Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor / Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor

Angel Stanislav Wang, winner of the 63rd Jaén Prize International Piano Competition in 2022, presents his Naxos debut recital with a selection of works he performed during the competition. Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor is an undisputed masterpiece of the Romantic era, while Shostakovich's Piano Quintet in G minor is one of the most intense and eloquent chamber works of the 20th century. Spanish music is always present at Jaén and is represented here by a selection from Granados's Goyescas, and by Laura Vega's competition commission Poema a un amor eterno - a work of intense emotion, calling upon the pianist to be more of a poet or rhapsodist than a virtuoso.