Rachmaninoff Prelude Op 23 No 5

[slsherwoodwells]

..laughing very crazy...but 'sensual' would cover it, but thanks for the laugh ..to: Thepeckinator

[Helliott10]

14 people don't know real talent when this is played perfectly right in front of their face

[Xcalibur2795]

Wonderful

[Sylvia123ization]

Fantastic!

[Post4JM]

Great performance!!! I love the energy and passion....

[bishousuru]

en los 'tempos fortes' quizás mejor Berman, pero es la mejor interpretación de la 'parte piano' -y puede que en conjunto- que he visto en youtube.

[hahastandupcomedy]

Awesome! I love the way you did the last transition 'mad russian'

[tamcocar]

He performs this piece beautifully.

[emoftheriver]

Emminently more satisfying interpretation and performance IMO than that of either Horowitz or Lang Lang! Bravo. Clean, articulate, and unified in spirit and form.

[Helliott10]

@emoftheriver i absolutely agree

[Thepeckinator]

This rendition makes my balls tingle and gives me a big ol boner, I am inclined to believe that Rachmaninoff is using my nether-regions as a portal from the next realm, his tormented spirit living on - through my cock

[Envyazn]

@Thepeckinator ..thats one of the most interesting comments i've read in a while..

[bsharppianomajor]

Wonderful! Great performance; great performer. Wouldn't be drab if everyone spoke in the same monotone; likewise if everyone played in the same manner, expression and speed. I always ask myself ; what would the composer say of the performance?

[montana2063]

Marry me now...

[MrNathansMusic]

in my opinion, perfect. :)

[tys9569]

i love the way he plays the last few seconds of the peice

[aggrorulz]

This guy actually performs Chopin better than Richter. And This Sergei over here.. it is just so clear school example which I like the best. No bullshitting around, perfect rendition!

[gfdhdful]

I am learning this song now and I'm 14.This song is beautiful!!

[montana2063]

@gfdhdful @gfdhdful You're an idiot. This is the most selfish thing a man could ever do (from the composer and the pianist's perspective); that's why it's so beautiful. It is not proper and furthermore it is a negation of your own soul to learn this kinda of piece for the sake of others (ie posting about it on YouTube).

A true artist can be only selfish.

[PianoBart958]

Screw the pedal at 0:50... Without it, this would be the best performance of this piece, ever.

[gfdhdful]

I totally agree

[adele491]

Is this Nikolai Lugansky? Saw him playing in Paris and he is absolutely brilliant and his playing technique is very elegant and not too fast for once !!!

[TheJuanitoPianist]

LA MEJOR VERSIÓN, LEJOS.

[sola04]

lovely version of this piece. The emotion is so varied!

[DafniElissa]

and kinda sexy, too

[kuranosuke1968]

This is Rachmaninoff!!!

[ann03071874]

Thanks for uploading this, the other version has sound quality issues and for some reason that really pisses me off!

[Carskinify]

I listened to Rach playing this and to me he sounded like a novice compared to this.This is as good as it gets people.

[IBRAHIMpianist]

YEAH, I AGREE!!!

RUSSIAN PIANO SCHOOL IS THE BEST !!!

[winvio]

it looks very "HD"

tho it's 360p when i first saw it

[rockifythis]

Russians. 140% better than other musicians.

[1Thompsonmusic]

@rockifythis

They're not better at playing Britten. Why do fools like you keep up this bullshit on youtube??? STOP IT!!!!

[SuperSeabass11]

comment?lc=KJUyrKUMjgMcgVFEpGt­s4NJZjcYh6kG6wPbGyWbOy2w i commented and there's 34 thumbs up, but it's not at the top, why? weird.. help me be on the top, i love lugansky!

[raicho20]

Wow. Wish I could play like that!

[imsohornynwet]

oh i love this version

[cjwarcher]

Excellent! Wonderful clarity and superb nuances especially in the inner voices. I think Rachmaninoff would have been impressed... after all his friend Horowitz, who was a truly marvelous pianist, makes a blurred and indistinct effort at the same piece. Bravo, Maestro!

