Yuja Wang, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier - Ravel: Piano Concertos (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 50:13 minutes | 833 MB
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Yuja Wang has established herself as an international sensation. She plays with the world’s leading orchestras—including those of New York, London, Amsterdam, and Berlin - regularly joining them on tours of the Americas, Europe, and Asia. On her eagerly expected new orchestral album she wows with two perennial hits: Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major and The Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major. Both are heavily influenced by jazz, which Ravel had encountered on a concert tour of the United States in 1928. He composed both concertos between 1929 and 1930.
As a concerto soloist, Yuja Wang is best known for playing the Russian blockbusters of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Prokofiev, but this all-French album from Deutsche Grammophon reveals her talents in a different light. Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major and his Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major are among the most effervescent in the repertoire, and Wang sparkles with charm and energy, sometimes giving a feeling of being lighter than air when playing with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, under the direction of Lionel Bringuier. Most of the magic may be in Ravel's carefully voiced scoring, which creates space around the piano and makes it completely audible, but Wang deserves credit for her controlled touch, seemingly effortless virtuosity, and elegant phrasing, which are always in evidence, even in the more frenetic passages. Gabriel Fauré's Ballade in F sharp major is a solo piano piece that provides a palate cleanser between the concertos, and here Wang offers an intimate reading that is both rich in sonorities and transparent in all its details.
Tracklist:
01 - Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83: I. Allegramente – Andante – Tempo I
02 - Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai
03 - Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83: III. Presto
04 - Gabriel Fauré: Ballade in F sharp major op. 19: Andante cantabile – Allegro moderato – Andante – Allegro – Andante – Allegro moderato
05 - Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major, M. 82: Lento – Andante –
06 - Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major, M. 82: Allegro –
07 - Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major, M. 82: Tempo I
Recorded: Tonhalle, Zürich, April 2015 (Ravel); Teldex Studio, Berlin, May 2015 (Fauré).
Musicians:
Yuja Wang - piano
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich - Conducted by Lionel Bringuier
Analyzed: Yuja Wang, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier / Ravel: Piano Concertos
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR17 -0.21 dB -25.53 dB 8:20 01-Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83: I. Allegramente – Andante – Tempo I
DR16 -10.38 dB -32.87 dB 8:20 02-Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai
DR16 -0.99 dB -24.49 dB 4:00 03-Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83: III. Presto
DR14 -2.91 dB -23.17 dB 12:05 04-Ballade in F sharp major op. 19: Andante cantabile – Allegro moderato – Andante – Allegro – Andante – Allegro moderato
DR16 -0.18 dB -22.33 dB 7:41 05-Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major, M. 82: Lento – Andante –
DR15 -1.88 dB -22.35 dB 4:51 06-Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major, M. 82: Allegro –
DR15 -0.16 dB -20.80 dB 4:56 07-Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major, M. 82: Tempo I
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR15
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2260 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR17 -0.21 dB -25.53 dB 8:20 01-Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83: I. Allegramente – Andante – Tempo I
DR16 -10.38 dB -32.87 dB 8:20 02-Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai
DR16 -0.99 dB -24.49 dB 4:00 03-Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83: III. Presto
DR14 -2.91 dB -23.17 dB 12:05 04-Ballade in F sharp major op. 19: Andante cantabile – Allegro moderato – Andante – Allegro – Andante – Allegro moderato
DR16 -0.18 dB -22.33 dB 7:41 05-Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major, M. 82: Lento – Andante –
DR15 -1.88 dB -22.35 dB 4:51 06-Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major, M. 82: Allegro –
DR15 -0.16 dB -20.80 dB 4:56 07-Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major, M. 82: Tempo I
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR15
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2260 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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