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Nikolai Lugansky, Sakari Oramo & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra|Rachmaninov : Paganini, Corelli & Chopin Variations

Rachmaninov : Paganini, Corelli & Chopin Variations

Nikolai Lugansky, Sakari Oramo & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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For a Russian super virtuoso, Nikolai Lugansky seems to be a shy guy. That Lugansky is a Russian super virtuoso is a sure thing. His previous recordings have all stuck to the Russian super virtuoso repertoire of Rachmaninov and Prokofiev with some Chopin thrown in. And Lugansky's previous recordings have all been at their best when the repertoire is at its most super virtuosic. When the prestississimo double octaves are flashing and the fortississimo ten-finger chords are smashing, Nikolai Lugansky seems to be the super virtuosos heir to Horowitz.
But when it comes to emotion, you can count Lugansky out. In this disc of super virtuoso variations by the super emotional Rachmaninov, Lugansky rips through the hundreds of thousands of notes with aplomb and panache, but when he gets to the mushy stuff, Lugansky stiffens up. In the crash and rattle of the outer variations of the Paganini Rhapsody, Lugansky is brilliant. But in the gushy Variation No. 18 -- one of the great makeout pieces of music of all time -- Lugansky turns prudish and pulls back from the climax. Because the Corelli Variations are made of sterner stuff, Lugansky's shyness is no crime. But because the Chopin Variations are as lubricious as they are lugubrious, Lugansky seems less like the heir to the super emotional Horowitz than to a prom queen in a mosh pit. Warner's sound is clean, but not clean enough, and warm, but perhaps too warm.

© TiVo

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Rachmaninov : Paganini, Corelli & Chopin Variations

Nikolai Lugansky, Sakari Oramo & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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1
Rachmaninov : Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 : I Introduction
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
00:00:29

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Sakari Oramo, Conductor - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

2
Rachmaninov : Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 : II Variations 1 - 6
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
00:03:02

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Sakari Oramo, Conductor - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

3
Rachmaninov : Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 : III Variation 7
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
00:01:10

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Sakari Oramo, Conductor - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

4
Rachmaninov : Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 : IV Variations 8, 9
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
00:01:05

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Sakari Oramo, Conductor - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

5
Rachmaninov : Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 : V Variation 10
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
00:00:51

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Sakari Oramo, Conductor - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

6
Rachmaninov : Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 : VI Variation 11
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
00:01:20

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Sakari Oramo, Conductor - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

7
Rachmaninov : Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 : VII Variation 12
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
00:01:30

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Sakari Oramo, Conductor - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

8
Rachmaninov : Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 : VIII Variations 13 - 15
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
00:02:19

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Sakari Oramo, Conductor - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

9
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 : IX Variations No.16 & No.17
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
00:03:22

Sergei Rachmaninov, Composer - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Sakari Oramo, Conductor - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

10
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 18 (Andante cantabile)
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
00:02:46

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Sakari Oramo, Conductor - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2004 Warner Music UK Limited

11
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 : XI Variations No.19 - No.22
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
00:03:23

Sergei Rachmaninov, Composer - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Sakari Oramo, Conductor - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

12
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 23 (L'istesso tempo)
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
00:02:05

Sergei Rachmaninov, Composer - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Sakari Oramo, Conductor - Nikolai Lugansky, Piano, MainArtist

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

13
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42 : I Thema
Jean Chatauret
00:01:12

Sergei Rachmaninov, Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

14
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42 : II Variations 1, 2
Jean Chatauret
00:01:13

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

15
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42 : III Variation 3
Jean Chatauret
00:00:41

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

16
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42 : IV Variation 4
Jean Chatauret
00:01:07

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

17
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42 : V Variations 5 - 7
Jean Chatauret
00:01:09

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

18
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42 : VI Variation 8
Jean Chatauret
00:01:03

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

19
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42 : VII Variations 9 - 12
Jean Chatauret
00:02:55

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

20
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42 : VIII Variations 13 - 15
Jean Chatauret
00:04:55

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

21
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42 : IX Variations 16, 17
Jean Chatauret
00:01:36

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

22
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42 : X Variations 18 - 20 - Coda
Jean Chatauret
00:03:39

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

23
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22 : I Thema
Jean Chatauret
00:01:29

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

24
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22 : II Variations 1 - 6
Jean Chatauret
00:04:10

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

25
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22 : III Variations 7 - 10
Jean Chatauret
00:01:34

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

26
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22 : IV Variation 11
Jean Chatauret
00:01:31

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

27
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22 : V Variation 12
Jean Chatauret
00:02:34

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

28
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22 : VI Variation 13
Jean Chatauret
00:01:30

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

29
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22 : VII Variations 14, 15
Jean Chatauret
00:03:38

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

30
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22 : VIII Variations 16, 17
Jean Chatauret
00:02:48

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

31
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22 : IX Variation 18
Jean Chatauret
00:01:01

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

32
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22 : X Variations 19, 20
Jean Chatauret
00:02:18

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

33
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22 : XI Variation 21
Jean Chatauret
00:02:59

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

34
Rachmaninov : Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22 : XII Variation 22
Jean Chatauret
00:04:54

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Composer - Jean Chatauret, Producer, RecordingEngineer - Nikolai Lugansky, Solo Piano, MainArtist - Louis-Philippe Fourrez, AssistantEngineer

© 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK ℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK

Album review

For a Russian super virtuoso, Nikolai Lugansky seems to be a shy guy. That Lugansky is a Russian super virtuoso is a sure thing. His previous recordings have all stuck to the Russian super virtuoso repertoire of Rachmaninov and Prokofiev with some Chopin thrown in. And Lugansky's previous recordings have all been at their best when the repertoire is at its most super virtuosic. When the prestississimo double octaves are flashing and the fortississimo ten-finger chords are smashing, Nikolai Lugansky seems to be the super virtuosos heir to Horowitz.
But when it comes to emotion, you can count Lugansky out. In this disc of super virtuoso variations by the super emotional Rachmaninov, Lugansky rips through the hundreds of thousands of notes with aplomb and panache, but when he gets to the mushy stuff, Lugansky stiffens up. In the crash and rattle of the outer variations of the Paganini Rhapsody, Lugansky is brilliant. But in the gushy Variation No. 18 -- one of the great makeout pieces of music of all time -- Lugansky turns prudish and pulls back from the climax. Because the Corelli Variations are made of sterner stuff, Lugansky's shyness is no crime. But because the Chopin Variations are as lubricious as they are lugubrious, Lugansky seems less like the heir to the super emotional Horowitz than to a prom queen in a mosh pit. Warner's sound is clean, but not clean enough, and warm, but perhaps too warm.

© TiVo

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