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Nikolai Lugansky - Tchaikovsky: Grand Sonata & The Seasons (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time - 81:26 minutes | 1.94 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time - 81:26 minutes | 1.94 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet
Incredibly, despite several solo recordings dedicated to Russian composers, this new recording is award-winning artist Nikolai Lugansky’s first Tchaikovsky recital on record. Though less well-known than his operas or his orchestral compositions, Tchaikovsky’s piano music nonetheless contains essential works, such as the 'The Seasons' cycle and the 'Grand Sonata', featured here. Composed at a period of crisis in the composer‘s personal life, they illustrate two quite different aspects of his style: on the one hand we have the fashionable worldliness of 'The Seasons', pieces that almost belong to the genre of salon music; on the other, we see him ambitiously grappling with the classical sonata, in the tradition of his illustrious predecessors, Liszt, Schumann, Chopin.
For Nikolai Lugansky, whom Gramophone has called “‘the most trailblazing and meteoric performer of all”, this recording is like “having a new encounter with Tchaikovsky, almost like falling in love with someone new…ever since the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1994 I haven’t played any of the pieces that I performed back then – apart from the Concertos. Nearly all the solo works I played in the Competition, including the Grand Sonata, had dropped out of my repertoire – I don’t know why. With The Seasons, it’s the same thing: I’d studied four of the twelve Seasons – it’s very rewarding music to play. And what’s surprising is that these two works are both from his Opus 37; they were composed during the same period.”
TRACKLIST
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37, TH 139
1 I. Moderato e risoluto 14:55
2 II. Andante non troppo quasi moderato 10:14
3 III. Scherzo. Allegro giocoso 03:02
4 IV. Finale. Allegro vivace 06:59
The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135
5 No. 1 in A Major, January. By the Hearth 05:53
6 No. 2 in D Major, February. The Carnival 02:56
7 No. 3 in G Minor, March. Song of the Lark 02:36
8 No. 4 in B-Flat Major, April. Snowdrop 02:52
9 No. 5 in G Major, May. White Nights 04:56
10 No. 6 in G Minor, June. Barcarolle 04:59
11 No. 7 in E-Flat Major, July. Reaper's Song 01:51
12 No. 8 in B Minor, August. The Harvest 03:39
13 No. 9 in G Major, September. The Hunt 02:52
14 No. 10 in D Minor, October. Autumn Song 05:36
15 No. 11 in E Major, November. On the Troika 03:19
16 No. 12 in A-Flat Major, December. Christmas 04:47
PERSONNEL
Nicolai Lugansky, piano
foobar2000 1.3.7 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-05-27 14:05:40
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Analyzed: Nikolai Lugansky / Tchaikovsky: Grand Sonata & The Seasons
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -0.30 dB -17.30 dB 14:55 01-Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37, TH 139: I. Moderato e risoluto
DR16 -0.30 dB -22.16 dB 10:15 02-Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37, TH 139: II. Andante non troppo quasi moderato
DR13 -4.22 dB -21.05 dB 3:03 03-Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37, TH 139: III. Scherzo. Allegro giocoso
DR13 -0.30 dB -17.21 dB 7:00 04-Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37, TH 139: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace
DR12 -11.18 dB -27.91 dB 5:54 05-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 1 in A Major, January. By the Hearth
DR13 -0.77 dB -19.43 dB 2:57 06-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 2 in D Major, February. The Carnival
DR13 -13.05 dB -30.36 dB 2:37 07-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 3 in G Minor, March. Song of the Lark
DR12 -9.49 dB -26.60 dB 2:53 08-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 4 in B-Flat Major, April. Snowdrop
DR14 -8.48 dB -29.23 dB 4:56 09-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 5 in G Major, May. White Nights
DR16 -4.22 dB -26.55 dB 5:00 10-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 6 in G Minor, June. Barcarolle
DR14 -0.30 dB -19.10 dB 1:52 11-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 7 in E-Flat Major, July. Reaper's Song
DR14 -1.08 dB -20.13 dB 3:40 12-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 8 in B Minor, August. The Harvest
DR12 -0.30 dB -16.75 dB 2:53 13-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 9 in G Major, September. The Hunt
DR15 -8.81 dB -30.32 dB 5:36 14-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 10 in D Minor, October. Autumn Song
DR14 -2.38 dB -20.92 dB 3:20 15-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 11 in E Major, November. On the Troika
DR13 -3.13 dB -24.49 dB 4:47 16-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 12 in A-Flat Major, December. Christmas
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Number of tracks: 16
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 3325 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2017-05-27 14:05:40
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Analyzed: Nikolai Lugansky / Tchaikovsky: Grand Sonata & The Seasons
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -0.30 dB -17.30 dB 14:55 01-Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37, TH 139: I. Moderato e risoluto
DR16 -0.30 dB -22.16 dB 10:15 02-Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37, TH 139: II. Andante non troppo quasi moderato
DR13 -4.22 dB -21.05 dB 3:03 03-Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37, TH 139: III. Scherzo. Allegro giocoso
DR13 -0.30 dB -17.21 dB 7:00 04-Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37, TH 139: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace
DR12 -11.18 dB -27.91 dB 5:54 05-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 1 in A Major, January. By the Hearth
DR13 -0.77 dB -19.43 dB 2:57 06-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 2 in D Major, February. The Carnival
DR13 -13.05 dB -30.36 dB 2:37 07-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 3 in G Minor, March. Song of the Lark
DR12 -9.49 dB -26.60 dB 2:53 08-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 4 in B-Flat Major, April. Snowdrop
DR14 -8.48 dB -29.23 dB 4:56 09-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 5 in G Major, May. White Nights
DR16 -4.22 dB -26.55 dB 5:00 10-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 6 in G Minor, June. Barcarolle
DR14 -0.30 dB -19.10 dB 1:52 11-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 7 in E-Flat Major, July. Reaper's Song
DR14 -1.08 dB -20.13 dB 3:40 12-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 8 in B Minor, August. The Harvest
DR12 -0.30 dB -16.75 dB 2:53 13-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 9 in G Major, September. The Hunt
DR15 -8.81 dB -30.32 dB 5:36 14-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 10 in D Minor, October. Autumn Song
DR14 -2.38 dB -20.92 dB 3:20 15-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 11 in E Major, November. On the Troika
DR13 -3.13 dB -24.49 dB 4:47 16-The Seasons, Op. 37a, TH 135: No. 12 in A-Flat Major, December. Christmas
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Number of tracks: 16
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 3325 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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