Liszt: My Piano Hero
Label: SONY CLASSICAL Catalog: 88697891412 Format: CD Lang Lang1. Romance "O pourquoi donc" in E Minor, S 169 2. La campanella in G-Sharp Minor from Grandes études de Paganini, S 141/3 3. Consolation No. 3 in D-Flat Major, S 172 4. Grand Galop chromatique in E-Flat Major, S 219 5. Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major, S 541/3 6. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-Flat Major, S 244/6 7. Un sospiro in D-Flat Major from Trois études de Concert, S 144/3 8. Rakoczy March from Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 in A Minor, S 244/15 9. Ave Maria S 558 10. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S 124; I. Allegro maestoso 11. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S 124; II. Quasi adagio - Allegretto vivace - Allegro animato 12. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S 124; III. Allegro marziale animato This is truly the ‘Summer of Lang Lang’! The hottest Classical artist on the classical music planet, as described by The New York Times, is back with his second recording for Sony Classical, which is devoted to his very own piano hero - Franz Liszt. On this album, together with the Vienna Philharmonic and Valery Gergiev, Lang Lang plays Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 as well as a selection of some of the most commercial, famous, virtuosic and beautiful solo pieces by Franz Liszt such as La Campanella, Liebestraum and Hungarian Rhapsody Nr 6, Consolation etc. His 200th anniversary being this October 22, Franz Liszt is commonly regarded as the first pop star in music history. A touring piano virtuoso himself, Franz Liszt composed some of the most famous and virtuosic pieces ever written for the instrument. Price: $18.98 |