Lang Lang - Live in Vienna (2010)

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 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. Features the complete recital filmed in high-definition

Tracklisting:

1. Suite Iberia, Book 1: no 1, Evocación by Isaac Albeniz
Performer: Lang Lang (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904-1906; France

2. Suite Iberia, Book 1: no 2, El puerto by Isaac Albeniz
Performer: Lang Lang (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904-1906; France

3. Suite Iberia, Book 1: no 3, El Corpus en Sevilla by Isaac Albeniz
Performer: Lang Lang (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906; France

Notes: The alternate title for this piece is "Fête-dieu à Seville".
4. Sonata for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 2 no 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Lang Lang (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1794-1795; Vienna, Austria

5. Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Lang Lang (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1804-1805; Vienna, Austria

6. Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25: no 1 in A flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer: Lang Lang (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1836; Paris, France

7. Polonaise for Piano in A flat major, B 147/Op. 53 "Heroic" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer: Lang Lang (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1842; Paris, France

8. Waltzes (3) for Piano, Op. 34: no 1 in A flat major, B 94 "Valse brillante" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer: Lang Lang (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Paris, France

9. Sonata for Piano no 7 in B flat major, Op. 83 by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer: Lang Lang (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939-1942; USSR