A stunning set: Lang Lang’s complete recordings, on Deutsche Grammophon (9 CDs) and on Telarc (2 CDs), with the longest Bonus CD (82:49) you’ve ever heard. Plus the 200-page book, with new articles, original liner notes and photos galore of this uniquely charismatic artist – who just happens to be reaching the ripe old age of 30 on the 14th of June.
THE PACKAGING: The box captures the “feel” of Lang Lang in bold bright colours and evocative photos. Open up and you see 11 colour-coded digipaks, one for each of the CD sets (Carnegie Hall Recital in a double digi). Each digi slots into a space in the neat tray in the bespoke box, which cunningly conceals the book in an elegant drawer.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: The 12 CDs represent Lang Lang’s complete recordings from 2000 to 2009, including the two Telarc CDs he made in 2000 and 2001 (his recording debuts).
There are 5 concerto CDs, 4 solo piano CDs, 1 chamber music CD and 2 “mixed” CDs. The set is arranged by label: DG first, then Telarc, with the bonus CD at the end.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23
1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
2. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I
3. Allegro con fuoco
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.25
1. Molto allegro con fuoco
2. Andante
3. Presto
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in C, H.XVI No.50
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Allegro molto
Franz Schubert: Fantasy in C Major "Wanderer"
1. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo
2. Adagio
3. Presto
4. Allegro
Tan Dun: Eight Memories In Watercolour, Op.1
1. Missing Moon
2. Beans
3. Herdboy's Song
4. Blue Nun
7. Red Wilderness
5. Ancient Burial
6. Floating Clouds
8. Sunrain
Applause
Applause
Robert Schumann: Abegg Variations, Op.1
Abegg Variations, Op.1
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No.8 in D flat, Op.27 No.2
Nocturne No.8 in D flat, Op.27 No.2
Franz Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418 (after Mozart)
Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418 (after Mozart)
Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op.15
7. Träumerei
Huang Hai Hwai, Chen Rao Xing, Shen Li Qun: Horses (After Pieces By Huang Hai Hwai, Chen Rao Xing and Shen Li Qun) - Arr. by Lang Lang and Lang Guo-ren
Horses (After Pieces By Huang Hai Hwai, Chen Rao Xing and Shen Li Qun) - Arr. by Lang Lang and Lang Guo-ren
Franz Liszt: Liebestraum No.3 in A flat, S.541 No.3
Liebestraum No.3 in A flat, S.541 No.3
Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18
1. Moderato
2. Adagio sostenuto
3. Allegro scherzando
Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op.43
Introduction
Variation 1
Theme
Variation 2
Variation 3
Variation 4
Variation 5
Variation 6
Variation 7
Variation 8
Variation 9
Variation 10
Variation 11
Variation 12
Variation 13
Variation 14
Variation 15
Variation 16
Variation 17
Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43
Variation 18
Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op.43
Variation 19
Variation 20
Variation 21
Variation 22
Variation 23
Variation 24
Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov: Prelude in G minor, Op.23, No.5
Alla marcia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No.10 in C major, K.330
1. Allegro moderato
2. Andante cantabile
3. Allegretto
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58
1. Allegro maestoso
2. Scherzo (Molto vivace)
3. Largo
4. Finale (Presto non tanto)
Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op.15
1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
2. Kuriose Geschichte
3. Hasche-Mann
4. Bittendes Kind
5. Glückes genug
6. Wichtige Begebenheit
7. Träumerei
8. Am Kamin
9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd
10. Fast zu ernst
11. Fürchtenmachen
12. Kind im Einschlummern
13. Der Dichter spricht
Central Philharmonic Society: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra "The Yellow River"
1. Prelude: The song of the Yellow River Boatmen
2. Ode to the Yellow River
3. The Yellow River in wrath
4. Defend the Yellow River
Lü Wencheng: Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake (pinghu qiuyue)
Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake (pinghu qiuyue)
He Luting: The Cowherd's Flute (Mutong duandi)
The Cowherd's Flute (Mutong duandi)
Traditional: Dialogue in Song (dui hua)
Dialogue in Song (dui hua)
Sun Yiqiang: Dance of Spring (chunwu)
