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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Songs Without Words, Op. 19 00:00 No. 1 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Songs Without Words, Op. 38 04:14 No. 6 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Songs Without Words, Op. 67 06:47 6. Allegretto non troppo 09:21 2. Allegro leggiero Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Songs Without Words, Op. 85 12:15 4. Andante sostenuto in D major Frédéric Chopin, Nocturnes, Op. 27 16:03 No. 2 in D flat major 22:33 Frédéric Chopin, Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 Richard Wagner/Nikolai Lugansky, Four scenes from Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), piano transcription 34:13 Siegfried and Brünnhilde duet 41:12 Siegfried’s journey on the Rhine 46:21 Funeral march 54:08 Brünnhilde’s final song 1:01:09 Richard Wagner/Franz Liszt, Liebestod from “Tristan und Isolde“ Sergei Rachmaninov, Preludes, Op. 32 1:09:34 No. 5 in G major 1:13:36 Sergei Rachmaninov, 12 Romances, Op. 21, No. 5: Lilacs Cast Nikolai Lugansky — Pianist Program notes “Not simply the most wonderful Russian pianist of modern times, [but also] one of the most outstanding artists of our epoch“ (Le Monde), fiery piano virtuoso Nikolai Lugansky makes his anticipated return to the Verbier Festival with a program of high Romantic emotions! After a selection of Mendelssohn’s supremely lyrical Songs without Words, Lugansky performs Chopin’s Nocturne in D-flat, Op. 27, No. 2 — perhaps the dreamiest and most moonlit of them all — and swooning, stormy Ballade No. 4, then moves on to a second half devoted to Wagner, all selections from his 2024 album named one of the best of the year by Gramophone: formidable transcriptions of scenes from Götterdämmerung (by Lugansky himself) and of the immortal Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde (by Liszt). Venue: Verbier Church (Verbier, Switzerland) Broadcast date: Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 10:00 AM
