Nikolai Lugansky Rachmaninov Prelude Op 23 No. 4

[@imacompoza]

Playing No.4 piece in 4:44. Perfect.

[@Lenochka1107]

Lugansky is a fantastic musician! Love his playing!

[@yoonjeongkim_Piano]

Personally, It sounds as if he is talking some beautiful story to lover. Very stunning performance I've heard ever !

[@thomas3485]

Yoonjeong Kim past lover...

[@iansutton9746]

An uncle of mine, who was a professional musician, terrific pianist and organist (and lover of Rachmaninoff's music), once told me this piece is intended to be played by a man to a woman. Talk about romantic!

[@PauloCesarMaiadeAguiar]

I agree with Miss. Divine really

[@jesika7869]

I believe I have read that Rachmaninoff was inspired to write this because of his awe at the birth of his first child, Irina. Who knows? It is

[@jesika7869]

....beautiful!

[@sunnypark8915]

I feel my heart is crying

[@PauloCesarMaiadeAguiar]

Yes, this moving really. Pure heart

[@giorgioscriabin8725]

Yes.. brautiful !!@ from Como lake italy! Rachmaninoff was here several times.. at Como bellagio varenna ...

[@giorgioscriabin8725]

Lugansy.. fantastic .... rach a genius ... thank you Russia for your art and soul . From italy

[@karollugowski3792]

… yeah, they have genius music, but chose to share bombs with the world instead, so dramatic…

[@martinkhlop4001]

@@karollugowski3792 there's a difference between the people and politicians

[@karollugowski3792]

@@martinkhlop4001 … you think all those thousands of Russian soldiers who are killing and raping civilians are politicians? Difficult to tolerate Russians those days, most of them proud of what is happening. And yes, I am big fan of Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky…

[@Vanessa1723]

Everything that Luganksy plays is good! This is no exception... :)

[@PauloCesarMaiadeAguiar]

Amazing. Special. Peculiar your performance. Dear. Many thanks for to share this dear Fantastic

[@francoriva55]

Russian soul !!! I love it so much. Rachm is a genius!!!!

[@johnburniston6525]

I like and play prokoviev and scriabin-what about Richter-he shows the way.

[@ladansemascabre]

beautiful.

[@helenavondrakenstein4969]

a story of unrequited love....

[@loveispatient0808]

😀🌹😢🌹✝️🌹🙏🌹😢🌹✝️🌹🙏🌹😀🌹😃🌹

[@CarolinaSacco]

I love Nikolai, every little expression of his face.

[@fslubin]

Carolina Sacco He leaves it inside, where it pushes his fingers. Maybe Lang Lang leaks too much expression onto his face.

[@sensei-sama903]

Fred i would prefer to see someone as lang Lang tho

[@tchykovsky]

Students in college, I've heard them play exceptionally or even better than some pros out there. I've seen a person that's not blind, play a whole Liszt Legend with his eyes closed and it was one of the best Legends I've heard today still. The problem was, it was all done in rehearsal and practice. Once on stage, that adrenalin just kicked in and the magic wasn't as refined. Lugansky is great, but it's not true that "everything" is always as good. Not all his live performances are recorded.

[@loveispatient0808]

I know this “on stage” experience with adrenaline kick in very well !!😲😳😀

[@sarahjackson2397]

I have watched several pianists now playing this which I do as well - but I don't know if my technique is incorrect. I don't start out playing with just the left hand - but using both. It seems to me the music is written on the page as it is to make it obvious which is the melody and which is the accompaniment - not as a direction to play with one hand or the other. I also play a fair amount of the accompaniment with the right hand, reserving the left for the very high and very low notes and a few other spots. Since the right hand is playing two voices soon enough in the piece, I don't think it really matters what body part you use as long as the melody sings with good phrasing. If I am in error, I welcome the feedback.

[@gabelonguinhos]

I don't know, but Lugansky seems to take legato in the melody very "literally", avoiding releasing the keys/relying on pedaling so as to play the notes above the main theme unless he has to. it shows in the video around the 4:00 mark, he does crazy finger switching over and over, one imagines that is his mindset overall. so he'd probably have strong feelings about separating the accompanying between the two hands and whatnot. (or maybe not, who knows.)

