Lugansky - Rachmaninoff - Preludes Op. 23

[@pianonine]

If Rachmaninoff wrote these for anyone, it was so that one day a great pianist like Lugansky would come along and interpret them like this. Each prelude is so masterfully played, (but the C minor stole the show). WOW! Each note was like melted butter!

[@leepeterson8391]

Enchanted Wanderer, I am //so// grateful to you for posting all of these videos of performances by the INCOMPARABLE Nikokai Lugansky! Thank you, thank you x1000

[@iLikePiano]

The way Lugansky plays has always captivated me. The way he controls all the elements and voices of the pieces is incredible. I was holding back tears the entire time...

[@paulmayerpiano]

It's funny, when I listen to him play Rachmaninoff, especially, it's not like his playing is especially indulgent in the moment, what I typically associate with "romantic" works. But when I picture the whole piece and the way he has conceived of it - the extremely delicate spell he weaves balances on a knife-edge, so fragile that a single wrong moment could shatter it - is so daring and if it comes together properly it seems to hit me all at once how incredibly special his vision and execution are, and how truly "romantic" he is at heart for trying to deliver it with so much tender care and attention and hard work. Nobody plays like this if they are not guided by a vision, an ideal that they keep chasing. He plays as though he serves a higher purpose, and I've found it to be consistently evident in all he does. A real romantic.

[@busylifemeto]

This man is incomparable probably the greatest pianist alive

[@harry21944]

Mr. Nikolaj Lugansky, thank you so much. Words fail. You took me to heaven.

[@cicir423]

Absolutely superb. Every sound is so deep and yet the flow is never stagnant. Voicing is out of this world. Emotion is genuine and never fabricated or self indulgent.

[@olivierframent3912]

Merci Monsieur Lugansky. Votre extraordinaire interprétation est toujours source d'inspiration pour le modeste amateur de piano que je suis. Quel bonheur de vous écouter et voir jouer! (google translate) Спасибо, господин Луганский. Ваша необычная интерпретация всегда является источником вдохновения для моего скромного любителя фортепиано. Какое удовольствие слушать тебя и видеть, как ты играешь!

[@GoldArda]

Гениальный пианист, настоящий русский музыкант, от Бога

[@irinav9440]

Спасибо!. Так играть при пустом зале-- браво! Русский, настоящий русский музыкант!

[@tylerharvey5477]

Love this performance! Such sensitive and nuanced playing… however - I am FURIOUS that KZbin is putting ads in the MIDDLE of the pieces… such a mood killer!

[@etcetc5592]

Thanks for uploading content of this superb musician, hope the channel is getting the recognition it deserves.

[@victormanuelpadilla1845]

Felicitaciones! Al gran pianista Lugansky por su magnífica interpretación. No sigue el orden de los preludios, sin embargo, su secuencia personal implica una excelente y gradual sensibilidad de entrelazamiento. Bravo! Bendiciones desde México.

[@christopherlloyd4908]

Can you imagine being in a salon somewhere, hearing Rachmaninoff play these for the first time?!

[@ayeonayeon8619]

So beautiful, reminds me the stars in the heaven.

[@Brahms1712]

Большое спасибо и браво!!!

[@chenyg1119]

What a performance! Love it.

[@blypiano]

Can't get more Russian than this. Exquisite taste!

[@timbruer7318]

Amazingly masterful playing, so clear.

[@mariavidal4551]

I love his rubati.

[@louisross5997]

There is a whole universe of feelings in Rachmaninov... N. 7 in C minor is very interesting...

[@ElenRapoport]

Спасибо! ❤️🙏💐💐💐

[@janhoppezak9731]

this is the sound of eternity

[@shaunhermans]

Sublime

[@philippecartondetournai5546]

un sommet d'émotion...

[@GUSTAVOMARZANO]

Maravilloso, muchas gracias

[@yopiano1071]

so brilliant

[@ГульсумУмбеталиева-ф5о]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Браво !!!!!!!!!!!

[@AntonioCasoriaComposer]

Eccezionale!!!

[@noramendez9035]

Lo amo!!!!!!

[@paolofranceschi6874]

❤

[@victormanuelpadilla1845]

Por falta de espacio tal vez, omitió tres preludios de los 10 Op. 23

[@busylifemeto]

There are no words to describe how good is 23 5 not Giles, Richter, Horowitz come close to this genius !

[@tree_fingers]

amazing acoustics in there Edit: with no audience lol

[@mariaradulovic3203]

Like Richter.

[@kostyakonstantinoff]

Учитесь, студенты

[@jinwoobae7555]

WIW!!!!

[@rocamaxivojofahd333]

Great performance. But lousy sound quality--what else can you expect with 128 kbps sampling rate that is just about good enough for speech?

[@claudioparrella183]

tatiana

[@firebir11]

Evgeny kissin never entered a competition…..and we’ve seen the results. The best always rise to the top…in spite of them.

[@conrad6226]

Jesús Christ number 7, smashes that shit right out of the park.