Dance of Spring (chunwu)
Du Mingxin: Little Mermaid Suite - Arranged by Wu Zuqiang
Straw Hat Dance (caomao huawu)
Deng Yuxian: Spring Wind (wang chunfeng)
Spring Wind (wang chunfeng)
Zu Jianer: Happy Times (fanshen de rizi)
Happy Times (fanshen de rizi)
Traditional: Spring Flowers in the Moonlit Night on the River (chun jiang hua yue ye)
Spring Flowers in the Moonlit Night on the River (chun jiang hua yue ye)
Zhao Jiping: Dance from Qiuci (qiuci wu)
Dance from Qiuci (qiuci wu)
Wang Jianmin: A Night on the Lake Beneath the Maple Bridge (fengqiao ye po)
A Night on the Lake Beneath the Maple Bridge (fengqiao ye po)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, Op.15
1. Allegro con brio
2. Largo
3. Rondo (Allegro scherzando)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op.58
1. Allegro moderato
2. Andante con moto
3. Rondo (Vivace)
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op.21
1. Maestoso
2. Larghetto
3. Allegro vivace
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11
1. Allegro maestoso
2. Romance (Larghetto)
3. Rondo (Vivace)
Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque No.1 in G minor for Piano, Violin and Cello
Trio élégiaque No.1 in G minor for Piano, Violin and Cello
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op.50
1. Pezzo elegiaco (Moderato assai - Allegro giusto)
2. (A) Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto
Var. I: L'istesso tempo
Var. II: Più mosso
Var. III: Allegro moderato
Var. IV: L'istesso tempo
Var. V: L'istesso tempo
Var. VI: Tempo di valse
Var. VII: Allegro moderato
Var. VIII: Fuga (Allegro moderato)
Var. IX: Andante flebile, ma non tanto
Var. X: Tempo di mazurka
Var. XI: Moderato
2. (B) Variazione finale e Coda (Allegretto risoluto e con fuoco -
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in E major, H.XVI:31
1. Moderato
2. Allegretto
3. Finale: Presto
Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36
1. Allegro agitato
2. Non allegro - Lento
Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36 - Revised version (1931)
3. Allegro molto
Johannes Brahms: 6 Piano Pieces, Op.118
1. Intermezzo in A minor
2. Intermezzo in A
3. Ballade in G minor
4. Intermezzo in F minor
5. Romance in F
6. Intermezzo in E flat minor
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Dumka, Op.59
Dumka, Op.59
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op.19 No.4
Original Version
Mily Alexejewitsch Balakirev: Islamey
Presto con fuoco
Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
1. Allegro ma non tanto
2. Intermezzo (Adagio)
3. Finale (Alla breve)
Traditional: Liu Yang River
Liu Yang River
Alexander Scriabin: 12 Etudes for piano, Op.8
No. 1 in C sharp minor
No. 2 in F sharp minor
No. 3 in B minor
No. 8 in A flat
No. 10 in D flat
No. 11 in B flat minor
No. 12 in D sharp minor
Alexander Scriabin: 8 Etudes, Op.42
No. 4 in F sharp
No. 3 in F sharp minor
Alexander Scriabin: 3 Etudes for piano, Op.65
No. 3 in G
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in D major op.6 for piano four hands
1. Allegro molto
2. Rondo. Moderato
Franz Liszt: Tre Sonetti di Petrarca, S. 270
Sonetto No. 104: "Pace non trovo" Agitato assai - Adagio
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C sharp minor, S.244 - Arr. Vladimir Horowitz
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C sharp minor, S.244 - Arr. Vladimir Horowitz
Erik Satie: Gnossiennes
No. 1 - Lent
Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Aprile
Aprile
Ruggiero Leoncavallo: C'è nel tuo sguardo (1893)
C'è nel tuo sguardo (1893)
Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Hymne à la Lyre
Hymne à la Lyre
Ruggiero Leoncavallo: La Chanson des Yeux
La Chanson des Yeux
Ruggiero Leoncavallo: L'Addio
L'Addio
Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Barcarola Veneziana
Barcarola Veneziana
Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Valse mignonne
Valse mignonne
Mike Oldfield: Harbinger
Harbinger
Christopher Von Deylen: Time for Dreams
Time for Dreams
Andrea Bocelli, Walter Afanasieff: Io Ci Saro
Io Ci Saro
Nigel Hess: Concerto For Piano & Orchestra - Movement 1 - The Smile
Concerto For Piano & Orchestra - Movement 1 - The Smile
Nigel Hess: Concerto For Piano & Orchestra - Movement 2 - The Love
Concerto For Piano & Orchestra - Movement 2 - The Love
Nigel Hess: Concerto For Piano And Orchestra
Movement 3 - The Duty
Excerpts from the Tchaikovsky Concerto and interview with Barenboim and Lang Lang
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