| Label: DG
Catalog: 4775938
Format: CD Lang Lang: pianoMozart: Piano Sonata KV 330
Chopin: Piano Sonata in B minor
Schumann: Kinderszenen
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Following the astonishing success of his first DG recital disc Live at Carnegie Hall Lang Lang will release his new studio recital album entitled Memory, a handpicked collection of music closely linked to his childhood.
Memory reflects the Lang Lang’s journey from child prodigy to international pianist in his own right, grouping works by Mozart, Chopin, and Schumann that shaped Lang Lang’s experience as a budding musician in China.
Selections range from Chopin’s third Sonata (which as been in Lang Lang’s performance repertoire for almost a decade) to Mozart’s Piano Sonata in C Major, a piece that helped reinforce Lang Lang’s will to become a professional pianist after being harshly dismissed from a classroom at the age of 9.
For the Kinderszenen, Lang Lang taps into his rich talent as a storyteller, relying on his piano for a fresh and poetic rendering of this collection of Schumann’s “Scenes from Childhood”.
The album comes with a standard bonus CD featuring the virtuosic Horowitz transcription of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 – a piece Lang Lang always dreamed of playing himself ever since watching Tom the Cat perform it in a Tom and Jerry cartoon.
Memory is Lang Lang’s most revealing album to date – an intimate musical journey with one of today’s most exciting young pianists, full of dramatic and poetic moments that will inspire both new and committed Lang Lang fans alike.  Price: $15.98 |
