The Berlin Recital

Featuring

Yuja Wang
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Alexander Scriabin
György Ligeti
Sergei Prokofiev

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Compositional Technique

Rachmaninov's Études-tableaux, a genre he created, combine the Chopinesque concert study with a tone-poem for piano.

Performer Biography

Since 2013, Yuja Wang has been a regular guest at the Berlin Philharmonie, performing solo recitals, chamber music, and concertos.

Recording & Production

This album is a live recording of Yuja Wang's sold-out piano recital in the Berlin Philharmonie in June 2018.

Performer Biography

Yuja Wang, born in China and raised in Canada, feels comfortable in Berlin due to its creative freedom and high-octane energy, similar to her own.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Alexander Scriabin's Piano Sonata No. 10, a mystical and eccentric work from his later years, was described by the composer as a 'sonata of insects' rather than birds.

Compositional Technique

György Ligeti's Piano Études, written between 1985 and 2001, were inspired by diverse sources including player piano studies by Conlon Nancarrow, polyrhythmic music of the Aka people, and M. C. Escher's drawings.