Lang Lang discography

The discography of classical pianist Lang Lang includes nine studio albums, four live albums, one single, one compilation, two soundtracks, and three contributions to releases not under his name. His first album was released in 2000 under Telarc International Corporation. In 2003, he signed a contract with Deutsche Grammophon and released several albums with them.[1][2] In February 2010, Lang Lang signed with Sony Classic.[3]

Lang Lang discography
A Chinese man sits at piano, performing, while an audience watches.
Lang Lang performing live in March 2008
Studio albums9
Live albums4
Compilation albums1
Singles1
Soundtrack albums2
Contributions3

Lang Lang has recorded two soundtracks, including the score by Alexandre Desplat for the 2007 movie The Painted Veil. He has contributed to several albums of other musicians, including Andrea Bocelli's greatest hits album, The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere. For the piece "Time for Dreams," on his 2008 album Dreams of China, Lang Lang collaborated with German electronica musician Christopher von Deylen.[4] While Lang Lang has also worked with singers like Taiwanese R&B star Jay Chou and Chinese folk singer Song Zuying, none of these collaborations have been published.[5]

Lang Lang has achieved considerable commercial and critical success. His albums have ranked on Billboard charts, including the Top Classical Albums chart.[6][7]

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsNotes
2003Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: First Piano Concertos[8]
2005Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Paganini Rhapsody[10]
  • Released: February 8, 2005
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Format: CD, DD
2006Memory[12]
  • Released: March 14, 2006
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Format: CD, DD
2007Dragon Songs[14]
  • Released: January 9, 2007
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Format: CD, DD, DVD
2007Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4[17]
  • Released: May 8, 2007
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Format: CD, DD, DVD
2008Dreams of China[19]
  • Released: June 24, 2008
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Format: CD
2008Hess: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra[20]
2008Chopin: The Piano Concertos[21]
  • Released: September 9, 2008
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Format: CD, DD
2011Liszt - My Piano Hero[23]
  • Released: September 5, 2011
  • Label: Sony Classical
  • Format: CD, DVD
  • "Lang pays a very personal tribute to Franz Liszt, to who he has had a special relationship following his very first encounter with the composer at age two. Since this introduction - watching a "Tom & Jerry" cartoon featuring Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 2 - Lang Lang has gone on to share his passion for classical music and the music of Liszt with concert audiences around the globe. To celebrate his piano hero's bicentenary, Lang Lang has selected some of the most famous, virtuosic and poetic solo pieces, concluding with a stunning new recording of the Piano Concerto No. 1 = accompanied by the Vienna Philharmonic and Valery Geegiev".
2012Lang Lang - The Chopin Album[24]
  • Released: October 22, 2012
  • Label: Sony Classical
  • Format: CD, Deluxe CD (incl. Bonus DVD), Vinyl
  • The Chopin Album – Lang Lang’s third album for Sony Classical – includes the second set of Chopin’s Études (op. 25), the Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise and a selection of shorter works as well as three Nocturnes and the Waltz op. 64 no. 1, popularly known as the “Minute” Waltz.
2013Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 - Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2[25]
  • Released: October 7, 2013
  • Label: Sony Classical
  • Format: CD, DVD
  • First recorded collaboration with Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic
  • Recorded in the Philharmonie Berlin in February and April 2013
  • The album is accompanied by a captivating 60-minute documentary The Highest Level unveiling the excitement, adrenalin, highs and challenges experienced by the artists and their team creating these recordings. The documentary as well as a complete filmed version of the Prokofiev Concerto were released in October on DVD and Blu-ray.
2014The Mozart Album[26]
  • Released: October 17, 2014
  • Label: Sony Classical
  • Format: CD, Deluxe CD, DVD/Blu-Ray - “Lang Lang at the Royal Albert Hall”, Vinyl
  • The first disc in this two-disc set was recorded in spring 2014 in the Goldener Saal of Vienna’s Musikverein and sees Lang Lang and Nikolaus Harnoncourt perform Mozart’s two famous piano concerti – K 453 in G major and K491 in C minor – together with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The second disc in the album showcases Lang Lang as soloist in Mozart’s three early piano sonatas together with the Rondo alla turca, the Allegro in F major K 1c and the Konzertstück in F major, K 33b.
  • Sony Classical released the concert “Lang Lang at the Royal Albert Hall” on DVD, Blu-ray and digitally along with The Mozart Album on October.
2015Lang Lang in Paris[27]
  • Released: October 9, 2015
  • Label: Sony Classical
  • Format: CD, Deluxe CD (incl. Bonus DVD), DVD/Blu-Ray - "Lang Lang live in Versailles", Vinyl
  • A studio recording of the repertoire was made in the Salle Liebermann at the Opéra Bastille
  • Including music by F. Chopin and P.I. Tchaikowsky
  • The DVD shows a special recital of Lang Lang at the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles on June 22, 2015
2016New York Rhapsody[28]
  • Released: September 16, 2016
  • Label: Sony Classical
  • Format: CD, DVD/Blu-Ray-"New York Rhapsody - Live from Lincoln Center", Vinyl
2017Romance[29]
  • Released: October 13, 2017
  • Label: Sony Classical
  • Format: CD
  • Lang Lang’s brilliant showmanship here is channeled through some of the piano’s most intimate, tender moments. Romance is an album that captures his playing at its most personal.
2019Piano Book[30]
  • Released: March 29, 2019
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Includes music by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Schubert

Live albums

YearAlbum detailsNotes
2000Lang Lang: Live At Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood[31]
2002Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Scriabin: Etudes[33]
  • Released: April 23, 2002
  • Label: Telarc
  • Format: CD, DD
2004Lang Lang: Live at Carnegie Hall[36]
2010Lang Lang Live in Vienna[38]
  • Released: August 24, 2010
  • Label: Sony Classic
  • Format: CD, Deluxe CD (with excerpts from the concert), Blu-ray,[39] DVD, Vinyl,[40] and DD
  • Note that the DVD on the Deluxe CD version does not have many songs.
  • Performed at the Vienna Musikverein[41]

Singles

YearAlbum detailsNotes
2010Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 "Heroic"[42]
2022We Don't Talk About Bruno (From "Encanto")[45]

Compilations

YearAlbum detailsNotes
2008The Magic of Lang Lang[46]
  • A 13-track compilation containing live and studio recordings

Soundtracks

YearAlbum detailsNotes
2006The Banquet[47]
  • Released: September 11, 2006
  • Label: Dg Imports
  • Format: CD, DD
2007The Painted Veil[49]
2010Gran Turismo 5: The Official Soundtrack
  • First Original Game Soundtrack by Piano Instruments

Contributions

YearAlbum detailsNotes
2005Breathe: The Relaxing Piano[50]
2007Piano Moods: A Collection of Romantic Melodies[51]
2007Andrea Bocelli, The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere[53]
  • Lang Lang plays "Io ci sarò".[54]
2008Mike Oldfield, Music Of The Spheres
  • Lang Lang plays on six of the album's fourteen tracks
20122Cellos, In2ition
20152Cellos, Celloverse

References

General
  • "Lang Lang Albums". langlang.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  • "Lang Lang Discography". Deutsche Grammophon. Archived from the original on 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  • "Lang Lang Guest Appearances". langlang.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  • "Lang Lang Soundtracks". langlang.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
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