Description
Yuja Wang: Sonatas & Etudes - Chopin, Scriabin, Liszt, Ligeti / Deutsche Grammophon Audio CD 2009 / 477 8140
UPC 028947781400 / 028947781806
Yuja Wang (Chinese: 王羽佳; pinyin: Wáng Yǔjiā; born February 10, 1987) is a Chinese pianist. Born in Beijing, she began learning piano there at age six, and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
By age 21, she was already an internationally recognized concert pianist and signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. She has since established herself as one of the leading artists of her generation. Wang currently lives in New York.
| Label: | Deutsche Grammophon – 477 8140 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
Apr 20, 2009 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Modern, Romantic |
Tracklist:
| Piano Sonata No. 2 In B Flat Minor Op. 35 (24:32) |
| 1 | 1. Grave - Doppio Movimento | 7:50 | |
| 2 | 2. Scherzo | 6:49 | |
| 3 | 3. Marche Funèbre. Lento | 8:25 | |
| 4 | 4. Finale. Presto | 1:28 | |
| 5 | Étude No. 4: Fanfares |
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3:40
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| Piano Sonata No. 2 In G Sharp Minor Op. 19 "Sonate-Fantaisie" (12:20) |
| 6 | 1. Andante | 8:18 | |
| 7 | 2. Presto | 4:02 | |
| 8 | Étude No. 10: The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
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2:15
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| Piano Sonata In B Minor S. 178 (31:13) |
| 9 | Lento Assai - Allegro Energico - Grandioso - Recitativo - | 12:24 | |
| 10 | Andante Sostenuto - | 7:45 | |
| 11 | Allegro Energico - Andante Sostenuto - Lento Assai | 11:04 |
- Art Direction – Merle Kersten
- Booklet Editor – Annette Nubbemeyer
- Coordinator [Project Coordinator] – Burkhard Bartsch
- Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Mark Buecker
- Executive-Producer – Christian Leins
- Liner Notes – Shirley Apthorp
- Liner Notes [French Translation] – Dennis Collins
- Liner Notes [German Translation] – Reinhard Lüthje
- Photography By [Cover & Back Cover Photo] – Felix Broede
- Piano – Yuja Wang
- Producer, Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Helmut Burk
- Technician [Piano Technician] – Jan Kittel
