Dragon Songs [includes the Yellow River Concerto] BLU-RAY

G :-

All Regions - Widescreen 16:9 - PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / DTS 5.1 Surround - Colour - 130 Minutes - NTSC

Released in 2006 on DVD and has since shipped over 60k units, now also available on Blu-ray.

Lang Lang has fascinated audiences all over the globe - with "Dragon Songs" he takes them home to show them "his" China. Discover the musical culture that forged one of the most acclaimed classical musicians of our day.

The BD features a full-length documentary offering a fascinating look behind the scenes of Lang Lang's China tour, from the privacy of his parents' flat (where Lang Lang revisits his very first piano), to a Lang-family lunch and a visit to the local temple, to his successful master classes and stage performances.

Additionally this BD includes a concert of the piano solo and chamber music pieces, all filmed in Beijing.

The Yellow River Concerto, a large-scale, highly virtuosic piano concerto with colourful sound scales, is juxtaposed with miniature pieces for piano solo and with chamber pieces, each combining the piano with traditional Chinese instruments.

Though all the pieces were written in the early 20th century, most of them are based on much older sources, merging traditional Chinese melodies and idioms with the Western classical music tradition - the result is music of astonishing beauty and ease that will strongly appeal to a broad audience.