Nikolai Lugansky - The Verbier Festival Debut Recital 2006 (2024)

Pianist Nikolai Lugansky made his historic debut at the Verbier Festival in 2006. The programme contained virtuosic renditions of mainstays by Chopin and Rachmaninoff, a performance of the Scherzo from Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in Rachmaninoff’s piano version, Liszt’s “La Campanella” and, last but not least, Bach’s " Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring" from Cantata 147 in Myra Hess’s moving transcription. The concert is now released on our joint label Verbier Festival Gold.

Tracklist:
01 Chopin: Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45. Sostenuto (Live)
02 Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: I. Allegro maestoso (Live)
03 Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: II. Scherzo. Molto vivace (Live)
04 Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: III. Largo (Live)
05 Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: IV. Finale. Presto non tanto (Live)
06 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 1 in B-Flat Minor. Andantino (Live)
07 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 2 in E-Flat Minor. Allegretto (Live)
08 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 3 in B Minor. Andante cantabile (Live)
09 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 4 in E Minor. Presto (Live)
10 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36: I. Allegro agitato (Live)
11 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36: II. Non allegro. Lento (Live)
12 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36: III. Allegro molto (Live)
13 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, Op.33: No. 8 in G Minor. Moderato (Live)
14 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61, MWV M 13 (arr. for piano by S. Rachmaninoff): I. Scherzo (Live)
15 Franz Liszt: Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141: No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor "La Campanella" (Live)
16 Franz Liszt:: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 (Arr. For Piano By Dame Myra Hess): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Live)