[@GamerGuyMatt1892]

Bravissimo ❤

[@alainmari5801]

Mesmerizing ....

[@kwsstin]

Slightly fast but I like it this way!

[@99Grigor]

This is very fine playing. I personally have very few problems with it. Afterall, We all might play it slightly different but you can't legislate taste. Btw, the RH ord in bar 16 that has an awkward stretch can be successfully overcome by playing the D with the tip of the thumb and the thumb knuckle plays the C sharp next to it by bending it. nice little trick. :)

[@mahmoodalfayoumi6150]

Wow thanks for the tip! Was going to just forget about the csharp and just play the d by itself since the csharp was already being played at the top. Of coarse that wasn't a problem for Rachmaninov since his hand was crazy!

[@johannsebastianbach3411]

That is a nice solution, I have always played it with index finger on c sharp and thumb on d, but again, i guess i have large hands :D

[@cccpredarmy]

I hit the thumb right in the edge where the black csharp meets the d. Since the black key is slopped and the thumb "pillow area" is big, it's enough to hit both keys at once. It's a good way to easy up fingers on high pitch notes which should be played more dominant compared to the others due to melody line. It works, but it needs a little precision practice!

[@maxkemsley6931]

Thanks for the tip! Unfortunately I'v been doomed to live a life with tiny little hands but the desire to play pieces with big chords. A lot of learning a new piece for me is figuring out how I can cheat and use other hands and fingers or skip notes when it comes to big chords. I'm trying to learn Le Gibet from Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit and my little hands can't cope with a lot of that piece...

[@zenarobinson3851]

i too just forget about the c#! (& a few others!)

[@SY-cn4sk]

하 너무 좋다....

[@rosemariecastro4402]

💎

[@johnburniston6525]

What a lot of drivel about one detail, read the written score sensibly like a sincere performer. It is clear to see. OK to accommodate when a hand cannot cope with a Rachmaninov stretch ! The complex passages are a massive challenge- I struggle!

[@ФеридеХаным]

❤️

[@supertortoise3000]

Nice

[@compositor82]

Very romantic prelude one of my favorites from rachmaninov... did he compose others like this one? It looks in the style of bortkiewicz

[@loveispatient0808]

Yes:) 😀

[@Shamanix01]

This one and the Op 32 N°5 are my two favorites :)

[@Kinjutsuu]

yess op 32 no 5 or something :) search ashkenazy he recorded some of the beautiful op 32's

[@Shamanix01]

23 - 4 and 32 - 5 are the 2 best Rachmaninov preludes in my opinion :) 2 perfect incarnations of the romantic piano music !

[@qwerty1920]

@erisqu couldnt agree more

[@tchykovsky]

I disagree, he's very good, but his Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 1 isn't up to par. He's recorded all the Rachmaninoff concertos and the second sonata, so I've been waiting to hear it and heard it live, now I know why it hasn't been recorded. Every pianist has an "off" day too, where the performance just isn't up to par. What I find, that the professionals and the best can do, is make this "off" day less miserable than say the average conservatory student.

[@DizzyBusy]

I'm listening on an earphone and I'm almost convinced Lugansky needs to bring his own recording technician with him. His playing is obviously superb, I've seen him live in two concerts. The recording quality always leaves things to be desired. This one is too low, has a thin middle, no brilliance on top, and no bass oomph. In short, it's meh. Again, I'm just talking about the recording quality, not his playing.

[@Godowksy1]

Horrible wrong note at 2:57. But still very good.

[@NicolasEjzenberg]

A pianist that makes no wrong note is a robot, a good pianist perhaps, but not necessarly a good musician.

[@marcosbabu]

+Godowksy1 I wouldn't use the word "horrible", but yeah, tell me about the worst moment to make a mistake. This is such-a-beautiful song!

[@johannsebastianbach3411]

Horowitz even played whole passages wrong and then improvised to go back on the sheet music :D Now that is a great artist!

[@Faby1917]

Rubinstein decía que podía hacer más de 1 recital puras notas falsas que daba en cada uno de sus conciertos, me parece que lo importante es el mensaje, la concepción sobre como el entiende la obra, por cierto, es mi interpretación favorita.

[@michael1608]

@delmonaco21 All performers care about wrong notes. Ask Nikolai.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

Dry and academic . See Heinrich Neuhaus for emotion .