Lang Lang/Sir Simon Rattle: Prokofiev 3 & Bartók 2

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Lang Lang has the necessary power and athleticism to bring tremendous energy and drive to [Prokofiev's] more motoric writing...[he] sails through the passagework [of the Bartok] with exemplary... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 7th Oct 2013
Catalogue No: 88883732262
Label: Sony
Length: 60 minutes

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26

Work length30:20

Album only

Lang Lang (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle

I. Andante - Allegro

Track length9:46

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II. Tema con variazioni

Track length10:13

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III. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length10:21

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Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2, BB 101, Sz. 95

Work length29:58

Album only

Lang Lang (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle

I. Allegro

Track length10:10

Album only

II. Adagio - Presto - Più adagio

Track length13:14

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III. Allegro molto

Track length6:34

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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 of this year's most important core classical releases in the music industry.

Recorded at Berlin's Philharmonie, the album presents two mile stones of the 20th century piano literature: Prokofiev’s explosive Piano Concerto No. 3, (one of the great show stoppers in the concert literature), and the Bartók Concerto Nr. 2, probably the most technically challenging piece ever written for piano and orchestra.

Comes in luxuriously designed photo-loaded deluxe packaging.

An up-close and highly personal TV documentary (Working Title: "At the Highest Level") will accompany the release. The film will give an exclusive insight into processes that are normally hidden: the preparations of the musicians, the recordings at the Philharmonie in Berlin and the struggle to get the best sound, as well as the post-production phase.

Produced by award winning company BFMI (Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images) and directed by Christian Berger the 60” TV documentary “The Highest Level” gives an exclusive insight into processes that are normally hidden: the preparations of the musicians, the recordings at the Philharmonie in Berlin and the struggle to get the best sound, as well as the post-production phase. The viewer gets unusually close to the stars of the film.

Casebound CD/DVD Combo

Album EPK ‘Making Of’ including artist interviews

10 minute trailer of TV documentary “The Highest Level”

3 minute trailer of Prokofiev from recording session

Reviews

December 2013

Lang Lang has the necessary power and athleticism to bring tremendous energy and drive to [Prokofiev's] more motoric writing...[he] sails through the passagework [of the Bartok] with exemplary clarity...The problem in the outer movements rests with the pianist's tendency to make everything sound harsh and percussive

November 2013

Lang Lang gives a persuasive account of the Prokofiev. His finely observed detail..., the full use of the piano's sumptuous sonority and dynamic range and his effortless technical mastery would excite anyone's admiration...[in the Bartok] Lang Lang and Rattle are hugely impressive but, for my taste, a shade too polite.

8th November 2013

Immediately [the Prokofiev] explodes into life with Lang Lang’s sparkling playing with seemingly boundless reserves of energy...Outstanding in the opening [of the Bartók] is Lang Lang’s rhythmic potency borders on the demonic...Under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle the Berliner Philharmoniker is highly persuasive and sympathetic. Not for the first time the woodwind excel - marvellous.

1st November 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, whether from Lang Lang’s fingers or the bracing snarl of the Berlin brass.

The Independent on Sunday 20th October 2013

Superloud and racily paced...It all gives a whole new meaning to the words “Flash, bang, wallop”, but it’s difficult to resist the energy, brio and sheer unabashed showmanship of the whole package.

12th October 2013

How smart of Sony to have recorded [Lang Lang] in repertoire which plays to his strengths. This Prokofiev 3 is exceptionally good – thunderous when it needs to be, and always rhythmically alert. And Simon Rattle is a supremely effective partner...[the Bartók] makes for an unexpected, rewarding coupling.

Lang Lang/Sir Simon Rattle: Prokofiev 3 & Bartók 2

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