Lugansky - Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 4

[@oli4505]

At 4:49 in that part you can clearly hear Rachmaninov’s deep depression. That dark and powerful melody. It’s melancholic but beautiful. It’s a shame that the 4th piano concerto isn’t as popular as the 2nd or the 3rd piano concerto...

[@MusicalSeriesChannel]

I read somewhere that is the Nostalgia Concerto. Can it be a sort of representation of an attack of Nostalgia?

[@LandOnBolts]

the brass is beautiful here

[@babygirl4169]

@@MusicalSeriesChannel Oh wow! Well, I am getting the same feeling, looks like I may have heard this in some old reality shows maybe

[@NINOABSNABSN]

It is a concert originally from 1929 (This version is from 1941), 12 years after the Bolshevik revolution. It is possible that by that time the composer had already resigned himself to his fate as an exile. Some reminiscences of the author's memory, such as the ringing of the 1st. Slavic movement and dances in the 3rd.

[@Levelworm]

This and Symphonic Dance are the best 2

[@TomBarrister]

Rachmaninoff penned three versions of this concerto. The original was in 1926 (which only he performed during his lifetime). It got a very poor reception. Rachmaninoff withdrew it and revised it, publishing the second version in 1928. It also met with little success or interest. In 1941, he revised it yet again. It was the second-t0-last music he penned (his arrangement of Tchaikovsky's lullabye Op 16 no.1 was the last). Each revision shortened the work significantly. The original runs for a bit over 31 minutes (1012 bars), the 1928 about 27 minutes (902 bars), and1941 version takes about 25 minutes (824 bars). Rachmaninoff also made several other changes that weren't ever put in paper; some pianists have performed this by studying Rachmaninoff's own performance of it (with Ormandy). I don't know if Maestro Lugansky is performing the 1928 version, the 1941 version, or (more likely, since he is very thorough in his analysis) a version based on Rachmaninoff's performance with Ormandy. Or he may have added some of his own ideas. In any case, it's excellent.

[@tarikeld11]

The second version is my favorite. The second theme of the third movement is the most beautiful moment in the work - and he cut it...

[@ethanloch3802]

It's definitely the 1941 version. I've listened to both other versions on KZbin, and it seems that lugansky stayed faithful to the latest version.

[@jeffparis2419]

Un Himalaya de Créativité Musicale et une Modernité peut-être passé sous les radars de la sensibilité Humaine, je crois pour moi mon préféré , formidablement servi par Lugansky 👍🏽

[@ОлегГудович-т2в]

БРАВИССИМО!!! РАХМАНИНОВУ, ЛУГАНСКОМУ, ВЕДЕРНИКОВУ!

[@jeffparis2419]

C est à une exceptionnelle rencontre avec Rachmaninov lui même que nous invite Lugansky , un privilège, bravo !

[@dianalee3059]

I was vacationing in Maui and played this so many times, I always relate those memories when I hear this even now, many years later. God bless the residents of Maui affected by the tragic fire. So hard to imagine Lahaina leveled.

[@hutzman7664]

I used to live there and still can’t accept that beautiful town is gone.

[@randomrandom3057]

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for uploading!!!

[@werneraumann3447]

Луганский лучший пианист нашего времени!

[@cristinawierzbicki4688]

El mejor pianista del mundo!! Genial!

[@Fotinialive]

Благодарю вас 🌿🏵

[@nowkentapplegate5315]

perhaps this concerto isn't as popular as 1,2,and 3 because they are rooted in dramtic fantasy while this one seems more autobiographical.

[@БорисШалагінов]

В музыкальном отношении - исполнение абсолютно безупречно. За основу смысловых акцентов взята (как мне показалось) авторская запись. А лучшего и не придумаешь! Жаль только, что изображение размыто. Видео-оператор мог бы показать наиболее интересные места на клавиатуре (хотя у Рахманинова вся клавиатура очень интересна!). По-моему, камера двигалась весьма хаотично по оркестру и по пианисту.

[@PP-oz4ef]

Совершенно разделяю Вашу точку зрения. Очень непростой концерт в ансамблевом и ритмическом отношении. И то и другое здесь было прекрасно представлено. Темпы замечательные. Николай играет прямо и искренне, без сентиментальных излишеств, но выразительно и аккуратно во всех смыслах. Здорово. Большой музыкант. Я учился с ним на одном курсе, а когда слушаю сейчас его игру, не могу понять, как я смог поступить в консерваторию в этот год. Думаю, что случайное везение. Николай - гордость российской музыкальной культуры. Ещё и очень хорошо выглядит.

