Lugansky - Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3

[@anthrlmb]

Saw him perform Rach 3 a couple weeks ago, the crowd went absolutely mental with the finale. We gave him a standing ovation, and he came out for 2 encores after that. One of the best experiences of my life.

[@alexeyrodionov7743]

Поверьте человеку русскому. Николай играет так, как играл сам Сергей Рахманинов. Исполнение гениальное

[@BuzziMuzzi]

Where did you see him?

[@GentlemanlyOtter]

@@BuzziMuzzi not OP but propably Greece

[@fer23silva79]

Eu o Assisti no Brasil. Impressionante.

[@alhfgsp]

Lugansky has given a whole new meaning to the beauty of this piece. He is an incredible pianist.

[@correasilvio2010]

I agree! The Best Rachmanonov interpretation!

[@burrenmagic]

I love the body that male pianists like him, Matsuev and Trifonov infuse into the works. They sound so much more full of depth and emotion and truth.

[@ИльяВайнер-д5р]

@@burrenmagic, к глубочайшему сожалению, Денис Леонидович очень часто и много мажет... Поэтому, я бы не стал его приравнивать к таким пианиста, как Николай Львович.

[@klaus_vans]

Today I had the privilege to attend to a concert by Lugansky playing this very concerto by Rachmaninoff in Naples at the San Carlo theater. Now I have seen many concerts by great artists but the concert by Lugansky will remain impressed in my memory for the rest of my life. He is not only a sublime pianist but also a wonderful human being ! ❤

[@kostyakonstantinoff]

He played for us last month in Ivanovka, Tambov region of Russia, at Rachmaninoff's estate. Amazing.

[@justinbarrett632]

Hmmm... every time I listen to Rach 3 I feel like I need to listen to more Rach 3. Can anyone explain?

[@DariusSarrafi]

I can never get enough rach music!

[@andreamyob9458]

It's like returning to a loved one. You wonder why you were away so long and never want to leave again

[@asb3pe]

We in the west were cheated out of admiring our russian brothers and sisters for our entire lives (Cold War babies)... so for myself, it feels like a re-discovering of a family I never really knew I had. :-) Russia has a richness that we were always assured did not exist, that they were nothing but a cold-hearted, unemotional, calculating people... what rubbish we were fed, eh?. The richness of all the old russian architecture is astounding... as is the richness of russia's musical heritage, the musicians from russia never cease to amaze and impress me now that we're actually free to listen to them share their talents with the whole world. May God bless all musical souls, music is truly the universal language that brings us all together in peace and harmony!!

[@DariusSarrafi]

@@asb3pe Everything from Russia has always been available to those who were seeking: art, literature, and music. Let's not forget that Horowitz, Ashkenazy, and Richter were Russian pianists who lived and/or toured the rest of the world during the cold war!

[@anandsamuel1978]

Because the music of Rachmaninoff is Splendor in all it's Glory! His mastery has hypnotized me to the extent I can never get tired of hearing the genius of Rachmaninoff a hundred times over!!

[@PastorBrianLantz]

Extraordinary performance! I'm 73 and can practically recite this entire concerto....he plays it like a Russian, sweet, melodic, with wicked velocity. A completely different school from the west...also lovely of course! The contrasts are worth studying too.

[@elviralovemusic2020]

Исполнение Николаем Луганским " жемчужины" русской музыки - 3-го концерта С. В. Рахманинова, - выдержано в лучших традициях русской исполнительской фортепианной школы и раскрывает всю полноту, красоту и драматизм русской души! БРАВО!

[@milicamiljkovic4340]

Jes... Bravo

[@liciabladelli4258]

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! THE BEST ON EARTH! LUGANSKY YOU ARE MY SUPER HERO!

[@1trschaefer78]

I've heard so many pianists performing the Rach 3. Lugansky's playing is so clean & crystalline, that many more of the nuances of this magnificent piece are exposed. Just beautiful!!

[@michelealba744]

Une superbe interprétation de cet immense artiste . Un jeu très limpide avec une articulation phénoménale . Un avis de simple mélomane . Un énorme travail en amont évidemment ! Mille bravos à vous, Nikolai !!! On se demande comment une telle prestation est possible de la part d'un humain, vraiment ...

[@margotmargot2234]

Lugansky is undoubtedly the greatest current interpreter of Rachmaninov. He plays this concerto a lot and always beautifully well. But here he is so much more generous, free and sincere. I think that the conductor in concertos is so important that the performance masterpiece can reach its highest point.

