Lugansky - Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ค. 2024
- Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 (1913, 1924)
Nikolai Lugansky, soliste
Marko Letonja conducting l’Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, 2019
I.
[0:00] Theme 1. G minor - Andantino (narrante)
[3:35] Theme 2. A minor - Allegretto (con eleganza)
[6:06] Dev. - Cadenza (dolce - espressivo 6:52 - precipitato 8:39 - pesante 8:48 - con affetto 9:12 - colossale 9:30 - con tutta forza 11:12)
[11:15] Recap. (Andantino)
[13:00] II. Scherzo. Vivace (perpetuum mobile)
[15:42] III. Intermezzo. Allegro moderato
IV. Finale
[23:17] Allegro tempestoso
[24:45] Meno mosso - Cadenza 25:49 - Prolation canon 27:14
[28:31] Allegro
[29:35] Moderato (Cadenza) - Andante
[33:33] Allegro tempestoso
“What would be the ideal way to compose a concerto? It occurred to me today that it would certainly be interesting for a pianist to be presented with a concerto that had its origin in a technically challenging sonata and subsequently been transformed into a concerto. The solo part would be bound to be interesting pianistically, while the sonata itself would benefit by the reinforcement and embellishment of a skillfully added orchestral texture. Brilliant idea! … I do have a nice Sonata in A minor, also a perfectly good C minor Sonata, and suppose I were to put together a crisp little concerto from that? …”
Diaries of Sergey Prokofiev, 1912 - เพลง
Lungasky is probably the best pianist of our time. There are others who come very very close, but there’s something about how he understands and expresses all the changes that never feel forced, rushed or drag.
truly truly incredible musicianship
A masterclass on 'how to project your sound as a solo pianist on stage'
I hope one day you understand how microphones and their placement work.
@@78625amginEexcept Lugansky actually is amazing in making solid, powerful sound.
Yes their mic placement makes piano sound more present even /w orchestra but you gotta actually try go to his concerts. He’s really something.
10:03 gives me chills every time
YES!
Moi aussi
@@Ferdinand3141
Unreal
when the horns come in the next minute it's absolutely tremendous
This is THE BEST performance of this composition that I have ever heard. Lugansky has studied and perfected his interpretation of this. Jaw-dropping.
Agreed. There’s emphasis on the harmony and figures of the left hand which are not heard in other interpretations and which provides the richness of the piece.
Yuja's interpretation is as good as this one I think. More instinctive maybe
More mad, or madder, and show-off-y, to my taste. She does bring out counter notes also.
Θαυμα
I honestly feel like this one isn’t as good as Yuja Wang’s or Toradze
if we forget for a second about Lugansky, the fact that THE PIANO takes all this and still be in one piece is something to mention. god bless the steinways I guess.
We can thank Beethoven and Liszt for beating the tar out of the manufacturers’ first offerings.
I’ve listened to this 5 times in a day and god, it’s amazing! I can’t describe it.
There is other great music to enjoy. Try some Mahler.
@@markrubin9449 oh yes, Mahler’s amazing. 6th symphony is my my favorite.
@@coleb.t.6905 Prokofiev's 2nd piano concerto. Mahler 6. You have great taste.
@@randomness7778 my favorite composers are Rachmaninoff, Brahms, and Mahler.
The Brahms symphonies and concertos and sonatas and chamber music. (For all instruments) I mean he didn’t write anything bad. The same for Rachmaninoff coincidentally. And every Mahler symphony is amazing, my top three are 2, 6, and 5.
Listen to concert Rachmaninoff 3 :)
11:01
This is my first time ever hearing the end of this cadenza played in a way that’s actually intelligible/understandable to the listener… 🤯
What a cadenza! Only Prokofiev could.
Enchanted Wanderer - - from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU
Oh, and Lugansky absolutely nails this piece. I really like his interpretations of the great russian composers.
He's a monster (in the good sense) crushing challenges like this with such a class
The playing on the cadenza is amazingly clear. Incredible.
