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Richard Wagner: Famous Opera Scenes
Wagner’s genius is often associated with his unique feeling for orchestration. Yet the transcriptions and paraphrases for piano solo recorded here lay bare the beauty and boldness of his harmonic language, with an evocative power unrivalled at the time. Nikolai Lugansky, at once narrator and virtuoso, immerses us in a world where the heroes of legend tell us – and with what loftiness of spirit! – of the torments and aspirations of humanity.
Das Rheingold 1: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla
Die Walküre 2: Magic Fire Music
Götterdämmerung 3: Brünnhilde and Siegfried’s love duet | Siegfried's Rhine Journey | Siegfried's Funeral March | Brünnhilde's Immolation
Parsifal 4: Transformation Music & Finale
Tristan und Isolde 5: Isolde's Liebestod
Nikolai Lugansky, Steinway piano, model D "Edward"
Transcriptions: L. Brassin (1-2) | N. Lugansky (1-3-4) | F. Mottl (4) | Z. Kocsis (4) | F. Liszt (5)
Gramophone Magazine
May 2024
Editor's Choice
May 2024
Lugansky deploys his technical magic – in particular, his sense of colour, his phrasing and his ability to illuminate key details within the most cluttered textures – less to wow the audience than to capture the depth and ambiguity of the dramatic moment.
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