[@davidsimpson9647]

@@cmcom893 RIP

[@anandsamuel1978]

I don't agree. I think Arthur Rubinstein, Anna Federova and Daniil Trifonov are the best interpreters of Rachmaninoff!

[@maratom34]

You should hear him play chop-sticks.

[@JakeMDavey]

I take your Lugansky Rach 3 and raise you Zimerman’s Rach 2.

[@aleksPval]

@@anandsamuel1978 Trifonov interpretations? You jokeman ting

[@JohnSmith-xw2dw]

Wow, he is very exact in his approach to the notes. Every chord sounds like he is hitting the keys in the middle. Outstanding

[@ALF8892]

He has a KZbin short video where he talks about the importance of bells in Rachmaninoff's life. Im always reminded of that video when pianists get the right tone and dynamics in that video.

[@duggiefresh8170]

As close to perfection as a human can get. Love that he did the original cadenza.

[@fergusfletcher9697]

I'm not 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure this is actually the 2nd variation of the cadenza Rachmaninov wrote for the 1st movement. What is now labeled as "ossia" was the original, but after coming to the realisation that it was a bit too intense for a cadenza in the 1st movement he re wrote it into what many people now call the "original cadenza". That's why the musical ideas are very similar, culminating in the same chordal passage at the end. I remember hearing this somewhere but can't remember where sorry

[@bobschaaf2549]

@@fergusfletcher9697 Yes, 100% correct. In terms of thematic content, the two are identical, as they are with the final stretto of the finale. This is pretty much hidden the the flurry of the rewrite, and explicit in the brooding original, to my mind the proper cadenza.

[@alexwhitewood6480]

​@@fergusfletcher9697Yeah brother you're absolutely correct. I would've loved this performance even more if it had the original Ossia cadenza.

[@dka5631]

​@@alexwhitewood6480 Lugansky has stated in an interview why he doesn't play the ossia. It makes 100% sense

[@danrogers3420]

@@dka5631what reason did he give? I can’t find the interview

[@Rachmanfan4life]

Lugansky is first class. One of the best pianist of our time. Search wonderful interpretation here

[@dr.kenmahood4917]

After listening to many others, I must concur with my colleagues, Lugansky performs Rachmaninov with greater facility than I have heard in any other performer.

[@伊藤良知]

ラフマニノフ作品のピアノ奏者でルガンスキーさんが最も心に届きます。

[@danielbelsky8836]

31:41 The conductor is priceless

[@ahmetozanylmaz8098]

I think lugansky has a part of Rachmaninoff's soul inside

[@joellepodwysocki9558]

Vous avez entièrement raison, je suis d'accord avec vous .quel bonheur de l'écouter jouer .

[@ahmetozanylmaz8098]

@@joellepodwysocki9558 yes I totally agree with you someday I hope to be able to listen him in a concert.

[@joellepodwysocki9558]

@@ahmetozanylmaz8098 I too would like to listen to it in concert

[@saltlakecityhousingmarkets5879]

You are not wrong... They are from the same soul family...

[@catherinejones9396]

Yes he is great, but he and Yunchan Lim both play this work far better than Rachmaninoff and Horowitz did.

[@lindsaysmith3970]

Truly a magnificent performance. Lugansky brings both warmth and precision, understanding and refinement, a true aristocrat of the keyboard.

[@herobrine1847]

Each chord has so much crispness and depth to it

[@Teeholeify]

I’ve watched hundreds of amazing pianists play this piece and I have to say, this performance is the closest to perfection I’ve experienced. Amazing job during the intermezzo portion.. absolutely beautiful. Thank you.

[@galinamelnikova9855]

Как говорил товарищ Ленин:"Нечеловеческая музыка"!Любимый концерт Рахманинова и в таком замечательном исполнении! До чего же Николай Луганский тонкий исполнитель!Спасибо и оркестр у и Луганскому!

[@pauswing]

One of the best versions I have ever heard. Thx Nikolai !!

[@dominichebler5515]

1:01 - it is so nice to hear that section clean.

[@deborahphillips8342]

I have heard many capable pianists play the big R, but with Lugansky it is almost organic, and orgasmic, and quite another thing. God, I love him!

[@eulaliallarguesinonell6909]

I'm so happy to say that in April I'll be in Berlin listening to Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3, and Lugansky will be playing. He is the best!!

[@JC-qb1ir]

This performance is truly a shining example of how this piece was meant to be... a real gem.

[@TwelfthRoot2]

I'd love to sit down and talk with Lugansky about music and know what is going on inside of his mind. He is on a different level.

[@한영자-b2x]

I'm a Lugansky fan. He is an outstanding pianist.Especially, he is good at Rachmaninoff. I am very happy and thankful to see a good video.