It’s just so hard to put into words the terror and wonder and beauty that you hear when listening to the cadenza build into the horn entrance in the first movement. I can only imagine that it’s the equivalent to watching a nuclear explosion. Listened to Wei Luo play this live just last night.
Build up is like startup ignition of doomsday machine
The Perfect Storm.
This is so amazing, I've recently fallen in love with Prokofiev's pieces. The sound is like no other, utterly unique.
he was an utter virtuoso from birth pretty much. his dissonance, his harmonies, all the works of a true madman
F. Chiu recorded (almost) everything Prokofiev wrote for piano. Check that out if you haven't already, there are so many amazing pieces.
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@@carlbrann5810 what would you recommend to a prokofiev beginner?
@@MrFunky10scherzo op 10 #12, first symphony, third piano sonata, second piano sonata, fifth symphony
there literally isn’t one occasion where lugansky plays poorly. once his fingers reach the keys he creates art, it’s unbelievable!
kinda lying man 26:51, overall though he play fantastical.
I found out that’s part of the piece damn you prof
@@balladin9200 no that is not poor playing at all. its human playing.
It’s amazing what the top of the world class brings us.
ahhahhhahhh i totally agree with you this man is absolutely magical
A raw and expansive piece by the 19 year old Prokofiev . . unbelievable brilliance by Lugansky and the orchestra!
Not 19, he rewrote this piece later on (I believe in his late 20s)
This revised version is from 32-year old Prokofiev
He wrote it for the first time when he was 20 years old, but the notes were lost and he recreated it in 1932.
6:08 greatest piano concerto cadenza of all time
Agreed couldn't find any cadenza better than that one
Yes
Rach 3 is also great, be careful.
Rach 3 entered the chat
Any recommends for great cadenza other than this and rach3?
Damn, Prokofiev wrote some complicated music: technically and compositionally.
Lugansky doesn't blink an eye in the middle of some of the most technically difficult music ever written
and he plays them all: Rach 3rd, Prokofieff 3rd, etc.
He is probably one of the best technicians out there and such a quiet demeanor.
If you lose your cool in the middle of them, you've screwed right? Russian pianism is so beautiful because there's just an immense level of control that you very rarely see outside of it (ex: Michelangeli). I love watching this amazing control of movements and tone... this is perfect pianism.
@@deathdragin7180 Russian artists are taken away from their family if they are prodigies and live at conservatories.
While this seems mean, Russia fosters the arts and people adapt!
I prefer to live in America where families are honored, but art is art is art . . . . .!
@@leoinsf I was told by my Ukrainian teacher that those who went through such thorough education over there may not always choose piano for the rest of their life, but if they want to the highest level of repertoire such as Rach 3 is an open door with their skillsets. It's incredible, and can't be any more different from over here in North America!
'Orgasmic' 1st movmt cadenza!!! Stunningly masterful performance!
I'd rather think of it as "apocalyptic".
wow this is the best version of prokofiev piano concerto no.2 so much powerful and control just speechless
No words. Lugansky is great 👍
Overwhelming and terrifying and passionate and petrifying, but no words can describe the feeling I get at the end of the 1st movement cadenza. Entire body in chills! Wow wow wow
You perfectly described exactly how I feel at the same place in the piece. Thank you.
Nuclear bomb
Agreed. The 1st movement cadenza is a masterpiece of emotional build up and declaration ! To be crowned off with the joining in of the full orchestra into a monstrous culmination.
I'm seriously in tears at how beautiful this is..
A revelation for those who enjoy Prokofiev's Piano Concertos.
What did you think of the second mvt? Sounded a bit out of sync the first half to me..
He’s simply brilliant!!!
Well done! excellent tempo 1st movement. Very unfortunately: two ads during the last 4 minutes of the first movement - TH-cam needs a lesson in classical music.
Prokofiev was a genius!!!!
11:20 Epic moment.
