Rachmaninov Week-end: Kochanovsky/ Orchestre de Paris
Philharmonie 1, Paris, 28th April 2019
The members of a relay team often have different strengths. For this second Orchestre de Paris leg of the Philharmonie’s Rachmaninov Weekend concerto marathon, Denis Matsuev – who had pounded through the opening night – passed on the baton to Nikolai Lugansky and Behzod Abduraimov for the First and Second Concertos respectively, the former also dispatching a mercurial Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. It was an altogether more enjoyable concert, often superb, aided by anchorman Stanislav Kochanovsky on the podium.
Nikolai Lugansky
© Marco Borggreve
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