[@99Grigor]

A true masterpiece on every level. I often wondered why, many years ago while studying music in college, this great work was hardly ever performed let alone recorded. Now, it seems it has taken it's rightful place among the pantheon of great concertos.

[@nestorar]

Lugansky, a giant!

[@Irenam_art_yn]

My favorite piano concerto played by my favorite pianist 💙

[@jwilliams8210]

He really is a very special and supremely gifted pianist!

[@berthadeffenbaugh4668]

Lugansky is an outstanding artist. I happen to have all 24 Rachmaninoff preludes by him, and I am in awe everytine I listen to that CD.

[@ehamilton6791]

I think we should all count our blessings that this astounding composition finally gets the recognition it deserves, and that it is performed more frequently. This concerto is highly expressive and epic, and Lugansky and orchestra certainly did their very best to let it shine throughout. Wonderful, thanks so much for upload!

[@Hitherto90]

I've been counting them so hard, I've run out of fingers and toes.

[@jaygatz4335]

Gorgeous concerto, and performance. At 8:47, we're taken up to celestial heights.

[@javiertw89]

Amazing!!! The whole buildup from 25:09, going through the repetition of one of the (slightly modified) main themes at 25:17 and the following coda must be one of the most powerful moments in the repertoire. And so masterfully executed!!!

[@republiccooper]

Happy birthday, Mr Lugansky! Thank you for the music and your humility. We love you. ☺🙂🤗

[@rthailand6720]

8:44 brilliantly.

[@scottmiller6495]

A very impressive performance of a great piano concerto not heard very much from the genius mind of Rachmaninoff!!!!!

[@sweetfangs1979]

This is the least Russian-sounding among all of Rachmaninoff's concertos, but I love it all the same... at least he tried something new at the time. Shame that it didn't do well in its premiere, and it's not been often performed and recorded... it's a dark, but powerful and beautiful concerto.. Lugansky and the orchestra did an excellent job... ❤❤❤

[@babygirl4169]

Well, don't mind but some parts remind of Oggy's episodes 😅

[@gunwookim4047]

14:51 the streched out time is incredible

[@ДмитрийГолев-д8р]

Гениально , Маэстро👏👏👏👏

[@cubanm81]

Bravoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo MAESTRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@minorimaruyama9502]

Вечная память дирижеру...

[@MrSeIgVo1989]

Огромное спасибо! Мне, конечно, ближе 2-й и (особенно) 3-й фортепианные концерты Рахманинова, но 4-й - волшебный, хотя и очень сложный для восприятия, особенно без подготовки! Николай Луганский - один из моих самых любимых пианистов - с оркестром п/у Александра Ведерникова исполнил 4-й концерт просто блестяще! На мой взгляд, Николай Луганский - один из самых близких по духу Музыкантов Рахманинову, тончайший, глубокий Пианист и виртуоз (и как Личность тоже, интеллигентнейший и образованнейший человек)! Впервые услышал 4-й концерт Рахманинова в исполнении прекрасного пианиста Филиппа Копачевского и НФОР п/у Владимира Спивакова на концерте, посвящённом 150-летию Сергея Васильевича Рахманинова, в Большом зале МКЗ "Зарядье" 21 мая 2023 г., это было здорово (на "бис" были "Белые ночи. Май" из "Времён года" Петра Ильича Чайковского, также очень рекомендую послушать запись "Мая..." в выдающемся исполнении потрясающего Музыканта, Пианиста Наума Штаркмана)!

[@dianalee3059]

Oh the sublime, exquisite chord progressions at the end of the second movement totally engulf me in goosebumps. Ditto for the end of the second movement of Concerto #2

[@juaprile]

sad about Vedernikov's death in october 2020

[@leoinsf]

God bless, Vedernikov! I am sure he is visiting with Sergei Rachmaninoff right now!

[@bryanlokao1]

21:36 love this part

[@gunwookim4047]

I think this is best version

[@ripvanwinkle9592]

This Rschmaninoff piano concerto like its predecessor, #1, is also rarely performed since it is also almost impossible for most pianists. It is a wonder that in 1940 around the age of 67 Rachmaninoff was able to record his fine performance of this concerto wihose construction shows some influence from the concertos of his friend Medtner.

[@Levelworm]

8:55 is the most beautiful despair, while 16:00 is the ultimate comfort

[@dr.kenmahood4917]

The master Lugansky delivers another flawless performance. However this recording does not have the fidelity of the others in this series (Nos 1-2and3),

[@789armstrong]

Lugansky at his finest.

