MOZART / CHOPIN
The Highest Level: Prokofiev 3 and Bartok 2 BLU-RAY Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 4/Nov/2013 ] Lang Lang's first concerto album on the Sony label unites the world's greatest International music stars: Lang Lang, Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. This highly awaited collaboration resulted in a recording which will mark one... |
MOZART / CHOPIN
Lang Lang At The Royal Albert Hall (recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 31/Oct/2014 ] In November 2013 Lang Lang returned to London's legendary Royal Albert Hall for two recitals that sold out within 48 hours of tickets being released. This 120 minute film captures the complete recital and offers an opportunity to re-live an... |
SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / TAN DUN / CHOPIN / etc
Lang Lang Live At Carnegie Hall (Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York on November 7, 2003) Lang Lang (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 3 CD/DVD - released 5/May/2008 ] Recorded live at Carnegie Hall November 7th 2003 |
BEETHOVEN / ALBENIZ / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lang Lang - Live in Vienna BLU-RAY Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 14/Jun/2016 ] "the technical command is peerless and the emotional warmth envelops us. He is surely the Horowitz of our generation" The Observer, 12th September 2010 |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / BELA BARTOK
Prokofiev / Bartok: Piano Concertos [CD plus DVD documentary] Lang Lang (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle [ Sony Classics / 2 CD/DVD - released 1/Dec/2013 ] "this is a performance [of the Prokofiev] that glides by, impeccably beautiful and fleet, yet a trifle short of character. Still, Lang Lang's easy virtuosity is delicious; so is the absence of keyboard thumping...[the Bartok] offers genuine bite, whe |
CHOPINI / ZIMMER / DUDLEY / DESPLAT / MORRICONE / etc
Lang Lang at the Movies Lang Lang (piano), with Maxim Vengerov (violin) / The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Gavin Greenaway [ Sony Classical / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] When a pianist of Lang Lang's calibre illuminates the world of motion pictures with his artistry, it turns every piece and every movie into a special event. |
VARIOUS
Lang Lang - The Disney Book Lang Lang (piano), with Andrea Bocelli & Gina Alice / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Ziegler [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Sep/2022 ] "What could so easily have turned into a hotel lobby-style piano amble in fact does a lot better than that. There's a broad range of Disney from across the ages plus a nice variety of pace, and one or two of the arrangements are engagingly clever." |
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF / ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 / Scriabin: Etudes (LP) Lang Lang, Yuri Temirkanov, & St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra [ Craft / 2 LP - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Marking the debut orchestral recording of legendary Lang Lang's illustrious career, this album includes the pianist's performance of Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30 with the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra from Proms at the Royal Albert... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Guilty Pleasures (featuring "Danny Boy") Renee Fleming (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-Lessing [ Decca / CD - released 4/Oct/2013 ] "The American soprano takes us on a whistle-stop tour of Europe on this offbeat and enjoyable album...The diva is in peachy voice throughout." Sunday Times |
FRANZ LEHAR
Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns [The Land Of Smiles] (complete operetta recorded in 2017) Zurich Opera / Piotr Beczala, Julia Kleiter, Rebeca Olvera, Spencer Lang / Fabio Luisi (conductor) [ Accentus DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] "Fabio Luisi conducts with a subtle consciousness of the requisite style and the orchestra sounds marvellous" Opera |
BARTOK
The Miraculous Mandarin (arr two pianos) / Sonata for two pianos and percussion Akos Hernadi, Karoly Mocsari (pianos) with Franz Lang & Jochen Schoerer (percussion) [ Hanssler / CD - released 30/Dec/2007 ] Bartók's chamber music for multiple pianos. The composer's own arrangement of the searing, expressionist score for his ballet, "The Miraculous Mandarin" reveals the audacity of Bartók's creative vision with a clarity that is often lost in the popular... |
JOHN CAGE
Cage: Melodies & Harmonies Annelie Gahl & Klaus Lang [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] Cage is by no means a synonym for obligingness. All the more astonished we listen to the melodious and harmonious objects Annelie Gahl and Klaus Lang present on this album. Lang, the trained organist and internationally renowned composer, performs... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded at the Bayreuth Festival, August 2011 BLU-RAY Bayreuth Festival / Klaus Florian Vogt, Annette Dasch, Petra Lang, Jukka Rasilainen / Andris Nelsons (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] Hans Neuenfels's striking new production of Wagner's fairytale opera gives this medieval story of doomed love and sorcery the Bayreuth treatment. As controversial as it is stimulating, this production was the talk of the 2011 Festival, and showcases... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Odyssey Ben Heppner, Michelle de Young, Petra Lang, Enkelejda Shkosa, Tabea Zimmermann / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / CD / 16 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2002 ] This 16 disc box set brings together all of Davis' iconic Berlioz recordings made for LSO Live, from celebrated interpretations of popular orchestral works to landmark opera recordings, including the double Grammy Award-winning Les Troyens. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: The Troyens (Complete Opera) Ben Heppner, Michelle de Young, Petra Lang / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - 2002 (Best Opera recording) |
HUGO WOLF
The Complete Songs Volume 4 Mary Bevan / Quirijn de Lang / Sholto Kynoch [ Stone / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] |
Case / Lang / Veirs
Case / Lang / Veirs [ Anti / CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] CASE/LANG/VEIRS is a true collaboration between three phenomenal, self-driven artists: avantrock icon Neko Case, legendary musical nomad k.d. lang, and indie folk star Laura Veirs. The women wrote all 14 songs and shared lead vocals equally,... |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' Christiane Oelze (sop) Petra Lang (mezzo) Klaus Florian Vogt (ten) Matthias Goerne (bar) / Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Paavo Jarvi [ RCA SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "Even if you think you know the work intimately, Järvi's interpretation will likely render it afresh in many ways, a precious gift from a major talent." The Independent, 15th January 2010 ***** "The Bremen Chamber Philharmonic plays superlatively... |
COLE PORTER
Kiss Me, Kate (Original Broadway Cast 1949) / Let's Face It (1941) Harry Clark, Harold Lang, Patricia Morison, Eddie Sledge, Mary Jane Walsh, Charles Wood, Alfred Drake & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 28/Mar/2005 ] The overture is about to start. You cross your fingers and hold your heart. Those lines from the opening number of Kiss Me, Kate were probably running through the brains of everyone connected with the nowclassic musical when it opened on 30... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' (recorded at the Philharmonie Berlin 2005) Diana Damrau / Petra Lang / Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin Chorus / Eberhard Friedrich / Staatskapelle Berlin / Pierre Boulez [ Euroarts DVD / DVD - released 10/May/2007 ] G :- Recorded live at the Philharmonie, Berlin, 26-27 March 2005 |