| Label: SONY CLASSICAL Catalog: 88697719012 Format: CD Lang Lang: pianoAlbéniz: Evocación (from Iberia, book 1) / El puerto (from Iberia, book 1) / Féte-dieu à Séville from Iberia
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3 / Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
Chopin: Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp' / Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' / Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83 Gramophone Editor's Choice - October 2010
The program for his Sony debut features Lang Lang’s first-ever recording of Beethoven sonatas: The famous “Appassionata”, a milestone in the piano literature, is paired with the composer’s youthful C major Sonata op. 2, no. 3. Virtuosity of a different order is displayed in Albéniz’s impressionistic memories of his native Spain in Book 1 of “Iberia.” The program closes with one of Prokofiev’s explosive War Sonatas, the revolutionary Seventh Sonata. Finally, to celebrate the Chopin Bicentennial we hear three encores of this Polish genius’s most popular works: the “Aeolian Harp” Etude, the “Heroic” Polonaise in A flat major, and the sparkling Grande Valse Brillante No. 2.
Also available in a deluxe CD version. |