugansky. The comparison was instructive in many ways. Passion without roughness is surely one of the specificities of Lugansky's playing.

  • @olafpietsch9901
    @olafpietsch9901 Před 2 lety +7

    Unglaublich virtuos und überzeugend, ein Traum in der Wiederholung!

  • @user-ip1sz2ey4g
    @user-ip1sz2ey4g Před 3 lety +17

    Это просто невероятное исполнение, чувства захлестывают с какой-то магической силой! Дай Бог вам здоровья, сил продолжать радовать ваших поклонников, своей изумительной игрой!!!

    • @user-mv1sy1du9x
      @user-mv1sy1du9x Před rokem +1

      Никого лучше не знаю ду маю и не можнт бвть луше Николая Луганского кажетсч что Рохманинов не только стоит у него за спиной но и Сам исполняет !!❤!Невероятно !!!!!Bravissimo !!!!👏👏👏💖💖💖

  • @markusholzl454
    @markusholzl454 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Eine unfassbare Perfektion in Ausgewogenheit, Emotion und Klarheit, trotz des einen unsauberen Akkords eine Interpretation für die Ewigkeit.

  • @user-yg5qd8lz7q
    @user-yg5qd8lz7q Před 3 měsíci +1

    ЭТО можно только слушать.... Говорить ничего не надо, все равно таких слов не найти.... ❤❤❤

  • @ZaltikZaltik
    @ZaltikZaltik Před 3 lety +14

    Яркое и выразительное исполнение. Мне очень понравилось.

  • @blofeld2430
    @blofeld2430 Před rokem +2

    One of the best playlists for work, thanks a bunch.

  • @eugenetrollip751
    @eugenetrollip751 Před 2 lety +6

    Wow! Perfect interpretation and what a beautiful tone that Steinway has.

  • @gameboy-bt7nk
    @gameboy-bt7nk Před 9 měsíci +3

    I'm working on this rn, truly a masterpiece!

  • @rhodoracorrea9996
    @rhodoracorrea9996 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Absolutely gorgeous!!
    Thank you Mr.Lugansky❤

  • @mufelo
    @mufelo Před 4 lety +9

    Definitely something new here.

  • @aminalesbekova7953
    @aminalesbekova7953 Před 2 lety +8

    this piece to me is like the five stages of grief.

    • @MonogramistaML
      @MonogramistaML Před rokem +3

      Now I cannot unhear it.

    • @gregs5154
      @gregs5154 Před 3 měsíci +1

      See also the cadenza into the mad horns at the end Prokofiev Piano Concerto no 2 first mvmt. Sends chills down my spine every time. Anger, bargaining, reconciliation.

  • @csanadvarnagy7913
    @csanadvarnagy7913 Před rokem +2

    Soo beautiful! ❤ Sounds great

  • @Professor694
    @Professor694 Před 4 lety +11

    Великолепно!

  • @stevenbeer6005
    @stevenbeer6005 Před rokem +1

    That was moving!
    Cheers!

  • @mariasuardiaz
    @mariasuardiaz Před rokem +7

    Grandioso 👏👏👏👏

  • @phillipbuttery7789
    @phillipbuttery7789 Před 2 lety +2

    this piece of music is compelling to listen to ,its captivating,dramatic,artistic,sensual ,but overall its enchanting,the like of which makes todays music sound really futile,excellent

  • @galanthus9195
    @galanthus9195 Před 3 lety +3

    もうこの人はラフマニノフ本人でしたーって言われてもなんだ本人かーってなるわ相変わらずお上手過ぎる(´・ω・`)

  • @utekarg3281
    @utekarg3281 Před 3 lety +5

    Bravo. Just bravo

  • @youngwoo5860
    @youngwoo5860 Před rokem +1

    Majestic ..pious..passionate

  • @briancurtin1216
    @briancurtin1216 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Mr. Lugansky, Mr. Perfectionist.

  • @phajgo2
    @phajgo2 Před 2 lety +2

    so beautiful

  • @viktoriyazzobina3400
    @viktoriyazzobina3400 Před 3 lety +2

    Bravo!

  • @carmenrubio3786
    @carmenrubio3786 Před 3 lety +6

    Sin palabras

  • @pimptoking
    @pimptoking Před rokem +4

    4:20 Lll awkward ring tone in the background

  • @user-lf8lf3ft3x
    @user-lf8lf3ft3x Před rokem +2

    bravissimo.!!!!!!!!

  • @B_Ruphe
    @B_Ruphe Před 15 dny

    Ana Vidovic's professional cougher, a master at choosing the perfect moment to explode, was at a loose end and was lent to Lugansky for this occasion.

