Orchestre de Paris - Stanislav Kochanovsky by Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, No (2019/2019), Diriģents Stanislav Kochanovsky, Philharmonie de Paris, Paris, France

Nikolai Lugansky, nobility made music, plays the passionate First Concerto and the dazzling Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini , while the impressive Behzod Abduraimov takes on the Second , the most lyrical of all. Last stage of the complete Rachmaninoff concertos, dominated by the Second – which marked a rebirth of the creator after the failure of his First Symphony -, the most famous of all, with its characteristic autumnal hues. On keyboard, the prodigious Behzod Abduraimov, whose fantastic means are nourished by a perfectly natural and always musical approach. Nikolaï Lugansky, one of the composer's greatest current interpreters, plays the First Concerto – which served as the theme song for the show Apostrophes –, so endearing in its mixture of cantabile and passion. The spectacular Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini – that of the Twenty-fourth Caprice for violin, repeated many times, notably by Brahms – closes this exceptional weekend.