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Deutsche Grammophon doesn’t miss a beat. No sooner does its boxed set devoted to Martha Argerich’s complete DG recordings appear than the yellow label brings
A critic colleague described Lang Lang’s Prokofiev Third and Bartók
The album title, “My Piano Hero” (never mind the cover photo), is enough to make you gag, and really doesn’t do justice to the quality
Behold Lang Lang’s Sony Classical debut recital, recorded live in Vienna and available on DVD, in Blu-Ray format with special added 3-D performances, on high-grade
These three star musicians bring brilliance, bravura, and highly persuasive playing to the Tchaikovsky Piano Trio. It’s also highly individualized, as you can often sense
It’s hard to separate the sounds Lang Lang makes from the persona he and his handlers project. The Bart Simpson hairdo, hideous trousers (something you’d
The Rachmaninov Third Piano Concerto has become the archetype virtuoso showpiece pianists use to dazzle us with their technical prowess. Lang Lang however, offers a
These performances, when they aren’t truly boring, are just bad. Take the opening of the Second Concerto: it should be played in tempo, and evenly,
Releasing a recording of a live concert always involves an element of risk, one that has largely paid off in this latest recording by Lang
At age 20, Lang Lang surely is 2003’s leading candidate to fill the “next great pianist” hotseat, especially with a Deutsche Grammophon contract in hand
