Rachmaninov & Prokofiev: Piano Concertos
Yuja Wang (piano)
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Building A Library, November 2024, Recommended Recording (Prokofiev 2)
Making her virtuoso credentials clear throughout, Wang dismisses every difficulty with nonchalant ease...this is a talent with a vengeance, the youthful partnership with Dudamel is ideal and...
Rachmaninov & Prokofiev: Piano Concertos
Yuja Wang (piano)
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Building A Library, November 2024, Recommended Recording (Prokofiev 2)
Making her virtuoso credentials clear throughout, Wang dismisses every difficulty with nonchalant ease...this is a talent with a vengeance, the youthful partnership with Dudamel is ideal and...
About
Twenty-four year old Chinese pianist Yuja Wang is widely recognized for playing that combines the spontaneity and fearless imagination of youth with the discipline and precision of a mature artist. Regularly lauded for her controlled, prodigious technique, Yuja’s command of the piano has been described as “astounding” and “superhuman,” and she has been praised for her authority over the most complex technical demands of the repertoire, the depth of her musical insight, as well as her fresh interpretations and graceful, charismatic stage presence. Following her San Francisco recital debut The San Francisco Chronicle wrote “The arrival of Chinese-born pianist Yuja Wang on the musical scene is an exhilarating and unnerving development. To listen to her in action is to re-examine whatever assumptions you may have had about how well the piano can actually be played,” and The Washington Post called Yuja’s Kennedy Center recital debut “jaw-dropping.”
Contents and tracklist
- Yuja Wang (piano)
- Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
- Gustavo Dudamel
- Recorded: 2013-02-16
- Recording Venue: Centro de Acción Social por la Música, Sala Simón Bolivar, Caracas
- Yuja Wang (piano)
- Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
- Gustavo Dudamel
- Recorded: 2013-02-16
- Recording Venue: Centro de Acción Social por la Música, Sala Simón Bolivar, Caracas
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineFebruary 2014Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2014
February 2014
Making her virtuoso credentials clear throughout, Wang dismisses every difficulty with nonchalant ease...this is a talent with a vengeance, the youthful partnership with Dudamel is ideal and both performances, recorded in Caracas, are understandably greeted with storms of applause.
5th March 2014
It’s a virtue rather than a shortcoming that Wang and Dudamel never push the music too hard or too fast...Where oomph is required, all concerned on DG can and do apply it.