Fuck yes.
goosebumps every fucking time
This is one of best climaxes of all musical pieces!
Totally.
24:20 even the camera is shaking. This bloke has some serious muscle
Am I a philistine for preferring Yujas performance? Hers felt more precise yet at the same time more emotive.
Prokofiev, alluring you into his magic world of sound and dynamics - oustandingly performed, esp. the last movement!
Bravo maestro Prokofiev, maestro Lugansky and maestro Marko Letonja. What a calm Lugansky has.. even through this concerto. Marvellous playing.
This has quickly become my favourite version especially the 1st movt.
Luganskiy is russian pianist and he is playing russian composers better then anybody in the world what is the kind of feeling, it is awesome bravissimo he is real Master GREAT!!!!!!!
No doubt Lugansky is the best interpreter of Prokofiev of our time.
I just finished listening to this version by Lugansky and I was amazed. I listened to him more for his rachmaninovs... but I finished listening to this concert with a big smile, bravo!!!
When Luganskiy play Chaikovskij it is awesome incredable
hello!! I will hear it.
Regards!!!
Indescribable, jaw dropping, there are no words in any language to describe this breathtaking performance!!!
Эта музыка заставляет думать, погружаться в самые глубины души. Луганский браво! Передал все тонкости каждой нотки!
❤️ точнее и не скажешь
i love this piece, so many great moments
Мощно,страстно,полное погружение в музыку.Браво, Николай.
I know the Prokofjew concertos quite well, but Im really surprised. This is wonderful. the best record of the 2nd. The reduced tempi allow a new transparency and understanding of an offen-heard opus.
Beyond incredible
Cadenza is colossal! Not virtuose! Love it!!!
In fact Prokofiev writes in the direction in the first movement 'colossale'...
@@roku401 Yep, I was gonna say the same. Just goes to show how COLOSSAL this piece is, that you can just HEAR the colosasal-ness to it.
Hauntingly beautiful performance. Perfection.
Mind-bending work and performance. I had to look up a word to describe Prokofiev and this concerto and it's iconoclast. And what the hell at 11:20 like a monster swoops in. Stunning!
my piano teacher has played this before (i havent seen her personally) and so i looked it up.....
dam shes a lot better than i realized
Another universe
This is so powerful! Such a delightful statement in the beginning becomes a dramatic emotional surge towards the end of the first movement that is hard not to get drowned by Prokofiev feelings when he wrote this piece
Frighteningly beautiful.
Impossible beauty, performed masterfully by both soloist and orchestra. Absolutely mesmerizing! Thank you 🙏
In awe with this performance of this masterpiece.
Epic and beatiful piece!
Талантливо исполнен Прокофьев!Огромное спасибо!❤❤❤
The phrase that begins at 30:16 is just so compelling. Lugansky!
Breathtaking ❤
Beyond incredible... this is the piece that personifies the amazing reach and possibilitiy of the piano for me and shows off its beauty above all.
Bravo! Lugansky is my favourite pianist and I am always deeply touched by his playing.
Es una tempestad de emociones lo que provoca este concierto, intenso y dramático, casi absurdo, pero con un lirismo e intimidad desbordante. Bendito Prokofiev y Lugansky!!
Real
Amazing performance by Lugansky and the orchestra! Reminds me of the colosal recording of this piece by Ashkenazy, Previn and the LSO (also available on youtube)
Beginning of 1st mvt. YUM ~~~~~~~~ beginning of Finale ~ YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM!!!!! Love it
Beatiful performance!
Brouhhh chaire de poule, littéralement subjugué, quelle performance.
Lugansky est le meilleur pianiste c'est un truc de dingue
One of my all time favourite pieces. I can dive into it and find more and more depths. This time I took a speciel interest in the development from the first to the third movement. It's an internal dialogue between the 1st and 3rd, while the breathtakingly fast 2nd separates them like a brainstorm.
