SCHUMANN / LISZT / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / etc
Play Lixin Zhang (piano) [ Rattle / CD - released 6/Jul/2018 ] Rattle is delighted to release the debut recording of Lixin Zhang, an extraordinary young musician destined to have an exceptional career. Lixin began piano lessons at the age of 4 with Neville Baird and later studied with Michael Endres and... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Surprise In Texas - The Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Nobuyuki Tsujii / Haochen Zhang / Yeol Eum Son (pianos) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "The atmosphere of the piano world's most demanding competition comes vividly across, as do the personalities of the finalists" (BBC Music) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Haochen Zhang plays Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky Haochen Zhang (piano), Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Dima Slobodeniouk [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Aug/2019 ] Winner of the 2009 Van Cliburn competition, Haochen Zhang is no stranger to a challenge. On this début concerto disc he proves this once more, boldly jumping in at the deep end as he takes on Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2. The demands posed... |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Szymanowski: Myth Rosanne Philippens (violin) Julien Quentin (piano) / NJO / Xian Zhang [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] "a significant talent whose varied tonal palette especially suits Szymanowski's music...Philippens connects wellwith Szymanowski's sensual muse." Gramophone |
RAVEL
The Very Best of Ravel Francois-Joel Thiollier (Piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) / Howard Zhang (Violin) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Maurice Ravel was one of the most important French composers in the early twentieth century and developed his own musical idiom through the combination of French and Spanish influences. The 2 CD set contains selections of the most frequently... |
SCHUMANN / LISZT / JANACEK / BRAHMS
Haochen Zhang - Piano Recital Haochen Zhang (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] In 2009, at the age of 19, HaochenZhangbecame one of the youngest musicians ever to win the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Since then he has had a busy concert schedule, primarily in his native China and in the U.S.A. but also in Europe... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Transcendental Ètudes Haochen Zhang (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Aug/2023 ] The Transcendental Études form a cycle of twelve pieces whose composition began in 1826 and was completed in 1851. Starting from the idea of an encyclopædic collection which, in the manner of Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier |
Jia Zhang-Ke
The World [ Madman Entertainment / DVD - released 11/Oct/2006 ] PG - Contains mild coarse language. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Dragon Songs [includes the Yellow River Concerto] BLU-RAY Lang Lang (piano) / Fan Wei / Zhang Jial / Ji Wei / Long Yu / Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra / Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2014 ] Lang Lang has fascinated audiences all over the globe - with "Dragon Songs" he takes them home to show them "his" China. Discover the musical culture that forged one of the most acclaimed classical musicians of our day. |
XIAOGANG YE
Xiaogang Ye: The Road to the Republic (Cantata) / Cantonese Suite Liping Zhang (Sop) Guang Yang (Mezzo) Yijie Shi (Tenor) Chenye Yuan (Baritone) / China National Symphony Orchestra; Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Xiaogang Ye is regarded as one of China's leading contemporary composers, having been awarded a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2013 China Arts Award, and a Distinguished Alumni citation from the Eastman School of Music in 2011. The Road to the... |
QIN WEN-CHEN
Qin: Violin Concerto 'The Border of the Mountains', Cello Concerto 'Dawn', Suona Concerto 'Calling the Phoenix' Li-Wei Qin (cello) Mengla Huang (violin) Qianyuan Zhang (suona) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gottfried Rabl [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] A native of Inner Mongolia, Wenchen Qin grew up with the folk music of his homeland and is now one of China's most influential composers. His violin concerto The Border of the Mountains exploits the extraordinary colors and flexibility of both... |
Various Artists / Zhang Xingrong / Jack Body
South of the Clouds: Instrumental Music of Yunnan Volume 1 [ Ode Records / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2003 ] Ethnomusicologist, Jack Body, has overseen this project - field recordings by pioneer Chinese researcher Zhang Xingrong featuring instrumental music of the Wa nationality of Yunnan, South China. |
Various Artists / Zhang Xingrong / Jack Body
South of the Clouds: Instrumental Music of Yunnan Volume 2 [ Ode Records / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2003 ] This is the second 2CD volume of field recordings made in Yunnan Province, China by Zhang Xingrong and documenting the music, dance and customs of the many ethnic groups including Tibetan, Jingpo, Achang, Mongolian, Dai (Tai), Zhuang, Shui, Buyi,... |
Zhang/Esterhazy Sinfonia/Yuasa
Lalo:symphonie Espagnole [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] |