Lang Lang - Liszt: My Piano Hero
Description
Liszt: My Piano Hero features the composer‟s Piano Concerto No.1, which Lang Lang recorded with Valery Gergiev and the Vienna Philharmonic. The disc also includes some of Liszt‟s most poetic and virtuosic solo piano works and transcriptions such as the Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos.6and 15, Liebestraum, Grand galopchromatique, the Liszt/Schubert Ave Mariaand the famous “La campanella”from GrandesÉtudesde Paganini.Franz Liszt, who is regarded as the first “pop star” in music history, is Lang Lang‟s “piano hero”. Lang Lang has had an extraordinary relationship with the iconic piano virtuoso and innovative composer since his first encounter with classical music at the age of two, when he was captivated by Tom and Jerry‟s version of Hungarian Rhapsody No.2.
Tracklisting
1.Romance “O pourquoidonc” in E minor, S 169 –ca. 3:04
2.La campanellain G-sharp minor from Grandesétudesde Paganini, S 141/3 –4.47
3.Consolation No. 3 in D-flat major, S 172 –4:19
4.Grand Galopchromatiquein E-flat major, S 219 –3.58
5.LiebestraumNo. 3 in A-flat major, S 541/3 –4.53
6.Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-flat major, S 244/6 –7:19
7.Un sospiroin D-flat major from Troisétudesde Concert, S 144/3–5:26
8.“RakoczyMarch” from Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 in A minor, S 244/15 (Horowitz version) –5:43
9.Liszt/Schubert: Ave Maria, S 558 –6:31Piano concerto No 1, in E-flat major, S 124
10.I -Allegro maestoso–ca. 5:47
11.II -Quasi adagio –Allegretto vivace –Allegro animato –ca.9:33
12.III -Allegro marzialeanimato –ca. 5:09
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