LANG LANG - LANG LANG LIVE IN VIENNA (LP)

Lang Lang Lang Lang Live In Vienna on 2 x Vinyl LP

Sony Classical proudly announces its debut release Live in Vienna from the world renowned pianist Lang Lang, one of the most thrilling and inspiring musicians of our time. Recorded and filmed live in Vienna’s legendary Musikverein concert hall, this release represents Lang Lang’s second live recorded recital to date after the best-selling Live at Carnegie Hall, in 2004, which marked his international breakthrough as a recording artist.

The program for this 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."

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Lang Lang Lang Lang Live In Vienna Track Listing

1.  Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2; I. Allegro con brio
2.  Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2; II. Adagio
3.  Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2; III. Scherzo (Allegro)
4.  Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2; IV. Allegro assai
5.  Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; I. Allegro assai
6.  Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; II. Andante con moto
7.  Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; III. Allegro ma non troppo
8.  Iberia, Book I; I. Evocación
9.  Iberia, Book I; II. El puerto
10. Iberia, Book I; III. Fête-dieu à Seville
11. Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83; I. Allegro inquieto - Andantino - Allegro inquieto - Andantino - Allegro inquieto
12. Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83; II. Andante caloroso - Poco più animato - Più largamente - un poco agitato - Tempo I
13. Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83; III. Precipitato
14. Étude Op. 25, No. 1 in A-Flat Major
15. Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 "Heroic"
16. Grand Valse Brillante No. 2, Op. 34 No. 1 in A-Flat Major