Yutong Sun - Piano Recital: Yutong Sun (2012 Winner Jaen Piano Competition) (2013)

Tracklist

01. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a, "Les adieux": I. Das Lebewohl: Adagio - Allegro
02. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a, "Les adieux": II. Abwesenheit: Andante espressivo
03. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a, "Les adieux": III. Das Wiedersehn: Vivacissimamente
04. Gargoyles, Op. 29: I. Presto
05. Gargoyles, Op. 29: II. Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato
06. Gargoyles, Op. 29: III. Allegro moderato
07. Gargoyles, Op. 29: IV. Presto feroce
08. Flores para Julia
09. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
10. Pictures at an Exhibition: I. Gnomus
11. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (Interlude 1)
12. Pictures at an Exhibition: II. Old Castle
13. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (Interlude 2)
14. Pictures at an Exhibition: III. Tuileries
15. Pictures at an Exhibition: IV. Bydlo
16. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (Interlude 3)
17. Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells
18. Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
19. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (Interlude 4)
20. Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. The Market-Place at Limoges
21. Pictures at an Exhibition: VIII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum) - Con mortuis in lingua mortua
22. Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
23. Pictures at an Exhibition: X. The Great Gate at Kiev

The young Chinese pianist Yutong Sun has been a winner at several prestigious international competitions, culminating in the first prize and Gold Medal at the 54th Jaén competition in 2012. For his Laureate Recital he has constructed a programme that displays his expressive maturity and technical accomplishments across the repertoire. Beethoven’s Sonata No 26, ‘Les adieux’ reveals its fabled cantabile sound world, whilst Lowell Liebermann’s 1989 Gargoyles, Op 29 is an approachable, sensuous and vital piece of contemporary writing. Mussorgsky’s vast Pictures at an Exhibition is one of the virtuosic peaks of nineteenth-century pianism.

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