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It’s almost as if Yuja Wang were playing at home in her second collaboration with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the conductor Gustavo Dudamel. The music of Rachmaninov has no secrets left for the Chinese piano virtuoso, who strolls happily along these formidably difficult concertos. It’s the “Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18”, the most iconic, that leads. Composed in 1901, at the time when Rachmaninov was just beginning to recover from the depression caused by the failure of his first symphony, this concerto became one of the centrepieces of the Russian composer’s work, when it was notoriously sampled in the legendary pop hit “All by myself”. Yuja Wang moves with alarming ease along a score rife with traps, starting with the tenth intervals that are every pianist’s worst nightmare. Wang offers a sublime variety in her playing, marvellously befitting of the very distinct moods of the three movements: raging and bold attacks in the “moderato”, languid legatos in the “adagio sostenuto”, and finishing with a triumphant and luminous “allegro scherzando”. “Concertos No. 1” and “No.4” are served with the same mastery, and the album closes with a “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” where the orchestra proves to be of tremendous precision. An impeccable record. © Pierre Lamy/Qobuz
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1 (1917 Final Version) (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40 (1941 3rd Version) (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor, MainArtist - Yuja Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dmitriy Lipay, Producer, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alexander Lipay, Mixer, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
It’s almost as if Yuja Wang were playing at home in her second collaboration with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the conductor Gustavo Dudamel. The music of Rachmaninov has no secrets left for the Chinese piano virtuoso, who strolls happily along these formidably difficult concertos. It’s the “Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18”, the most iconic, that leads. Composed in 1901, at the time when Rachmaninov was just beginning to recover from the depression caused by the failure of his first symphony, this concerto became one of the centrepieces of the Russian composer’s work, when it was notoriously sampled in the legendary pop hit “All by myself”. Yuja Wang moves with alarming ease along a score rife with traps, starting with the tenth intervals that are every pianist’s worst nightmare. Wang offers a sublime variety in her playing, marvellously befitting of the very distinct moods of the three movements: raging and bold attacks in the “moderato”, languid legatos in the “adagio sostenuto”, and finishing with a triumphant and luminous “allegro scherzando”. “Concertos No. 1” and “No.4” are served with the same mastery, and the album closes with a “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” where the orchestra proves to be of tremendous precision. An impeccable record. © Pierre Lamy/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 37 track(s)
- Total length: 02:27:43
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Yuja Wang Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel
- Composer: Serge Rachmaninoff
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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