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While the outer appearance of Yuja Wang's Fantasia might make it appear to be an album of mysterious, delicate, or fanciful piano music, it is actually a high-powered collection of showstoppers that have been favorites of this pianist for many years. Wang's experience shows, too, because these are assured and dynamic performances that demonstrate her thorough knowledge of the music, her great physical prowess, and her impressive technical chops. She obviously enjoys taking on three of Rachmaninov's challenging Études-Tableaux and Horowitz's ferociously difficult Carmen Variations, and she makes the Liszt-Horowitz transcription of Saint-Saëns' Danse macabre an encore to beat all encores. But not everything is programmed for showing off, because Wang plays with considerable restraint and taste in the Scarlatti Sonata in G major, K. 455, and the Mélodie from Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, and her most expressive and compelling playing is on display in the selections by Alexander Scriabin, evidently one of her favorite composers. With Deutsche Grammophon's exceptional reproduction, Wang presents the music with a wide dynamic range, which ranges from the soft magical passages of the Schubert-Liszt Gretchen am Spinnrade to the steadily building crescendo of Dukas' L'apprenti sorcier, so this is an impressive demonstration of what she can do at the keyboard.
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Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
5 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sonata in G major, KK.455 (Domenico Scarlatti)
DOMENICO SCARLATTI, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 (Arranged by Sgambati) (Christoph Willibald von Gluck)
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Giovanni Sgambati, Arranger, Work Arranger - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ranieri de' Calzabigi, Author - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Iberia, B. 47 (Isaac Albéniz)
Isaac Albeniz, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Variations on a theme from G. Bizet's 'Carmen' (The Gypsy Song Act II) White House Version (Vladimir Horowitz)
Vladimir Horowitz, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Gretchen am Spinnrade, D.118 - Arranged By Franz Liszt (Franz Schubert)
Franz Liszt, Arranger, Work Arranger - Franz Schubert, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op.214 - Arranged By György Cziffra (Johann Strauss II)
Johann Strauss II, Composer - Gyorgy Cziffra, Arranger, Work Arranger - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Waltz No .7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
L'apprenti sorcier - arranged by Victor Staub (Paul Dukas)
Paul Dukas, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Staub, Arranger, Work Arranger - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
24 Preludes for piano, Op. 11 (Alexander Scriabin)
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
6 Preludes, Op. 13 (Alexander Scriabin)
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
24 Preludes for piano, Op. 11 (Alexander Scriabin)
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
12 Etudes for piano, Op. 8 (Alexander Scriabin)
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
2 Poèmes, Op. 32 (Alexander Scriabin)
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Danse macabre, Op.40 - Arranged By Franz Liszt & Vladimir Horowitz (Camille Saint-Saëns)
Franz Liszt, Arranger, Work Arranger - CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, Composer - Vladimir Horowitz, Arranger, Work Arranger - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Badzura, Producer - Dr. Alexander Buhr, Producer
℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Albumbeschreibung
While the outer appearance of Yuja Wang's Fantasia might make it appear to be an album of mysterious, delicate, or fanciful piano music, it is actually a high-powered collection of showstoppers that have been favorites of this pianist for many years. Wang's experience shows, too, because these are assured and dynamic performances that demonstrate her thorough knowledge of the music, her great physical prowess, and her impressive technical chops. She obviously enjoys taking on three of Rachmaninov's challenging Études-Tableaux and Horowitz's ferociously difficult Carmen Variations, and she makes the Liszt-Horowitz transcription of Saint-Saëns' Danse macabre an encore to beat all encores. But not everything is programmed for showing off, because Wang plays with considerable restraint and taste in the Scarlatti Sonata in G major, K. 455, and the Mélodie from Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, and her most expressive and compelling playing is on display in the selections by Alexander Scriabin, evidently one of her favorite composers. With Deutsche Grammophon's exceptional reproduction, Wang presents the music with a wide dynamic range, which ranges from the soft magical passages of the Schubert-Liszt Gretchen am Spinnrade to the steadily building crescendo of Dukas' L'apprenti sorcier, so this is an impressive demonstration of what she can do at the keyboard.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:44
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Yuja Wang
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2012 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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