Yuja Wang discography

Yuja Wang (born February 10, 1987) is a Chinese classical pianist who records on the Deutsche Grammophon label. She has released six CDs on with Deutsche Grammophon: Sonatas & Etudes in 2009; Transformation in 2010; Rachmaninov in 2011;^[1] and Fantasia, in March 2012.^[2] She has also performed on the soundtrack to the film Summer in February.^[3] A fifth Deutsche Grammophon album, released internationally in February, 2014, featured the Piano Concerto no. 2 of Sergei Prokofiev and Piano Concerto no. 3 of Sergei Rachmaninov, with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra;^[4] and in another 2014 release for DGG, she partnered the violinist Leonidas Kavakos in the violin sonatas of Johannes Brahms.^[5]

Although there are reports that Wang released a debut CD in 1995,^[6]^[7]^[8] there is little information available about it.

In addition to her audio recordings, EuroArts has released a DVD on which Wang performs Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, with Abbado conducting.^[9]

Sonatas & Etudes
Studio album by Yuja Wang
Released	April 20, 2009
Recorded	November 2008
Venue	Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
Genre	Classical
Length	1:14:17
Label	Deutsche Grammophon
Producer	Helmut Burk

Sonatas & Etudes is Wang's first CD on general release. It was recorded in November 2008 and released April 20, 2009.^[1] It was nominated for the 2010 Grammy Award in the category Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra).^[10] It includes the following tracks:

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35
No.	Title	Length
1.	"1. Grave – Doppio movimento"	7:50
2.	"2. Scherzo"	6:49
3.	"3. Marche funèbre"	8:25
4.	"4. Finale (Presto)"	1:28

György Ligeti (1923–2006), Six Etudes pour Piano, Premier Livre
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Etude no. 4: Fanfares"	3:40

Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Piano Sonata No. 2, in G-sharp minor op. 19, "Sonata Fantasy"
No.	Title	Length
6.	"1. Andante"	8:18
7.	"2. Presto"	4:02

György Ligeti (1923–2006)
No.	Title	Length
8.	"Etude no. 10: Der Zauberlehring"	2:15

Franz Liszt (1811–1886) Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 (Alfred Cortot, ed.)
No.	Title	Length
9.	"1. Lento assai – Allegro energico – Grandioso-Recitativo"	12:24
10.	"2. Andante sostenuto"	7:45
11.	"3. Allegro energico – Andante sostenuto – Lento assai"	11:04

Transformation (2010)

Transformation
Studio album by Yuja Wang
Released	April 13, 2010
Recorded	January 2010
Venue	Friedrich-Ebert-Halle. Hamburg
Genre	Classical
Length	58:27
Label	Deutsche Grammophon
Producer	Helmut Burk

Transformation is Wang's second CD on general release. It was released April 13, 2010 and includes the following tracks:^[1]

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Three Movements from Pétrouchka, transcribed for piano solo by the composer
No.	Title	Length
1.	"1. Danse russe. Allegro giusto"	2:30
2.	"2. Chez Pétrouchka"	4:16
3.	"3. La Semaine grasse. Con moto – Allegretto – Tempo giusto – Agitato; The Shrovetide Fair"	8:46

Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
No.	Title	Length
4.	"Sonata in E major K. 380: Andante comodo (Cortège)"	5:28

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), Variations on a Theme by Paganini Op. 35, Books I & II
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Thema. Non troppo presto"	0:27
6.	"Book 1, Variation 1"	0:24
7.	"Book 1, Variation 2"	0:25
8.	"Book 1, Variation 3"	0:25
9.	"Book 1, Variation 4"	1:00
10.	"Book 1, Variation 5"	0:46
11.	"Book 1, Variation 6"	0:27
12.	"Book 1, Variation 7"	0:28
13.	"Book 1, Variation 8"	0:29
14.	"Book 1, Variation 9"	1:00
15.	"Book 1, Variation 10"	1:23
16.	"Book 1, Variation 11"	1:17
17.	"Book 1, Variation 12"	1:12
18.	"Book 2, Variation 1"	0:43
19.	"Book 2, Variation 2"	0:36
20.	"Book 2, Variation 5"	0:24
21.	"Book 2, Variation 6"	0:21
22.	"Book 2, Variation 7"	0:19
23.	"Book 2, Variation 8"	0:29
24.	"Book 2, Variation 10"	0:41
25.	"Book 2, Variation 11"	0:25
26.	"Book 2, Variation 12"	1:10
27.	"Book 2, Variation 13"	0:56
28.	"Book 2, Variation 3"	0:30
29.	"Book 2, Variation 4"	0:54
30.	"Book 2, Variation 13"	0:32
31.	"Book 2, Variation 14"	2:07

Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
No.	Title	Length
32.	"Sonata in F minor/C major K. 466: Andante moderato"	5:45

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
No.	Title	Length
33.	"La Valse, transcribed for piano solo by the composer"	5:28

Rachmaninov (2011)

Rachmaninov
Studio album by Yuja Wang (piano); Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (cond.)
Released	February 25, 2011
Recorded	April 2010
Venue	Teatro Comunale, Ferrara
Genre	Classical
Length	56:11
Label	Deutsche Grammophon

