Lang Lang, Andris Nelson, Gewandhausorchester: Beethoven – The Piano Concertos Digital Album
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More than two centuries after they were written, Beethoven’s Piano Concertos remain endlessly open to discovery. Lang Lang first recorded Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4 in 2007 and has since performed all five concertos many times. He now returns to these masterworks to record the complete cycle in the studio for the first time, reflecting decades of performance, encounters with other great musicians, and a deepened understanding of Beethoven’s musical language. Together with Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester, Lang Lang brings this perspective into dialogue with the orchestra’s extraordinary Beethoven tradition. The concertos are complemented by the composer’s final Piano Sonata No. 31, which has special personal significance for Lang Lang: he performed it at his audition for the Curtis Institute of Music, making this recording a return not only to Beethoven, but also to his own musical beginnings.
Tracklist:
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110
1. I. Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo
2. II. Allegro molto
3. IIIa. Adagio ma non troppo
4. IIIb. Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
5. I. Allegro con brio
6. II. Largo
7. III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
8. I. Allegro con brio
9. II. Adagio
10. III. Rondo. Allegro molto
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
11. I. Allegro con brio
12. II. Largo
13. III. Rondo. Allegro
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
14. I. Allegro moderato
15. II. Andante con moto
16. III. Rondo. Vivace
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 “Emperor”
17. I. Allegro
18. II. Adagio un poco moto
19. III. Rondo. Allegro, ma non troppo
20. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto (Arr. Korepanova for Piano)
21. Ode to Joy (Arr. Peter Schindler for Piano from Symphony No. 9)
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