Lang Lang - Live in Vienna: Deluxe Limited Edition (2 CD / ...

Sony Classical is proud to announce its debut release LIVE IN VIENNA from one of the most thrilling and inspiring musicians of our time, the world-renowned pianist Lang Lang. Recorded and filmed live in Viennas legendary Musikverein Concert Hall.

The program features Lang Langs first-ever recording of Beethoven sonatas: The famous Appassionata, a milestone in the piano literature, is paired with the composers youthful C major Sonata op. 2, no. 3. Virtuosity of a different order is displayed in Albnizs impressionistic memories of his native Spain in Book 1 of Iberia. The program closes with one of Prokofievs explosive War Sonatas, the revolutionary Seventh Sonata. Finally, to celebrate the Chopin Bicentennial we hear three encores of this Polish geniuss most popular works: the Aeolian Harp Etude, the Heroic Polonaise in A flat major, and the sparkling Grande Valse Brillante No. 2.

This Deluxe Limited Edition features over 110 minutes of music on 2 CDs plus a bonus DVD with performance excerpts and a lavish 70 page hard-bound booklet with photos from the concert.

TRACKLISTING
CD1
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.3 in C
major, Op.2
Allegro con brio
Adagio
Scherzo (Allegro)
Allegro assai
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.23 in F
minor (Appassionata) Op.57
5. Allegro Assai
6. Andante con moto
7. Allegro ma non Troppo
CD2
Albeniz Iberia Book 1
8. Evocation
9. El Puerto
10. Fete-Dieu A Seville
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.7 in B flat
major, Op.83
11. Allegro inquieto
12. Andante caloroso
13. Precipitato
14. Chopin: Etude Op.25, Nr.1 in A
flat major
15. Chopin: Polonaise No.6 in A flat
major, Op.53 Heroic
16. Chopin: Grande Valse Brillante
Nr.2 Op.34, Nr. 1 in A flat major