Ravel: Piano Concertos
Yuja Wang - Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier
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As a concerto soloist, Yuja Wang is best known for playing the Russian blockbusters of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Prokofiev, but this all-French album from Deutsche Grammophon reveals her talents in a different light. Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major and his Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major are among the most effervescent in the repertoire, and Wang sparkles with charm and energy, sometimes giving a feeling of being lighter than air when playing with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, under the direction of Lionel Bringuier. Most of the magic may be in Ravel's carefully voiced scoring, which creates space around the piano and makes it completely audible, but Wang deserves credit for her controlled touch, seemingly effortless virtuosity, and elegant phrasing, which are always in evidence, even in the more frenetic passages. Gabriel Fauré's Ballade in F sharp major is a solo piano piece that provides a palate cleanser between the concertos, and here Wang offers an intimate reading that is both rich in sonorities and transparent in all its details.
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Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83 (Maurice Ravel)
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Chris Hazell, Producer - Simon Eadon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lionel Bringuier, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Rowell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Chris Hazell, Producer - Simon Eadon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lionel Bringuier, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Rowell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Chris Hazell, Producer - Simon Eadon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lionel Bringuier, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Rowell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephan Flock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major, M. 82 (Maurice Ravel)
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Chris Hazell, Producer - Simon Eadon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lionel Bringuier, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Rowell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Chris Hazell, Producer - Simon Eadon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lionel Bringuier, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Rowell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Chris Hazell, Producer - Simon Eadon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestra, MainArtist - Lionel Bringuier, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Rowell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album Description
As a concerto soloist, Yuja Wang is best known for playing the Russian blockbusters of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Prokofiev, but this all-French album from Deutsche Grammophon reveals her talents in a different light. Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major and his Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major are among the most effervescent in the repertoire, and Wang sparkles with charm and energy, sometimes giving a feeling of being lighter than air when playing with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, under the direction of Lionel Bringuier. Most of the magic may be in Ravel's carefully voiced scoring, which creates space around the piano and makes it completely audible, but Wang deserves credit for her controlled touch, seemingly effortless virtuosity, and elegant phrasing, which are always in evidence, even in the more frenetic passages. Gabriel Fauré's Ballade in F sharp major is a solo piano piece that provides a palate cleanser between the concertos, and here Wang offers an intimate reading that is both rich in sonorities and transparent in all its details.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:10
- Main artists: Yuja Wang Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich Lionel Bringuier
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
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24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo
© 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2015 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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