[bwinkled]

@cjwarcher you joke; "horowitz makes a blurred and indistinct effort at the same piece" r u nuts? this is like a student play compared to horowitz version

[sunamiassault]

@bwinkled lugansky pwned horowitz here

[1Thompsonmusic]

@sunamiassault

EY???? WHAT?? SHUT UP!!!

[bwinkled]

@sunamiassault you guys are nuts. lol no way is this better than horowitz and no way would rach be impressed with this

[sunamiassault]

@bwinkled indeed horowitz is always best.

[ezeemultimedia]

I like this rendition better than Rachmaninov's itself!

[expertcs1]

I love the way he apply his feelings to the piece of wonder music. Good job.

[PBGOGO123]

Very good ^^

[kingurfay]

these are human facial expressions, not monkey lang lang's...

[xavisancle22]

Extraordinario!

Definitivamente la perfección no es sólo cosa de máquinas.

La mejor obra de todas!!!

[rojorunner27]

my fave interpretation of this.

[whauk]

lugansky?

[sleepingdogable]

When will camera-men learn that I (hopefully we?) want to see the HANDS during the whole piece - the second part was especially well done, and they showed only his face...gah...

[pianochick1]

10 dislikes??? Really? Anyway, he's extremely incredible!! Love all his Rachmaninoff stuff!

[luasi8]

FANTABULOUS! FANTABULOUS! PIANIST

[bagatellissimo]

Really fantastic !!! Absolutely flawless !!! What a precise playing !!!

[taostoner1]

Artist doesn't get any credit?

[aliespirituzomg]

@taostoner1  It's Nikolai Lugansky!

[BaRToLoMaSi]

I dont know who is playing, but its so damn good!

[dspeev8]

@BaRToLoMaSi his name is Nikolai Lugansky

it's pretty beast :)

[SunShinesBlack]

well i think thats a question of taste, but I like that rendtion of Valentina Lisitsa a bit better, though this is beautiful as well. He plays some notes a bit slower.

[KitsunerJP]

lang land better troll

[pianinoplayer]

No matter how many different performances I hear I always come to the same opinion at the end. RUSSIAN PIANO SCHOOL IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the best performance of this piece. I practice it for several years now, still can not play it so well, and probably never will. Someone wrote below that he has some wrong notes???? Are you sure, perhaps we heard so many performances with wrong notes, that can not distinct the clean performance anymore. Anyway, txs to the uploader!!!

[DantewarheitAO]

@pianinoplayer He does have a few but it's no big deal

[ja234no]

@pianinoplayer absolutely correct , no oneever has played it comparabel

[Denleavy]

@pianinoplayer In all fairness this piece ain't exactly a walk in the park.

[taostoner1]

so precise

[SJM1977]

Outstanding, saw yow at the Usher Hall a couple of weeks, you were amazing. Truly brilliant demonstration of supreme technique. In spite of quite a lot of wrong notes...

[saimerec]

pianist? name? 

[MrBerguy123]

1. Nikolai Lugansky's RENDITION

2.Valentina Lisitsa's RENDITION

3.....

4....

12512612612651261.Lang Lang's RENDITION

[94jmcorrea]

@MrBerguy123 lol, that is so true

[AerykThomas]

He's fantastic! I love his intensity!

[zeck9111]

its amazing!

[Bjarkenator]

Its doable

absolutely



[utki17]

its awfully difficult piece .... i've tried it for 2 years...

i finally gave up !

[alperloos]

I'm so sad that the end is cut just before the applause.

He deserved it :)

[Firestoner46]

@alperloos For some reason i always find applause the biggest anti-climax of a piece.. Has nothing to do with lack of respect from my side... Just that.. The sound of people clapping their hands is aweful compared to the sound of music...

[aslan2100]

@Firestoner46 have you ever received a huge applause? i don't think so because if you had you wouldn't say that

[Firestoner46]

@aslan2100 No I haven't actually received it but to be clear; even Vladimir Horowitz hated the applause noise and Maria Joao Pires doesn't allow people clapping in between pieces! Only at the beginning/end of the concert. I guess i'm not alone here :).

