NIKOLAI LUGANSKY The Verbier Festival Debut Recital 2006 | Deutsche Grammophon

Pianist Nikolai Lugansky made his historic debut at the Verbier Festival in 2006. The programme contained virtuosic renditions of mainstays by Chopin and Rachmaninoff, a performance of the Scherzo from Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in Rachmaninoff’s piano version, Liszt’s “La Campanella” and, last but not least, Bach’s " Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring" from Cantata 147 in Myra Hess’s moving transcription. The concert is now released on our joint label Verbier Festival Gold.

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