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The Vienna Recital

Yuja Wang (piano)

The Vienna Recital

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This is an achievement on a pretty spectacular new level, and the range of musical sensibility she demonstrates here is vast...her rhythmic sense [in the Ligeti] keeps the music aloft and totally...

BBC Music Magazine, August 20245 out of 5 stars

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The Vienna Recital

Yuja Wang (piano)

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This is an achievement on a pretty spectacular new level, and the range of musical sensibility she demonstrates here is vast...her rhythmic sense [in the Ligeti] keeps the music aloft and totally...

BBC Music Magazine, August 20245 out of 5 stars

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2023 Grammy-nominated Yuja Wang demonstrates her incredible range of interpretation with this eclectic program from her highly acclaimed 2022 Vienna recital. The star pianist displays her fiery virtuosity in little-known compositions by György Ligeti and Nikolai Kapustin, as well as her mature musicality in masterpieces by Ludwig van Beethoven and Alexander Scriabin, and her musical imagination in sublime miniatures by Isaac Albéniz. Yuja finishes with virtuoso encores spanning the history of music from Christoph Willibald Gluck to Philipp Glass. Technical mastery and interpretative refinement define her playing, without ever losing any of her emotionality. It’s not unlike a gallery exhibition encompassing multiple artists, where the curator gives careful consideration to the venue’s dimensions and the size of each painting. As such, a palpable organic flow and sense of cumulative momentum govern the peaks and valleys of Yuja Wang’s provocative running order.

Contents and tracklist

Albéniz: Iberia, T. 105 / Book 4
Work length4:56
No. 10, Málaga
Track length4:56
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23
Work length19:58
I. Drammatico
Track length6:35
II. Allegretto
Track length2:50
III. Andante
Track length4:39
IV. Presto con fuoco
Track length5:54
Kapustin: 24 Jazz Preludes, Op. 53
Work length4:30
No. 11
Track length2:41
No. 10
Track length1:49
Albéniz: Iberia, T. 105 / Book 3
Work length5:46
No. 9, Lavapiés
Track length5:46
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 'The Hunt'
Work length16:32
I. Allegro
Track length6:17
II. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace
Track length3:27
III. Minuet. Moderato e grazioso - Trio
Track length3:02
IV. Presto con fuoco
Track length3:46
Ligeti: Études for piano, book 2 (études 7-14)
Work length9:53
No. 6, Automne à Varsovie
Track length4:52
No. 13, L'escalier du diable
Track length5:01
Excerpt,Glass, P: Études
Work length2:46
No. 6
Track length2:46
Márquez: Danzón No. 2 (Transcr. Gómez-Tagle for Piano)
Work length3:45
Excerpt,Brahms: Intermezzi (3), Op. 117
Work length6:45
No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor. Andante con moto
Track length6:45
Excerpt,Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Work length3:05
Melodie dell'Orfeo (Arr. Sgambati for Piano)
Track length3:05

Spotlight on this release

Awards and reviews

  • Gramophone Magazine
    June 2024
    Editor's Choice
  • BBC Music Magazine
    August 2024
    Insturmental Choice
  • Presto Recordings of the Year
    Finalists 2024
  • International Classical Music Awards
    2025
    Nominated - Solo Instrument

August 2024

This is an achievement on a pretty spectacular new level, and the range of musical sensibility she demonstrates here is vast...her rhythmic sense [in the Ligeti] keeps the music aloft and totally compelling, turning this into a scary five-minute masterpiece of virtuosity.
5 out of 5 stars

June 2024

As Yuja Wang fuses the disparate music into a single, coherent arc, she annihilates any fears of randomness. How does she do it?
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