[@mosheknoll1603]

A great pianist playing a great masterpiece! This video is simply incredible!

[@Нателла-щ9б]

Невероятно! Огромная благодарность Николаю Луганскому за минуты счастья.

[@peterstachacz3645]

I know,why you want to listen that concerto again ,again and again....This concerto is awesome, only for those who love classical music...

[@PrinceValiance]

DEFINITELY one of THE best performances of this piece. His clarity and voice is phenomenal. There's nothing lacking.

[@Exosolaris]

At 39.11 he brings out some amazing notes I've not heard (descending in left hand). Marvellous.

[@ГалинаБуланова-л3г]

Да да! Интересно показал кусочек, выделил

[@michelekett8450]

ABC FM just had a week of celebration for Rachmaninov’s 150th anniversary. Listening to this extraordinary interpretation is wonderful.

[@blackzealot80]

Сильнейшее исполнение сильнейшей вещи! Фантастика! Одного "лайка" абсолютно, до обиды, недостаточно!

[@pechka6845]

Для меня лучшее исполнение у Юнчана Лима

[@waseliks748]

I always love lugansky interpretation of Rach.

[@tatummacsquezzy2803]

WOW! Stunning.

[@papanton311]

Three weeks to the day that I'll see him perform this live for the second time in my life. I'm counting the hours...

[@pjbpiano]

One week more!

[@realityproof_0891]

How was it ?

[@papanton311]

@@realityproof_0891 he was perfect, although I had the feeling that he's kind of fed up playing the same thing again and again

[@ЕленаДанильян]

ПОТРЯСАЮЩЕЕ ИСПОЛНЕНИЕ КОНЦЕРТА !!!ПОЛНОЕ ПРОНИКНОВЕНИЕ В МУЗЫКУ РАХМАНИНОВА, НЕТ ОТСЕБЯТИНЫ , КАК У КИСИНА , И НАРОЧИТЫХ ТЕМПОВ,КОТОРЫЕ УБИВАЮТ МУЗЫКУ И СМЫСЛ СОЧИНЕНИЯ !!ЭТО МУЗЫКА О РОССИИ, О ДУШЕ РУССКОГО НАРОДА, ПРИРОДЫ ! ИЗУМИТЕЛЬНАЯ ОТТОЧЕННАЯ ТЕХНИКА, А КАКИЕ НАПРЯЖЕННЫЕ ЭМОЦИОНАЛЬНЫЕ КУЛЬМИНАЦИИ !!!ВСЕ НА СВОЕМ МЕСТЕ , ПРОСТО СКУЛЬПТУРНАЯ РАБОТА МАСТЕРА ФОРМЫ И ЗВУКОВОГО ПРОСТРАНСТВА!!!ВСЕ ДЫШИТ ЖИЗНЬЮ, БОРЬБОЙ, И ТОРЖЕСТВОМ ИДЕИ ДОБРА !!! ПОТРЯСАЮЩЕЕ ИСПОЛНЕНИЕ ,ВСЯ КРАСОТА МЕЛОДИЗМА В ПАССАЖАХ , ЕЕ НАПЕВНОСТЬ , ГАРМОНИЯ ТЕМПА И ОБРАЗА !!!ВЫДАЮЩЕЕСЯ ИСПОЛНЕНИЕ!!СЕРГЕЙ ВАСИЛЬЕВИЧ САМ БЫ КРИКНУЛ ИСПОЛНИТЕЛЮ ,, БРАВИССИМО " !!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤Да,-- Николай Луганский поистину великий пианист русской фортепианной школы!!Огромного Вам здоровья, счастья и новых покорений вершин ф- пианных сочинений!!!

[@yanochkayakimaha]

Как же правильно Вы все написали! Я бы так не смогла! Но Вы выразили мои чувства. Благодарю за прекрасный комментарий! ❤

[@leknu146]

Non seulement la musique mais aussi l'école russe de danse. Le plus haut degré de la culture avec ses poétes et ses grands écrivains. ❤

[@jinwoobae7555]

I love this channel . Thank you the enchanted Wanderer!!!

[@glennglazier4046]

Simply pure MAGIC!! So sublime, such beautiful music played so perfectly!

[@ГульсумУмбеталиева-ф5о]

Маэстро Александр Ведерников - Светлая Память 🙏🙏🙏 Выдающийся Музыкант .

[@yanochkayakimaha]

I am so grateful for this channel! ❤️🙏

[@陳亮廷SEBASTIANTANF7403]

Thanks for posting all these performances from my favourite pianist Mr Lugansky!

