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After achieving stardom in the west with high-profile competition wins, concert performances, and recordings of the music of Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt, Chinese pianist Yundi Li turns his abundant skills to the music of his homeland on EMI Classics' 2012 album The Red Piano. The most famous work on this disc is the Yellow River Piano Concerto, a product of the cultural revolution that emulates the grandiose gestures and heroic expressions of the Romantic piano concertos of Liszt, Grieg, and Rachmaninov. Anyone familiar with Yundi's powerful technical abilities and showmanship will find his playing to be true to form: propulsive, hard-edged, vigorous, and frequently brilliant, especially in the execution of runs and octaves. The energetic and colorful orchestral accompaniment is provided by the China NCPA Concert Hall Orchestra, conducted by Chen Zuohuang. Following the concerto, Yundi offers a selection of keyboard arrangements of Chinese songs, presented as a solo recital in a rather private and reflective mood. There's actually little of Yundi's dynamism here, and his flashiness is put more to shimmering effects than to demonstrations of prestidigitation. EMI's sound is excellent, so everything is fully audible with enormous presence in the concerto and intimate sound in the solo pieces.
© TiVo
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YUNDI, Piano, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Liu Zhuang, Composer - NCPA Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Zuochuang Chen, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Sheng Lihong, Composer - Xian Xinghai, Composer - Yin Chengzong, Composer - Chu Wanghua, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, Lead Vocals - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Liu Zhuang, Composer - NCPA Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals - Zuochuang Chen, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Sheng Lihong, Composer - Xian Xinghai, Composer - Yin Chengzong, Composer - Chu Wanghua, Composer - YUNDI/NCPA Orchestra/Zuochuang Chen, MainArtist
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, Lead Vocals - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Liu Zhuang, Composer - NCPA Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Zuochuang Chen, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Sheng Lihong, Composer - Xian Xinghai, Composer - Yin Chengzong, Composer - Chu Wanghua, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, Lead Vocals - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Liu Zhuang, Composer - NCPA Orchestra, Orchestra, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Zuochuang Chen, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Sheng Lihong, Composer - Xian Xinghai, Composer - Yin Chengzong, Composer - Chu Wanghua, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Zhang Zhao, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Wang Jianzhong, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Zhang Zhao, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Zhang Nan, Composer - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Zhang Zhao, Composer - Ma Jingfeng, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Wang Jianzhong, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Zhang Zhao, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Ren Guang, Composer - Wang Jianzhong, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Wang Jianzhong, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Wang Jianzhong, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Wang Jianzhong, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Wang Jianzhong, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Wang Jianzhong, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Zhu Jianer, Composer - Chu Wanghua, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Zhang Zhao, Composer - Lei Zhenbang, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Zhang Zhao, Composer - Liu Chi, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
YUNDI, Piano, MainArtist - Yundi Li, Piano, Vocals - Zhang Zhao, Composer - Nie Er, Composer
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2011 China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Album review
After achieving stardom in the west with high-profile competition wins, concert performances, and recordings of the music of Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt, Chinese pianist Yundi Li turns his abundant skills to the music of his homeland on EMI Classics' 2012 album The Red Piano. The most famous work on this disc is the Yellow River Piano Concerto, a product of the cultural revolution that emulates the grandiose gestures and heroic expressions of the Romantic piano concertos of Liszt, Grieg, and Rachmaninov. Anyone familiar with Yundi's powerful technical abilities and showmanship will find his playing to be true to form: propulsive, hard-edged, vigorous, and frequently brilliant, especially in the execution of runs and octaves. The energetic and colorful orchestral accompaniment is provided by the China NCPA Concert Hall Orchestra, conducted by Chen Zuohuang. Following the concerto, Yundi offers a selection of keyboard arrangements of Chinese songs, presented as a solo recital in a rather private and reflective mood. There's actually little of Yundi's dynamism here, and his flashiness is put more to shimmering effects than to demonstrations of prestidigitation. EMI's sound is excellent, so everything is fully audible with enormous presence in the concerto and intimate sound in the solo pieces.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:56
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Yundi Li
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2012 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2012 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by China Arts International Limited under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd.
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