Rachmaninov is Wang's third CD on general release, on the Deutsche Grammophon label. Its recording of Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 features the Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado. It was released February 25, 2011 and includes the following tracks:^[1]^[11]

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943), Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
No.	Title	Length
1.	"1. Introduction"	0:10
2.	"2. Variation 1"	0:21
3.	"3. Theme"	0:20
4.	"4. Variation 2"	0:20
5.	"5. Variation 3"	0:26
6.	"6. Variation 4"	0:29
7.	"7. Variation 5"	0:29
8.	"8. Variation 6"	1:03
9.	"9. Variation 7"	1:04
10.	"10. Variation 8"	0:35
11.	"11. Variation 9"	0:33
12.	"12. Variation 10"	0:54
13.	"13. Variation 11"	1:16
14.	"14. Variation 12"	1:18
15.	"15. Variation 13"	1:09
16.	"16. Variation 14"	0:45
17.	"17. Variation 15"	1:09
18.	"18. Variation 16"	1:35
19.	"19. Variation 17"	1:36
20.	"20. Variation 18"	2:45
21.	"21. Variation 19"	0:28
22.	"22. Variation 20"	0:37
23.	"23. Variation 21"	0:26
24.	"24. Variation 22"	1:48
25.	"25. Variation 23"	0:53
26.	"26. Variation 24"	1:13

Sergei Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
No.	Title	Length
27.	"1. Moderato"	10:26
28.	"2. Adagio sostenuto"	11:16
29.	"3. Allegro scherzando"	11:26

Fantasia (2012)

Fantasia
Studio album by Yuja Wang
Released	March 1, 2012
Recorded	December 2011
Venue	Teldex Studio, Berlin
Genre	Classical
Length	1:08:53
Label	Deutsche Grammophon

Fantasia is Wang's fourth Deutsche Grammophon album. It was released on March 1, 2012^[2] and includes the following tracks:^[2]

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39, No. 6 in A minor"	2:31
2.	"Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39, No. 4 in B minor"	2:31
3.	"Elegie in E-flat minor, Op. 3, No. 1"	4:45
4.	"Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39, No. 5 in E-flat minor"	4:37

Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Sonata in G major, KK. 455"	1:44

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Eurydice) (Giovanni Sgambati, arr.), Act 2; Melodie dell'Orfeo"	3:02

Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909)
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Iberia for piano solo, Book 2, No 6; Triana"	5:25

Georges Bizet (1838–1875) / Vladimir Horowitz (1904–1989)
No.	Title	Length
8.	"Variations on a theme from G. Bizet's Carmen (The Gypsy Song Act II); White House version"	3:39

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118 (arranged by Franz Liszt)"	3:36

Johann Strauss (1825–1899)
No.	Title	Length
10.	"Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214 (arranged by György Cziffra)"	3:20

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Waltz No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2; Tempo giusto"	3:49

Paul Dukas (1865–1935)
No.	Title	Length
12.	"L'apprenti sorcier (arranged by Victor Staub)"	9:49

Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)
No.	Title	Length
13.	"24 Preludes for piano, Op. 11; No. 11 in B major"	1:31
14.	"6 Preludes, Op. 13; No. 6 in B minor"	1:18
15.	"24 Preludes for piano, Op. 11; No. 12 in G-sharp minor"	1:30
16.	"12 Etudes for piano, Op. 8; No. 9 in C-sharp minor"	4:31
17.	"2 Poèmes, Op. 32; Poème No. 2 in F-sharp major"	3:23

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
No.	Title	Length
18.	"Danse macabre, op. 40 (arranged by Franz Liszt & Vladimir Horowitz)"	7:52

(iTunes bonus track)
No.	Title	Length
19.	"Tea for Two - (Youmans) - Arrangement by Art Tatum"	3:39

Piano Concertos / Rachmaninov, Prokofiev (2013)

Piano Concertos / Rachmaninov, Prokofiev
Studio album by Yuja Wang (piano)
Released	October 2013
Recorded	February 2013
Venue	Sala Simón Bolívar, Centro de Acción Social por la Música, Caracas
Genre	Classical
Length	1:11:44
Label	Deutsche Grammophon

Piano Concertos / Rachmaninov, Prokofiev is Wang's fifth Deutsche Grammophon album, scheduled for pre-release in the United States in October 2013, with a general international release January 3, 2014.^[12] It includes Wang's performances of piano concertos composed by Sergei Rachmaninov and Sergei Prokofiev, and features the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.^[12] The album comprises the following tracks:^[12]

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943), Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
No.	Title	Length
1.	"1. Allegro ma non tanto"	15:50
2.	"2. Intermezzo (Adagio)"	10:38
3.	"3. Finale (Alla breve)"	14:17

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953), Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
No.	Title	Length
4.	"1. Andantino"	11:02
5.	"2. Scherzo (Vivace)"	2:22
6.	"3. Intermezzo (Allegro moderato)"	6:35
7.	"4. Finale (Allegro tempestoso)"	11:00

Yuja Wang discography

Transformation (2010)

Rachmaninov (2011)

Fantasia (2012)

Piano Concertos / Rachmaninov, Prokofiev (2013)

Film scores

References

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