Lugansky - Rachmaninoff, 10 Preludes, Op. 23 - Live

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) 10 Preludes, Op. 23 (1901, 1903) Nikolai Lugansky, Live - église de verbier, 2017 Verbier Festival [0:00] No. 1 in F♯ minor. Largo [3:25] No. 2 in B♭ major. Maestoso [7:00] No. 3 in D minor. Tempo di minuetto [10:43] No. 4 in D major. Andante cantabile [15:25] No. 5 in G minor. Alla marcia [19:25] No. 6 in E♭ major. Andante [22:24] No. 7 in C minor. Allegro [24:48] No. 8 in A♭ major. Allegro vivace [27:58] No. 9 in E♭ minor. Presto [29:51] No. 10 in G♭ major. Largo “The young composer’s marriage in May of 1902 and the impending birth of the couple’s first child may have contributed to this amazingly fertile period, a creative re-emergence after the devastating failure of his First Symphony in 1895. In less than three years time he had completed his Second Piano Concerto, the Second Suite for Two Pianos, and the Cello Sonata. The Op. 23 Preludes, with thei