[@jeanandorf847]

I think this performance is (one of) his best - so musical, so perfect that it makes me cry !

[@justarandomboywholikesmusi9888]

INCREDIBLE FINALE!

[@pianistegolfeur]

Merci, Nikolaï ! Vois êtes de plus en plus superbe dans vos interprétations ! Votre Interprétation de la Coda du Finale est réellement sublime !

[@stephane5562]

Superbe interprétation ! Nikolaï Lugansky est idéal dans Rachmaninov, il en a fait un magnifique enregistrement en 2002 et celui-ci est dans la même veine ! La grande classe !

[@ОльгаАбросимова-з3у]

Прекрасно, гениально, возвышенно, спасибо вам, гениальный солист и замечательный гениальный оркестр. ♥️

[@juliangrandpiano]

Just beautiful, clear, expressive, powerful, and everything on the page, thank u L.

[@DonaldPeterLambe]

Wow! What a crisp and precise execution of Rach 3. Flawless performance!

[@ВикторВикторович-э3щ]

Одно из лучших исполнений 3 концерта за всю историю. Спасибо, Николай!

[@joellepodwysocki9558]

Sublime, merci Monsieur Lugansky vous êtes un génie, merci au chef d'orchestre aux musiciens. Un bonheur immense. It's sublime, Thank you Mr. Lugansky you are a genius, Thank you to the conductor to the musicians. An immense happiness.

[@nicolelagoute-kj4ew]

Absolument fantastique

[@alexanderh9569]

Isn't 14:01 to 14:34 just such a cool moment? It's like that amazing 2nd theme just completely flies up and away, only to seamlessly end up in that single B flat that ends the whole flourish, which is ironically so grounded, as if it just flew into a new dimension or something for the recap of the main theme to take place in.

[@rahkmaninov9692]

Congratulations on this great musical event played by a great musician! Cheers to the symphonic soloists and conductor! This recording brought a new depth of musical understanding of this piece for me and of music in general. It also made me realize for the first time how extraordinary a pianist/musician Mr Lugansky is. If I may ad, many thanks maestro Lugansky for playing the longer cadenza!! I hate to say it but always feel cheated when I hear the shorter version (same reaction every time I hear the shorter Rahk Sonata no. 2. ; wish I could have commented without sounding so judgemental). . Cheers.

[@fabiodemarchi570]

Tecnica formidabile senza strafare. Suono pulito e interpretazione romantica. Straordinario interprete di Rachmaninov.

[@ГалинаМатюшина-ц3с]

Великолепный пианист ! Великолепное исполнение!Буду слушать ещё и ещё ,Спасибо!

[@tianda81]

Great performance matched by nice camera work! Bravo Mr. Lugansky!

[@DariusSarrafi]

Excellent pianist. Excellent rendition. Way to keep the tempi correct. Often times the main theme lags in other performances! Excellent recording. Loved the oboist!

[@jinwoobae7555]

LEGENDARY

[@shaunhermans]

Fantastic view of his hands in the reflection of the piano!

[@jeroenvandenberg5750]

What exuberant mastery

[@НатальяДорохова-з5б]

Absolute masterpiece with bright and passionate energy, striking in its unique beauty, one of those unique and wonderful works of art that fills you with emotions, and stays within your memory forever. . .

[@margotmargot2234]

Спасибо !!! 🙏🏻❤️

[@istvanbalogh8254]

Напоминает мне великого Владимира Горовица. Величайший пианист всех времен!

[@MichaelConwayBaker]

Wow, does he ever know how to perform this concerto. Fantastic. Also kudos to the very complicated orchestral accompaniment. All in all a stunning performance.

[@paolofranceschi6874]

Great composer, great piece, great pianist. Great performance. ❤

[@istvanbalogh8254]

I truly wonder who would place a thumbs down on this Great Musician? It just amazes me at where some people are coming from! Sad indeed--

[@iamudtelevision7441]

I already knew Lugansky style, but didn't heared before his rendition of this concert. I was listening in the last couple of days many execution from other great pianists of this, but everyone was missing one thing that I never liked from other, thank I checked for Lugasnky remembering how he play Rachmaninoff and I already knew that if there was someone able to do that think the way I would to hear it was him. And here it comes, striking perfectly the glissato ad 28:40

[@meow_meowswing]

Same!!! The glissando to the top C is a major problem I had with other performers, because they often decresc. from it, or execute the glissando sloppily (Andsnes was very clean, but he did this exactly same thing lol). I also really love his tempo choices across the entire concerto, everything is clean and in control, yet still had enough fire and excitement, and was not "slow". I don't care what others said Lugansky's performance sounds too perfect and other performers are more spontaneous etc, I just want a more structurally informed, introspective, yet also exciting enough performance, and Lugansky gave me that.

