LANG LANG - LISZT: MY PIANO HERO (LP)

Lang Lang Liszt: My Piano Hero on LP

On one of the most eagerly anticipated classical releases of the year, Liszt: My Piano Hero, Lang Lang pays a very personal tribute to Franz Liszt, whose 200th birthday will be celebrated on October 22. Lang Lang has had a special relationship with the composer following his very first encounter with his music at age 2 when he watched a Tom and Jerry cartoon featuring Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2."

In celebration of his piano hero’s bicentenary, Lang Lang has selected some of the most famous, virtuosic and poetic solo pieces, concluding with a stunning new recording of the "Piano Concerto No. 1" accompanied by the Vienna Philharmonic and Valery Gergiev.

“Hottest artist on the classical musical planet” – New York Times

Lang Lang Liszt: My Piano Hero Track Listing:

1.  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.  Grand Galop chromatique in E-Flat Major, S 219
4.  Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major, S 541/3
5.  Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-Flat Major, S 244/6
6.  Un sospiro in D-Flat Major from Trois études de Concert, S 144/3   
7.  Rakoczy March from Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 in A Minor, S 244/15 (Horowitz version)
8.  Ave Marie S 558
9.  Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S 124; I. Allegro maestoso
10. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S 124; II. Quasi adagio - Allegretto vivace - Allegro animato
11. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S 124; III. Allegro marziale animato