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After recording Rachmaninov's 24 Preludes and a recital dedicated to Claude Debussy for his new publisher harmonia mundi, pianist Nikolai Lugansky extends his repertoire even further with a monographic album dedicated solely to César Franck. The list of piano works by this organ-playing composer was not very extensive, so Lugansky chose to perform the Prelude, Fugue and Variation Op. 18, and theChorale No. 2 , on the piano, both in the same key.
Written specifically for the piano, the two triptychs Prélude, Choral et Fugue and Prélude, Aria et Final are inspired by both Bach and Liszt and had an obvious influence on later French music, particularly with Albéric Magnard (Symphony No. 3) and all the way up to Francis Poulenc (Concerto for organ ).
Nikolai Lugansky constructs these pieces like a builder, with unfailing solidity. He brings out the architecture and the projections with power and fullness, while looking for what he calls "a French sound, a beauty of sonority and refined sound without lourdeur". © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Prélude, Choral et Fugue, FWV 21 (César Franck)
Nikolai Lugansky, Piano - César Franck, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Nikolai Lugansky, Piano - César Franck, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Nikolai Lugansky, Piano - César Franck, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Prélude, Aria et Final, FWV 23 (César Franck)
Nikolai Lugansky, Piano - César Franck, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Nikolai Lugansky, Piano - César Franck, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Nikolai Lugansky, Piano - César Franck, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18 (César Franck)
Nikolai Lugansky, Piano - César Franck, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Nikolai Lugansky, Piano - César Franck, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Nikolai Lugansky, Piano - César Franck, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Choral pour grand orgue n° 2 en si mineur, FWV 39 (César Franck)
Nikolai Lugansky, Piano - César Franck, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Album review
After recording Rachmaninov's 24 Preludes and a recital dedicated to Claude Debussy for his new publisher harmonia mundi, pianist Nikolai Lugansky extends his repertoire even further with a monographic album dedicated solely to César Franck. The list of piano works by this organ-playing composer was not very extensive, so Lugansky chose to perform the Prelude, Fugue and Variation Op. 18, and theChorale No. 2 , on the piano, both in the same key.
Written specifically for the piano, the two triptychs Prélude, Choral et Fugue and Prélude, Aria et Final are inspired by both Bach and Liszt and had an obvious influence on later French music, particularly with Albéric Magnard (Symphony No. 3) and all the way up to Francis Poulenc (Concerto for organ ).
Nikolai Lugansky constructs these pieces like a builder, with unfailing solidity. He brings out the architecture and the projections with power and fullness, while looking for what he calls "a French sound, a beauty of sonority and refined sound without lourdeur". © François Hudry/Qobuz
Details of the original recording : Recorded July 2019, Salle de Châtonneyre, Corseaux (Switzerland)
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:29
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Nikolai Lugansky
- Composer: César Franck
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Area: France
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Post-romantic Music
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
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