Lang Lang, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim – Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: First Piano Concertos (2003) [MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

Lang Lang, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim – Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: First Piano Concertos (2003) [MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 59:17 minutes | Front, Scans NOT included | 4,36 GB
or DSD64 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front, Scans NOT included | 1,63 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front, Scans NOT included | 1,09 GB
DSD Recording | Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Deutsche Grammophon # 474637-2

Lang Lang’s debut recording for Deutsche Grammophon showcased the young pianist’s extraordinary gifts in celebrated recordings of Tchaikovsky’s and Mendelssohn’s First Piano Concertos. Mentor Daniel Barenboim led the forces of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. This disc is guaranteed to make any serious music-lover pause. Here is youth, freshness, force and agility, with no hint of the routine.This is the major-label maiden voyage for young Chinese pianist Lang Lang, who at the tender age of 20 has been barnstorming the concert circuit and gaining a lot of attention in the press. The works combined here, the “first” piano concerti of Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn, respectively, are certainly “safe” repertory choices for Lang, as these are the concertos he performs most often in public concerts. Their inclusion on the same disc is designed to show “both sides” of what Lang can do. Lang is joined here by Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Lang’s youth is accentuated in this package, and there is a collection of several glossy color photos of Lang in the booklet in “glamour puss” mode: seated at his piano, staring directly into the camera, getting a shoulder rub from conductor Barenboim, and other poses, some of which will strike some as frankly ridiculous. The performances are well recorded and the C.S.O. provides a solid accompaniment under Barenboim without letting anything resembling excitement creep in to disturb these rather sober and uniform performances. Lang certainly has extraordinary technical command at his disposal, but these concertos are strangely cold – his playing in the Tchaikovsky is clangorous at the opening but overly cautious elsewhere. The Mendelssohn concerto is painstakingly precious and a little underpowered. If you have seen Lang in concert, or plan to, and want to have a souvenir exemplar of his playing, then this disc is good for either purpose. But this Deutsche Grammophon release is far from being the first choice for these works; both are so commonly recorded that suggesting a single alternative within the context of this review would be pointless.

Tracklist:

01. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito
02. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23: II. Andantino semplice – Prestissimo – Tempo I
03. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23: III. Allegro con fuoco
04. Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.25: I. Molto allegro con fuoco
05. Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.25: II. Andante
06. Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.25: III. Presto – Molto allegro e vivace

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