Rachmaninoff: Scherzo / Youth Symphony / Piano Concerto No. 1

In 2024, Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra continued their acclaimed Sergei Rachmaninoff cycle with a concert that spanned the composer's entire body of work: from the youthful freshness of his earliest pieces, such as the rarely performed Symphony No. 1 and his Piano Concerto No. 1, to the musical mastery and maturity of his final major work, the "Symphonic Dances." The young piano virtuoso Alexander Malofeev, in whose repertoire Rachmaninoff's music holds a special place, made his highly regarded debut at the Lucerne Festival as the soloist of the evening, delivering a compelling performance with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra under the baton of Riccardo Chailly. The concert was recorded live in August 2024 at the KKL Luzern Concert Hall.