[@YuLanTyara]

The orphan sky by Ella leya brought me here and now im obsessed with this piece

[@jolindo6724]

Beautiful touch, like silk. Like the master himself

[@johnfawcett4260]

Lugansky's individual clarity of each note, along with the phrasing that incessantly continues, gives this piece and an entire new meaning. Awesome performance

[@michaelross9970]

It’s truly an honor to follow the technical and artistic progression of this concerto’s performers, and just when after remembering all the favorites throughout the years, along comes a new # 1!

[@colliesmos6597]

such a great honour that i live exactly same era and i can watch him performing on youtube but also in the concert hall. i am not going to forget the magical time i saw him playing the piano and had a small talk after the concert in la roque, 2018. i wish i could go back to the moment.

[@wangxinghan9913]

How could someone dislike this?

[@carmenmorel3203]

I’ve listening Rach 3 always with dif soloists , si difficult specially 3 re Mov. !!!! Like Sokolov , Yefim and NOW LUGANSKI’s he’s GRATE!! Thanks !!!!

[@luvenasusanto6938]

Can't get enough of this concerto

[@johnrowland8375]

A great performance by pianist and orchestra with the conductor being central to its overall success by keeping everybody, so to speak, on the same page.

[@marinatimofeeva4832]

Гениальное исполнение! Спасибо, маэстро!

[@pharaoh1374]

Посоветуйте мне какой нибудь шедевр послушать

[@ЮлияКабанова-ю4п]

@@pharaoh1374 зимняя дорога Свиридова шедевр

[@capitancello]

Bravissiomo, one of the my greatest dream to watch and listen Lugansky live. After this pandemic hope a great opportunity to all musicians

[@stefanmathys3272]

Starzing at 24:55 the transition into the 3rd movement is absolutely staggeringly mind altering.

[@PethaiNapanaruemit]

You ca see the musicality and precision of every notes during the particularly in the third movement. This is one of the best interpretations of rach3 ever!

[@oalfernandes]

Wow! Lugansky makes all musics look easy, including Rach 3. This is awesome!

[@borisjaulmes5773]

Unbelievably clean and crystal pure. Though I miss the Ossia Cadenza so bad. With it, this interpretation would have been a complete masterpiece.

[@patmajor4840]

Thank you for this! Absolutely magnificent

[@VassilikiKravari]

Géniale interprétation d'une œuvre géniale. Boljchoj spasiba, dorogoj Nikolaj!

[@pippicalzecorte27]

The best Rachmaninov interpreter.

[@margarethirsche126]

Lugansky played this concerto by Rachmaninoff with his soul I cry when he plays it

[@gratiaDei777]

What a refreshingly crisp take I'd give my left arm to play like this guy

[@johnbanach3875]

But then you wouldn't be able to play with your right arm only!

[@Gardener7]

​@@johnbanach3875He could play it with his toes! 😂

[@johnbanach3875]

@@Gardener7 That would be interesting. He could go on a talent show.

[@Gardener7]

@@johnbanach3875 Yeah, Rach 3 played with the toes! A world first!

[@peterectasy2957]

that nasty COVID caused Alexander Vedernikov pased away, pity. Lugasnky - as ussual - excelent performance of this rach 3 concerto

[@fudeusilva]

4:39 and 34:51 this melody is heaven...

[@shaneshine007]

Amazing

[@nicoangel690]

7 thumbs down ? I shall never understand this civilization I was born in. Never !

[@rachmaninoffli1197]

What a king

[@hospitalller]

Up until now for me the golden standard was Berman with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Abbado but this is very close to becoming the new benchmark....and on a side note, lets face it, concert pianists can't be human 😬

[@nicoangel690]

wait till 22:37......then..... ......EXPLOSTION .............RHAPSODY ........not heard by other great artists performing this Monstrous Art of Music

[@iordanoglouanastasia8480]

I listen to his performance 1 week ago in Athens (Greece) and I was astonish. He was more than perfect. I adored him!!!

[@konovalova_elena]

Это что-то непостижимо удивительное! ❤️

[@djacta6301]

lugansky playing both the piano with young luganskty playing the clarinet in the orchestra...impressive

[@DarlenePearl-d8l]

His hands were made for the piano, that’s for sure…closest to the way Rach performed it in his later years…superb technical…finesse…loved it…❤🇨🇦