'No trying to fault Wang: her touch takes the breath away' Michael Church
Fantasia Rachmaninov: Études-tableaux Op. 39, No. 6; Op. 39, No. 4; Élégie Op. 3, No. 1; Étude-tableau Op. 39, No. 5 Scarlatti: Sonata K455 Gluck/Sgambati: Mélodie de Gluck Albéniz: Triana Bizet/Horowitz: Carmen Variations Schubert/Liszt: Gretchen am Spinnrade Strauss/Cziffra: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka Chopin: Valse Op. 64, No. 2 Dukas/Staub: L'Apprenti sorcier Scriabin: Préludes Op. 11, No. 11; Op. 13, No. 6; Op. 11, No. 12; Étude Op. 8, No. 9; Poème Op. 32, No. 1 Saint-Saëns/Liszt/Horowitz: Danse macabre
Yuja Wang (piano) DG 479 0052 68:58 mins
Audio clip: from Scarlatti, Sonata K455
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