Felicitaciones! Al gran pianista talentoso de Lugansky por su enorme virtuosismo en la ejecución de este magnífico y complejo concierto. Esta excelente composición de S. Prokofiev demuestra la grandiosa música de la vieja y zarista Rusia. Bendiciones desde México!!!
That cadenza dropped harder than my grades
When I started listening to this, I wasn't sure I would like the slower tempo of the first three movements than other versions I've heard. But it allows Lugansky to really bring out the subtleties of the piece. Thanks for uploading!
Excellent piano-playing.
Es ist diese Versöhnung (mit wem, sei dahingestellt), die Solist und Orchester hier, musikalisch-interpretatorisch wie -filmisch uns Wenig-Vieles nahelegen. "Ich will nix von dir, aber ich möchte von dir mehr wollen". Eine Grundeinstellung der Demut, vor allem in Gestik und Dirigat Letonjas, die der Musik einmal mehr erweist, dass wir im Grunde nichts wissen. Sehr schön und am Herzen liegend.
BAP brought me here. Enjoyed greatly!
So powerful
Bravo! I think is the most difficult concerto for piano.
No check corrigliano's , feinberg , reger in f min , ginastera's ,lutoslavisky's or even rautavaara 2 but this is breathtaking
@@lucaslorentz yeah this is so good
Rachmaninoff 3
@@gdkabsbdkwkwm4187 even prok 2 is already harder then rach 3 y do people think rach 3 is the hardest
@@lucaslorentz It’s probably the most difficult concerto of those that are more mainstream, so many people think it’s the most difficult.
Magnifique
I've never forget the joy of getting hold of the LP box set of John Browning playing all 5 of Prokofiev's wonderful piano concertos back in the 1970s. Also obtaining Aldo Ciccolini's LP box set of all 5 piano concertos of Saint-Saens. Happy days!
What a beast in that cadenza, geez
Thats powerfull
Wow!! Even better than the one given at the Proms long ago.
mi ha consigliato questo pezzo un mio amico... grazie Danirockstar
This and Prokofiev's 3rd concerto must be some of the most physically demanding concertos in the classic repertoire.
Concerto for solo piano Alkan, 5 concerto Prokofiev, 3 concerto Rachmaninov, 2 concerto Bramhs harder then your List
Unhappy boy than*, also who cares
The 2nd is harder and more demanding than the 3rd imo, but they are both up there. The 2nd movement in this concerto is absolute hell to play, and the Cadenza is a beast as well.
@@joshuahart153 I agree. The 2nd is harder than the 3rd
@@dallinfullmer3073 -- Wow! What does that even Mean??
rach 3,medtner 2 and this was the best concerto i've ever heard
Best 1st movement ever
Este distinguido pianista, uno de los mas grandes, domina un tremendo repertorio de obras.
It’s my go-to performance!
So we should praise that fire
Genial!
Maintaining such a very strong power, even at such a distinct tempo, while making every possible line in that first movement cadenza play their part, especially for this concerto is not one of the things that you can simply master. It's the main reason why I listen to him.
Yes! The piano finally sounding as clear as it should in the most intense passages, which tend to physically limit other pianists, the result being that the music is not as effectively transmitted. Obviously piano keyboard sizes play its part. But this is an amazing reading!
Wow wow you are amazing
Indeed, The Perfect Storm!
Bravo！！！！！
These ads are so disturbing :((
mesmerizing！
The intense stare of the concertmaster 😂🥹🥹
Sublime.
Awesome!
Bravo. Shikarno, amazing. Molodetz diadia
I feel bad for the piano being played on! Excellent piece, orchestra, and soloist!
Piano is lucky... why do you feel bad for it?
Great!!!
Genius!!
Perfect tempo
I love Prokofiev
Check out Harlow Robinson's biography.
One of the best cadenzas in romantic repertoire.
Not at all romantic
Especially the part starting at 9:31 - stunningly gorgeous & emotionally searing - I never tire of it!
This is not romantic music lol