  • @mf6200
    @mf6200 Před rokem +2

    The best! This is what Rachmaninov meant

  • @carmenrubio3786
    @carmenrubio3786 Před 3 lety +2

    💖🎶💖🎶💖

  • @Sandrah326
    @Sandrah326 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Lindo!🙏❤️💐👏👏👏🇧🇷🖖

  • @user-sn2tq9ge6p
    @user-sn2tq9ge6p Před 7 měsíci

    Николай Львович Луганский - средоточие русской культуры.
    Великий труженник, перевернувший миропонимание и самоосознание у многих.
    Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов - основоположник русской музыкальной культуры 19 и 20 веков.

  • @racheleskanazi4459
    @racheleskanazi4459 Před 5 měsíci

    Wow

  • @mugsi66
    @mugsi66 Před 3 lety +6

    hey buddy, do you have a cold, lets go to the symphony!? JFC...

    • @mugsi66
      @mugsi66 Před 3 lety

      every idiot w a cough, GHEEZ, how do they let them in the door!?

  • @unzulaessig
    @unzulaessig Před 3 lety

    Prelude in C sharp iz da thing
    op 3 nr 2 !

  • @idiliusmidilius
    @idiliusmidilius Před 6 měsíci +2

    Is it just me or did he hit a wrong chord between 02:53 - 02:54?

  • @checkmate9049
    @checkmate9049 Před rokem

    Ask me how i feel right now and I say you like this... Neverending timeless deep - Never Forever And Now

  • @Targuer
    @Targuer Před rokem

    Il me fait penser à Wilko Johnson . Guitariste de docteur feelgood😊

  • @umurokuducu552
    @umurokuducu552 Před rokem

    I liked the audience.

  • @user-xd3qi7ns2r
    @user-xd3qi7ns2r Před rokem

    Мдааааа.НУ,ЧТО ТУТ СКАЖЕШЬ..
    ПОСЛЕДНИЕ НОТЫ ,ЭТО НАСТОЯЩАЯ ХВАЛА ВИРТУОЗУ ПИАНИСТУ...ЭТО КАК ОТЛИЧИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ГЕРБ..ПЕЧАТЬ...И ОН ЕЕ ИМЕЕТ...
    СОБСТВЕННУЮ..
    НЕПОВТОРИМУ...БРАВО!

  • @khn2476
    @khn2476 Před rokem

    Top coughers didn’t miss this concert either.

  • @williamt1033
    @williamt1033 Před 11 měsíci

    Very nice. Pace is a bit quick, though. The best versions are of course those played by the composer himself, but this is quite good.

    • @rancidblock5615
      @rancidblock5615 Před 4 měsíci +1

      The recordings of rachmaninoff playing this are faster

  • @pccalcio
    @pccalcio Před 3 měsíci +4

    4:18 - Turn. Your. Phones. Off.
    Jesus help these people...

  • @condofare6156
    @condofare6156 Před 3 lety

    just had to come here for music 😂

  • @steventung5138
    @steventung5138 Před 4 lety +1

    Did lugansky play Chopin except ballade 4 before?

    • @sweetfangs1979
      @sweetfangs1979 Před 4 lety +8

      Yes... he has recorded a lot of Chopin too.
      Watch him playing Barcarolle

  • @tristanmack1119
    @tristanmack1119 Před 2 lety +1

    Im only here cuz of band class

  • @Jack-hy1zq
    @Jack-hy1zq Před 2 lety

    Why can't the coughers bring a towel to cough into??

  • @alexsimper4153
    @alexsimper4153 Před 10 měsíci

    to think he was a 19 y old dude when he wrote this

  • @user-nq5id6bn6q
    @user-nq5id6bn6q Před 2 lety +7

    most similiar to rachmaninoff's play

    • @simonvanprooijen
      @simonvanprooijen Před 2 lety +4

      @Claude-Achille Debussy that's definitely not the whole point

  • @EekaPeche
    @EekaPeche Před rokem

    I love it... But I prefer Hoffmann 😁

  • @celestialval
    @celestialval Před rokem

    i dont like how his rythm is off sometimes and he slows and speeds in weird illogical places

    • @AleksaC05
      @AleksaC05 Před 3 měsíci

      Its quite logical actually, music is precise but not definitive. Its art, there is no right but there definitely is wrong, and he is playing right. He is still within the section of "not wrong" he is an expert for Sergei Rach. And he just expresses it differently than others

    • @celestialval
      @celestialval Před 3 měsíci

      @@AleksaC05 i didnt say it was wrong i said i didnt like it.

  • @a360pilot
    @a360pilot Před 5 měsíci

    Shut your goddamn phone off

  • @BPMsystem
    @BPMsystem Před 3 lety +1

    lefant terrible

  • @oats2949
    @oats2949 Před 3 lety +2

    This guy played a little too slow for my taste