[@aleshkaemelyanov]

Два Сатурна 😊😊😊😊😊 В народной, текстильной и душной теснине, в рассветости времени, мыслей и лиц, в удушливой смеси духов и бензина телесные пазлы почти что срослись. Надушенный воздух разбавлен речами. Соседи, как яблоки, куклы в мешке, примятые груши, цветы под лучами, узоры на бело-сухом рушнике. Всем дорог ямщик на отдельной карете. Мы - тучи и звёзды среди пелены. Но вдруг среди мути невнятного цвета увидел я серп шелковистой луны. Она из какого-то грецкого сплава, под южными прядями, как у наяд. А глазки за стёклами в чёрных оправах дуэтом Сатурнов графитно глядят. И я, как неспящий романтик, любуюсь рельефом чуть выпуклых, вогнутых форм, в число почитателей самовербуюсь, забыв о езде меж построенных гор...

[@miltonmoore8369]

I GOT KIND OF BURNED OUT ON PIANO CONCERTOS #2 and #3. Especially #2, which oddly, lacks a cadenza. (So does #4, and the Paganini Rhapsody.) The redundancy of the final movement of #2, having that famous theme scored thrice, wore thin with me, even as beautiful as it is. Even though Rachmaninoff scored three different versions of #4, at the time of his death he was STILL struggling with the piece, and was scoring a version, unbelievably, for two pianos! (Read about this on Wikipedia.) The climax to #4 makes my hair stand on end. So, so many beautiful and haunting melodies appear throughout this masterpiece. Given that Rachmaninoff composed his #1 when he was only 18 years old, later revising it, and it has more appealing themes to me than either #2 or #3, and my favorite cadenza, (the longest of all that he composed), and it has the most thrilling and virtuosic opening of any piano concerto of which I am aware, I grew to rank #1 as great as all of Rachmaninoff's other immortal works for piano and orchestra. Obviously, the variations on a theme of Paganini essentially counts as a "concerto," and ranks as high as ANY work that he ever composed. My only criticism of the score is that the part written for the harp only lasts for around ten seconds!🙈😫🙉 Someone should revise the score for the harp to appear throughout the piece, making the work much more "rhapsodic" than it already is. This shouldn't be that difficult to do. I dream of a "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Harp, Piano and Orchestra." 💎🎶💎🎶💎🎶 🦢🙏🦢🙏🦢🙏

[@robertjason6885]

The almost theme and variation nature of the 3rd movement is reminiscent of the Paganini Rhapsody. My recording of this was the legendary Michelangeli.. with his incredible Ravel Concerto.

[@jnmusic9969]

Having lost someone close to to me, the 2nd movement perfectly captures the feeling of loss.

[@republiccooper]

I love all the Ramaninoff concerti. A pity this one and my favorite, no 1, aren't more played. Congratulations to Mr. Lugansky, conductor and orchestra on an amazing job.

[@etcetc5592]

I think that "the problem" with no 1 is the finale. I mean, the first movement is fantastic, with a cadenza which has nothing to envy to the ossia of the 3rd one. The second movement is simply beautiful. The third one, I'm not saying I don't like it, but is the one that people often doesn't like in this concert. Rachmaninoff most famous and played concerts are 2 and 3, the last pages of both finales are pretty similar, I mean big tuttis accompanied by chords on the piano and then a fast final cadence. The first version of the first concerto had it too, the orchestra played the theme of the major section while the piano accompanied with octaves. Rachmaninoff did the revision in 1917, after having written the 2nd and 3rd, and the finale completely changed. And it's very similar to the one in this video. This is just an observation, it shows how the composers style changed. I mean from the big finales with the entire orchestra playing a very moving theme (2nd and 3rd) and the more flashy ones (not worse) in 1st and 4th. Sorry my English isn't very good

[@carlfigueiredo2095]

You make some very interesting and cogent points; you obviously have a deep understanding and close connection with these works. Thank you for sharing your thoughts - and in good English, for which you certainly don't need to apologise!

[@jwilliams8210]

​@@etcetc5592 I am also a fan of the first and second movements. However I REALLY like the 3rd movement of Opus 1 (1917 version) and I love the fireworks, color and the technical demands SVR requires to play it. The 3rd movement was my introduction to Opus 1 approximately 40 years ago with Byron Janis as the pianist.

[@etcetc5592]

@@jwilliams8210 yes of course is a great movement. I was just sharing my thoughts on why first concerto isn't as much played as 2 and 3. In my opinion, it's only the finale what makes it less popular.

