Richard Wagner: Famous Opera Scenes
Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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...
Richard Wagner: Famous Opera Scenes
Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
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Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Editor's Choice
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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...
About
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.
Contents and tracklist
- Arr. for Piano by Louis Brassin & Nikolai Lugansky
- Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
- Arr. for Piano by Louis Brassin
- Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
- Arr. for Piano by Nikolai Lugansky
- Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
- Arr. for Piano by Felix Mottl, Nikolai Lugansky & Zoltán Kocsis
- Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
- Arr. for Piano by Franz Liszt
- Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineMay 2024Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards2025Nominated - Solo Instrument
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.