[OriginalBasaliskos]

@Firestoner46 Really? I like the applause? Whenever I'm listening to digital recordings it just doesn't feel complete unless I hear clapping at the end. It almost feels as if it ends to abruptly.

[LaurentziuRo2010]

GREAT music !

[IronHorse4642]

Thanks for the irritating digital clip in the first half second.

[TheTradge]

IMHO, Lugansky is the best Rachmaninov player around - I've never heard an interpretation of this prelude that I've been so affected by!

[mcrettable]

this left me speechless.. like most of his playing

[WECantThink]

@mcrettable But not typeless! hoho

[mcrettable]

@WECantThink you're so clever

[dtau2]

Perfect performance !! Bravo !!

[freestylerSE]

I dislike the one who dislike this ....

[Chateaubriand26]

Des doigts de fer, très impressionant, et intéressant.

[Ashaper96]

BEST PLAY

[dagadbm]

wow... he brings out so much melodies in the middle section. AMAZING!

[matheusbarrel]

what is that ? i never see that way. brilhante

[mnah001]

Great! I enjoyed listening to this very much. Thank you.

[archfrienemies]

looks like he busted a load in his pants at 1:17

[ronleenick]

Incomparable clarity.Best rendition I've heard.

[ayberktokmak]

This man is Rachmaninov himself

[ronleenick]

Love the way the camera is close so you can see him hit every key and does he ever! I could listen to this all day.

[1993allende]

Lugansky = win

[NightShadeslayer]

DAAAAYYYYUUMMMM

[dtao12]

Excellent! Am learning this piece gradually and really enjoy Lugansky's straightforward, expressive but "unaffected" (i.e., not overly emotive), powerful and accurate rendition. Saw him play Rach 3rd Concerto live 2 years ago and it was tremendous.

[aida2594]

He is one of the best interpretators of Rachmaninoff music.I respect what he is doing,and what regards to interpretation of such pianists as Lisitsa or Lang Lang,I really think that this versions are awful,they both don't understand Rachmaninoff's music.They play themselves not the music

[94jmcorrea]

:O... look at the size of his fingers!

[berguy12312]

@239Nicks actually my teacher said first octave finger number 1 4 next octave 2 5 next octave 1 4 next one 2 5.

[239Nicks]

@berguy12312 it's quiet tricky to play octave fast with 1-4 fingers ;-) not every pianist have huge hands.

[ashleyhold]

Yes this is excellent - I've heard Lugansky play ach's Lullaby beatifully too.

[berguy12312]

in my sheets the part in 0:36 is legato, is that right or is my sheets wrong

i've watched the versions of Kissin Valentine and this guy nobody is doing legato in that part

[239Nicks]

@berguy12312 they're playing it legato

it's an octave, you can't play it legato in the same way as a single note

[gooner0121]

Velentina Lisitsa 's version is the best in my opinion. Nonetheless, this is a good.

[morigonpapa]

nice!!

[kyoutojun]

Good job!

[Sayo7MaE]

Beautiful version, I like this one and the Evgeny Kissin's one as well.

[adrianchadros]

superb !!!



[kuranosuke1968]

This is the best!!!

[IsDaWeEm]

so much better than lang lang!

[athandir1]

Még Rachmaninovnak is tetszene Lugansky stílusa.

Annyira kifinomult, elegáns és dallamos, határozott a játéka.

[Firestoner46]

Nikolai Lugansky

[GermanoDeppe]

Wonderful interpretation

[aawpiano2007]

just can't understand the 9 ppl who disliked this. best version ever heard. can't stop listening to it ...

[Firestoner46]

I love the way he bends time, pauses and still keeps the beat up!

What a marvellous pianist!!!

[alcaloidedesplantes]

Best accurrate sequence of chord for this. Also my fav. interpretation as far.

