YUJA WANG Fantasia

 

1. Rachmaninov: Etude- Tableau No.6 in A     

2. Rachmaninov: Etude-Tableau No.4 in B

3. Rachmaninov: Elegie in E flat minor, Op.3, No.1    

4. Rachmaninov: Etude-Tableau No.5 in E flat minor

5. D. Scarlatti: Sonata in G major, KK.455      

6. Gluck: Melodie dell'Orfeo (Arranged by Sgambati)

7. Albéniz: Iberia, Book 2 - 6. Triana

8. Bizet, Horowitz: Variations on a theme from G. Bizet's "Carmen" (The Gypsy Song Act II)

9. Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrad, D 118 - arranged by Franz Liszt            

10. J. Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op.214 - arranged by György Cziffra                      

11. Chopin: Waltz No.7 in C sharp minor, Op.64 No.2 - Tempo giusto

12. Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier - arranged by Victor Staub       

13. Scriabin: Preludes, Op.11 - No. 11 in B     

14. Scriabin: Preludes, Op.13 - No. 6 in B       

15. Scriabin: Preludes, Op.11 - No. 12 in G sharp minor

16. Scriabin: Etudes, Op.8 - No. 9 in C sharp minor   

17. Scriabin: Poèmes , Op.32 - 1. Poème in F sharp   

18. Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre, Op.40 - arranged by Franz Liszt & Vladimir Horowitz        

 

The Yuja Wang album that everyone has been waiting for wows with musical miniatures that are short, sweet, and huge in impact. These encore pieces by Scriabin, Gluck, Rachmaninov, Chopin and others will enthrall Yuja Wang’s fans with challenging technical demands and the bravura precision of her execution.   The variety of styles – which includes neo-Classical, Impressionist, Romantic, jazz - in addition to the quality of the arrangements of pieces that are adaptations, provides a welcome and yet unique listening experience.

 

DG 4790052