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Nikolai Lugansky has been honing and distilling his vision of Rachmaninoff for years. He recorded his first complete Études-Tableaux in 1992, at the age of just 20, when he was still the 'favourite pupil' of the great Tatiana Nikolayeva in Moscow, and yet to launch his international career. Having gained the artistic maturity of 30 years of experience, Nikolai decided to re-record this entire corpus in 2022, in order to complete the composer’s entire works for the French label Harmonia Mundi, with whom he regularly collaborates.
In 1911 Rachmaninoff began composing his first cycle of eight Études-Tableaux, Op. 33, which he extended in 1917 with a new series, forming Op. 39. In all, there are seventeen gems in which Rachmaninoff, more at ease in the great concerto form, successfully undertakes an uncharacteristic search for conciseness. His Études-Tableaux stand out as major achievements as they reimagine the forms and modes of expression of last century’s piano world.
In this new performance, Nikolai Lugansky seems to emphasise the word "Tableau" (Pictures) more than the word "Étude" (Study). He has a tremendous mastery that allows him to describe the ever-changing, but always passionate, landscapes of the Russian composer's complex, and sometimes tortured, states of mind, making him one of its best and most talented interpreters. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Études-Tableaux, op. 33 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Études-tableaux, op. 39 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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3 Pieces (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist
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Nikolai Lugansky has been honing and distilling his vision of Rachmaninoff for years. He recorded his first complete Études-Tableaux in 1992, at the age of just 20, when he was still the 'favourite pupil' of the great Tatiana Nikolayeva in Moscow, and yet to launch his international career. Having gained the artistic maturity of 30 years of experience, Nikolai decided to re-record this entire corpus in 2022, in order to complete the composer’s entire works for the French label Harmonia Mundi, with whom he regularly collaborates.
In 1911 Rachmaninoff began composing his first cycle of eight Études-Tableaux, Op. 33, which he extended in 1917 with a new series, forming Op. 39. In all, there are seventeen gems in which Rachmaninoff, more at ease in the great concerto form, successfully undertakes an uncharacteristic search for conciseness. His Études-Tableaux stand out as major achievements as they reimagine the forms and modes of expression of last century’s piano world.
In this new performance, Nikolai Lugansky seems to emphasise the word "Tableau" (Pictures) more than the word "Étude" (Study). He has a tremendous mastery that allows him to describe the ever-changing, but always passionate, landscapes of the Russian composer's complex, and sometimes tortured, states of mind, making him one of its best and most talented interpreters. © François Hudry/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:21
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Nikolai Lugansky
- Composer: Serge Rachmaninoff
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Genre: Klassiek
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