Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (1909)
Nikolai Lugansky, soloist
Yuri Simonov conducting Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic, 2022
Tchaikovsky Hall
Moscow Philharmonic Society
I.
[0:00] Expos. - Theme 1 (Allegro ma non tanto)
[3:25] Expos. - Theme 2 (Moderato)
[4:01] Expos. - Theme 2 (espressivo)
[6:56] Dev. - Theme 1 (Tempo I)
[10:55] Cadenza - Theme 1 (Allegro molto)
[13:36] Cadenza - Theme 2 (Moderato)
[15:24] Recap. - (Tempo I)
II.
[17:17] Intermezzo. Theme (Adagio)
[20:11] Var. 1 (a tempo)
[21:24] Var. 2 (a tempo, più mosso)
[22:23] Episode (Più vivo - Adagio)
[23:29] Var. 3 (a tempo, più mosso - maestoso)
[25:44] Episode (Poco più mosso - 3/8 fast waltz)
[26:59] Theme reprise (Meno mosso)
III.
[28:53] Finale. Theme 1 (Alla breve)
[30:18] Theme 2 (Più mosso - 30:58 Meno mosso)
Mid section - developing mvt. 1 theme 2, & some mvt. 3 themes:
[32:17] Var. 1 (Scherzando - Più vivo)
[34:10] Var. 2 (Meno mosso)
[35:47] Var. 3 (Lento)
[36:51] Var. 4 (or Var. 3a. a tempo come prima)
[38:02] Reprise - Theme 1 (Tempo I)
[39:35] Reprise - Theme 2 (Più mosso - 40:12 Più vivo)
[40:51] Coda - Theme 1 (Vivace)
[41:56] Coda - Theme 2 (Vivacissimo - Presto)
"[…] Chronologically the Third Piano Concerto belongs to the period described in Russia as the Silver Age. However, as a counterbalance to the centrifugal tendencies of this artistic period, the main creative thrust in Rachmaninov’s work is centripetal and the centre is in fact the Russian person, with all the spiritual and emotional attributes and intrinsic elements of that symbolic person. In the Third Piano Concerto, national traits are enveloped in a European virtuoso style but this style is interpreted in a more Russian way which is particularly effective. When we combine this with the deep personal nature of his musical expression, we can see that this work reflects not simply the power of the Russian style but also the lyricism of personal emotion. “
- Leonid Gakkel
