Tag Archives: Nikolai Lugansky

Poetic Rachmaninov from Lugansky, but Rouvali’s Swan Lake not always on pointe

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Rouvali/ Philharmonia Royal Festival Hall, 3rd November 2019 “See the music, hear the dance.” Few have encapsulated the relationship between dance and music as deftly as the great choreographer George Balanchine. Presenting ballet scores in concert raises issues. Liberated from … Continue reading →

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In Paris, Lugansky and Abduraimov reveal Rachmaninov the poet and the lover

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

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 … Continue reading →

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Prom 70: Vivid storytelling in softened Russian accents from the St Petersburg Philharmonic

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov/ St Petersburg Philharmonic/ Temirkanov **** Royal Albert Hall, 7th September 2015 I’m not sure where Sinbad was sailing to in the St Petersburg Philharmonic’s Prom last night, but he sure wanted to get there in a hurry. … Continue reading →

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