Lugansky - Liszt, Vallée d'Obermann

Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886)
Années de pèlerinage, Premième année ("Suisse"), S. 160
No. 6 - Vallée d'Obermann (1848-1855)
Nikolai Lugansky, 2012
From Sverdlovsk Philharmonic

[0:00] Lento assai

[4:55] Un poco più di moto, ma sempre lento -
[7:00] Recitativo -
[7:43] Più mosso -
[8:17] Presto -
[9:00] Lento

[9:57] Lento (dolce) -
[11:57] Sempre animando sino al fine

“The actual date of composition of Vallée d'Obermann given in the headnote might well be expanded to include the period 1835 - 1836 since it is based on the fourth work, also titled Vallée d'Obermann, in Liszt's early collection Album d'un voyageur, which dates to that time. This later version is the sixth piece in Suisse, the first volume of the three that comprise Liszt's Années de pèlerinage. The inspiration for the piece is the 1804 novel Obermann by Etiene Jeane Senancour, which tells of the dispirited title character whose misfortunes drive him to seek consolation in a rural area of Switzerland. This is the longest of the nine pieces in the Suisse set, having a duration of nearly 15 minutes. It is also arguably the deepest and most touching work here, as well.

It opens with music whose mostly descending contour and listless manner paint a dire bleakness. The work has three sections and the dispirited manner of the first only marginally improves in the next, which is full of passion and yearning in its beautiful theme. The final section, however, brings on a somewhat brighter mood and sense of triumph. But the triumph is mixed with pain and struggle, in the end largely coming across as philosophical in nature for the Obermann character.”

- Robert Cummings

[musicatiranna]

questo non è assolutamente un semplice ascolto di un brano musicale scritto da un genio e eseguito divinamente. è un esperienza emotivamente trascendentale . una cura per viaggio interiore . MAGNIFICO

[Irenam_art_yn]

Very deep interpretation...what a pleasure to listen 🎹 Lugansky as always incredible 🌹👏🏻

[ГульсумУмбеталиева-фо]

Лист звучит в Вашем исполнении, Маэстро, просто потрясающе, просто взволнованно , просто нежно ! Огромное спасибо ! Казахстан 🇰🇿

[iianneill]

One of the very rare profound performances out there of this piece ... and some curiously similar choices to Nyiregygazhi's titanic interpretation.

[AngeloDeAngelis]

Grandioso Liszt....bravissimo Lugansky...geniale

[joaopedrolessa]

I find this piece very intimate, probably more than the transcendental etudes nos. 9 and 12, il lamento or the soneto del petrarca

[jimmyradcliffe]

Listening to Lugansky playing Liszt is a great pleasure. But they are very different pianists : the difference is "
Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude." Liszt's playing made people crying. Lugansky's playing has warmer effects...Not to mention their pianistic techniques, which are different...

[allanliang]

Sublime. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ for his majesty and beauty revealed to mankind. Soli Deo Gloria!

[tedlassenpiano]

Amazing in every way, lovely, plus you missed a note in that horrible double octave arpeggio at the end. Good for you! I love this piece so much.

[helenlundeberg]

Camerawork is just horrible on this one. Can't see his hands on the keys most of the time.