Lugansky - Rachmaninoff Prelude in B minor, Op. 32, No. 10

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Prelude in B minor. Lento - Op. 32, No. 10 (1910)
Nikolai Lugansky, 2014 Festival de la Grange de Meslay

“The Prelude in B minor Op. 32 No. 10 is Russian to the core. Pianist Benno Moisevitch, in conversation with Rachmaninoff, wisely guessed its emotional wellspring: the yearning for a homecoming that would never come. Its principal motive is a dotted figure, wavering modally between major and minor, that is soon accompanied – and then overwhelmed – by an utterly heartbreaking storm of throbbing triplets that reverberate clangorously like massive swaying church bells, thundering towards a resolution that never arrives.”

Donald G. Gíslason, Vancouver Recital Society

[islaadele]

Lugansky makes Rachmaninoff utterly magical.

[robertjason]

Brings out the counter melodies like practically no one else

[aalb]

My favorite Rachmaninov piece. And Luganky's performance is impeccable as always, and not too sentimental, which is a bonus.

[ЛюдмилаГорячкина-ок]

Поражаюсь мощи ума, таланта, труда, как композитора, так и исполнителя.

[orvillewrightjr]

I played this piece in recitals(not nearly as well as Maestro Lugansky) and received the most applause for it! This piece has an iconographic connection to Arnold Boecklin's painting, "The return, " which supposedly shows someone returning from a funeral. The painting is very stark, showing a black and white foyer in the foreground. This is one of the most aesthetic and gorgeous of Rachmaninoff's oeuvre, certainly one of my personal favorites.

[tatummacsquezzy]

Having to suddenly flee, exiled in a strange land, someone reminisces on his homeland, his people. Experiencing intense pain and longing for it, he knows that even if he could return, it wouldn't be like it was. His resolve is sorrowful acceptance. Lugansky is my favorite Rachmaninoff interpreter.

[ruthblackburn]

Soul wrenching prelude and performance. The clamouring church bells induce a deep agonal yearning that is irresible and demands my attention. Though the yearning remains, I am always left in awe when the music fades away.

[lovettboston]

It's hard to avoid associating this piece with Rachmaninov's exile after the 1917 "October Revolution, " but the music was composed in 1910. He said it was inspired by Arnold Böcklin's painting, "The Homecoming." What adds to the association with exile is the part near the end that quotes from the "Song of the Indian Guest" in Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Sadko." The tenor aria is song by an Indian in exile, about the most cherished memory of his distant homeland--a ruby with a phoenix, which is a bird with the face of of young woman whose singing makes anyone who hears it "forget everything."

[exomin]

thanks for isolating the piece from the prelude performance! much easier to access his amazing rendition

[DawidPianoo]

His Rachmaninoff performances are simply out of this world. He makes them sound beautiful and pure. I never liked this piece until I listened to his performance.

[JC-FunkMaestro]

This pianist has just the perfect way of playing

[ГалинаГладышева-жш]

Исполнение нравится:слышится мне сила и мощь и какое- то изящество и русская певучесть.❤❤❤

[fredericlisztmaninoff]

what an amazing venue to perform this piece
wonderful rendition as well

[cassandraalpoim]

Maravilhoso Lugansky, poético e intenso .

[surkova_a]

Прекрасное исполнение Николая! Браво!👏

[hughlazarus]

This is my favorite Rachmaninoff Prelude and you play it so well I have always wanted to learn this one

[ГалинаГладышева-жш]

Джем, всё прекрасно:разнообразие красивейших произведений, оформление, надписи с именами авторов и исполнителей! СПАСИБО за уважител ное отношение к слушателям!❤❤❤

[oliviervinches]

Benno Moiseiwitsch told this prelude was Rachmaninov's prefered one.

[brightnight]

My favorite performance of this piece that I've heard. So good.

[MichaelConwayBaker]

This is Rachmaninoff's favorite prelude.