[SuperSeabass11]

THE.BEST.RENDITION.OF.ALL.I'VE­.HEARD.

WONDERFUL!! :)

[Elicgt]

Most beautiful middle section I've ever heard.

[BalletCava]

His interpretation is a little similar to that of Gilel's. I like it. Love both of their playing. This is breath taking!

[CSPlayerDamon]

@BalletCava True. This video just has better quality and the personal touch of Lugansky. Both of them are amazing.

[BalletCava]

@CSPlayerDamon Yep! The setting is perfect!

[CSPlayerDamon]

Always great to see someone play the piano like there's no tomorrow.

[scottdotjazzman]

Lugansky has got to be one of the most musical pianists I have ever studied. His melodies are ALWAYS there, and his interpretation of the score is very consistent. Incredible.

[Giocucaio90]

i think this is the best... Lisitsa has a good playing but she goes too fast: the diction is "alla marcia" that is to say "as a march" and Lugansky is linked to that!

[Giocucaio90]

i think this is the best... Lisitsa has a good playing but she goes too fast: the diction is "alla marcia" that is to say "as a march" and Lugansky is the linked to that!

[xjhunt]

valentinas and his interpretations are excellent. he plays more clear and valentina plays with more emotions. but...both are excellent. my opinion!

[keepthemusicguyz]

lugansky is better... lisitsa don't have the same technique and power together (this is the difficult)... it seems that sometimes she doesn't play, with so much lightness... and nikolai is also more expressive then valentina

[monkeydude512]

very crisp and clear articulation. i really enjoyed this interpretation. one little thing that bothered me, however, was the small overuse or rubato right before the melodic section. the small pauses makes you lose the pulse a little sometimes.

[Imxtoeknee]

great interpretation!

this piece always reminded me of some sort of a grumpy pirate

[danckoful]

SPETTACOLO IMPECCABILE !

[lllllllllllllll88]

That's amazing that he can play this so fast since tihs piece is so darn difficult. I play it much slower. lol

[kurniawan4000]

a performer is commended for his ability to deliver... and apparently, Nikolai did it modestly. Not many could execute it subliminally. Virtuosic

[Blackwhite2277]

He has a high level technique, and love for the music, I like it, it´s a good combination

[1of3muskateers]

This is my favorite interpretation so far. Very well done.

[MegaTomco]

very very good!! its better then lisitsa s version!!!!!!

[pianor91]

@MegaTomco I'd have to disagree.

[juanmaaveiro16]

@pianor91 me too... He plays excellent but I like Lisitsa's better

[juanmaaveiro16]

@MegaTomco I agree with pianor91 Lisitsa's version is better

[erosennin4203]

Fa-lip he's good.

[msh1348]

Simply the best I have ever heard. Beautifully played.

[Pianista061292]

Excellent performance! It's like a tango!

[hellomate639]

@Pianista061292

It's a MARCH. I see what you mean, but I never want to imagine this piece like that, ever.............

[user975bg]

Amazing! I am enchanted!

Bravo!

[misstomatomama]

Simply fabulous. One of the best I've heard. Bravo!

[Smeagollum86]

i think you should mention the pianist's name somewhere - i know who he is but for other people

[bordone32]

BRAVO

[SilverD1000]

Beautiful! Love the interpretation! Keep playing and thankyou

[TheLovelyPiano]

He is AWESOME! I'm working on this piece, and it is very difficult. Have to start very, very slooooow, folks, if you want to master this one.

He's very handsome too! This is a wonderful video, and thanks for posting.

[SilverD1000]

@TheLovelyPiano Really? How far are you, Im also relearning it now. Learnt it in the 10th grade, but i ddnt play it well.

[npximenez]

LOVE the interpretation. Thank you.

[yllasnamzug]

IMPRESSIVE!

[K189T]

One word: Perfection.

[stilldasayme]

This is kind of the golden mean between Gilel's and Richter's...especially for the pedal work.

[10167898]

wow!!!!!!!

[kmux1]

Perfect!

[84036980]

Nikolai Lugansky.