[@jwilliams8210]

@@etcetc5592 Of course, I agree with you and believe you are correct. As you had stated, Op 1 really does not have the "personality" of Op 18 or Op 30 (Op 30 seems designed by SVR for an obligatory standing ovation). I was more conveying I am likely an outlier, in liking the 3rd movement of Op 1 because of it virtuoso writing and how flashy, rhythmic and chromatic it is.

[@alstewart9212]

never heard it before. thanks. -80 year old music educated

[@jinwoobae7555]

Fall in Love

[@dominiquecaby5852]

Me too

[@nassera]

keep her forever

[@art7695]

Lugansky together Yuja Wang are my favorite piano players. Each time I cannot decide who is the best. Both genial

[@성태규-x3x]

Amazing!!!

[@leoinsf]

God damn this is a superb concerto! It is so complex that people are a little put off by it. However, it is overpoweringly powerful and expressive in its thematic development. Rachmaninov certainly loved it because he kept working on it. When I read that Rach was "preoccupied with issues of struggle and acceptance" in the writing of this concerto, one can see that it goes "over the heads" of most people. Poor Rach was a bit paranoid and felt out of place despite the fact that he was a world renowned pianist, conductor, but more importantly composer. It is sad that he couldn't see that the world recognized his giftedness, but this melancholy does make his music even greater than it is.

[@scottmiller6495]

Beyond Superb !!!!!

[@jesika7869]

Rachmaninoff was too gifted to be well understood in his lifetime as a composer; it seems his time came once there were so many gifted virtuoso pianists who wanted to tackle his intriguing and complex works. Lugansky is one of them and he is remarkably talented. I love Rach's etudes and preludes, all of his choral works.

[@leoinsf]

@@jesika7869 Wonderful comment!

[@jonyungk]

It was certainly the concerto no one really expected. And, to be completely fair, Rachmaninoff was assimilating a lot of new music after he left Russia. He was aware of Stravinsky's neo-classicism. He went frequently to jazz clubs in New York. He attended the Paul Whiteman concert where Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue was premiered. The latter influences are even more apparent in the first version of this concerto. I don't know if Rachmaninoff felt completely satisfied with it. Maybe he would have reworked it again had he lived longer. But there are some really astounding things going on, which keep me coming back to this piece.

[@leoinsf]

@@jonyungk Amazing reply! Thanks for your teaching "eye."

[@francisanthonypeters9002]

Браво Александр! 👏

[@dianalee3059]

Although I love all Rachmaninoff’s concertos, this one is my favorite, requiring both immense skill and emotional sensitivity . I LOVE the melodic interlude in the first movement followed by the sequential chord progressions. A genius who speaks to my soul. Rest in the sweet Peace you didn’t always acquire here on earth and thank you for every glorious note of everything you ever put on music paper 🎹 And major kudos to Mr Lugansky for this definitive performance

[@geraldinetaylor6231]

This is such a heart rending concerto, really fantastic. It is played so beautifully by Nikolai. It should be played more. Someone once asked me what it was all about as he couldn't understand it! Nothing to understand really, just sit back and enjoy.

[@sergeirachmaninoff8502]

Nice

[@sirchoppy1810]

yooo is that really u rach? I love your etudes my guy!

[@gunwookim4047]

6:15

[@dianalee3059]

Handsome and very skilled

[@jagareco]

hi, what´s the original source of this concert? regards

[@EnchantedWanderer]

Jaime Reyes It was an ancient TV broadcast.

[@j2023j2]

which orchestra is it?

[@pianistegolfeur]

Ce n'est certes pas le plus joué de ses concertos, mais ici l'interprétation de Lugansky est remarquable. Dommage que la salle et le nom de l'orchestre ne soient pas précisés : ce n'est pas dans les habitudes de Wanderer.

[@gunwookim4047]

14:10

[@stephenherrick9971]

Unequivocable

[@gwenboros8538]

24:00 🤌

[@maxfochtmann]

Спасибо за запись!

[@gunwookim4047]

this audio sounds better mono

[@aleksPval]

The 2nd movement melody sounds like 1st movement of Bruchs violin concerto melody a bit 😮😃

[@Latinosmassacre-]

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[@Latinosmassacre-]

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[@Latinosmassacre-]

???

[@Latinosmassacre-]

Hackers whats so interesting about an experiment? You are the God I am not... Why you acting just like a ordinary person? Universe is so great its existence

[@Latinosmassacre-]

What is this reality In some dreams You put me on the another dimensions? I remember what i saw is whole darkness Its scary Am i the only living one or the only dead one.