Barely out of his teens on this recording, Lang Lang demonstrates plenty of virtuoso finger dexterity, but also places his personal stamp on the music. In the Tchaikovsky, a barn-burner of a piece that some pianists use to show how fast and loud they can play, Lang stresses the layers of intimacy alongside its more extroverted passages, which he plays with plenty of pianistic pyrotechnics. If his first movement seems disjointed, more a fantasia than a cohesive entity, he makes a virtue out of necessity through sharp accents that highlight its episodic character. Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony's brilliantly played accompaniments are in synch with Lang's approach. The Mendelssohn is a work that replaces bombast with elegant sparkle well suited to Lang's strengths. Lang is in his element here, sprinkling notes without breaking a sweat. There's stiff competition from classic performances by Argerich and Cliburn among many others in the Tchaikovsky, and Serkin, Schiff, and Thibaudet in the Mendelssohn, but Lang is well worth hearing.
【唱片曲目】
1-3.柴可夫斯基：降B大調第一號鋼琴協奏曲 Op.23
1. I. 莊嚴而不太快的快板 - 朝氣蓬勃的快板
2. II. 樸實的小行板- 極急板 - 原速
3. III. 熱烈的快板
4-6. 門德爾松：g小調第一號鋼琴協奏曲子 Op.25
4. I. 熱烈的極快板
5. II. 行板
6. III. 急板
1-3. Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
1. I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
2. II. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I
3. III. Allegro con fuoco
4-6. Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
4. I. Molto allegro con fuoco
5. II. Andante
6. III. Presto
【曲目試聽】
※柴可夫斯基：降B大調第一號鋼琴協奏曲 Op.23
- I. 莊嚴而不太快的快板 - 朝氣蓬勃的快板（片段展播） 備用試聽
