Lang Lang: Dragon Songs [Blu-ray]

Released in 2006 on DVD and has since shipped over 60k units, now also available on Blu-ray.

Lang Lang has fascinated audiences all over the globe – with “Dragon Songs” he takes them home to show them “his” China. Discover the musical culture that forged one of the most acclaimed classical musicians of our day.

The BD features a full-length documentary offering a fascinating look behind the scenes of Lang Lang’s China tour, from the privacy of his parents’ flat (where Lang Lang revisits his very first piano), to a Lang-family lunch and a visit to the local temple, to his successful master classes and stage performances. Additionally this BD includes a concert of the piano solo and chamber music pieces, all filmed in Beijing.

The Yellow River Concerto, a large-scale, highly virtuosic piano concerto with colourful sound scales, is juxtaposed with miniature pieces for piano solo and with chamber pieces, each combining the piano with traditional Chinese instruments.

Though all the pieces were written in the early 20th century, most of them are based on much older sources, merging traditional Chinese melodies and idioms with the Western classical music tradition – the result is music of astonishing beauty and ease that will strongly appeal to a broad audience.

Треклист:
Deng Yu-Hsien: Spring Wind
Du Mingxin: Straw Hat Dance (caomao huawu) (Arranged by Wu Zuqiang)
He Luting: The Cowherd's Flute (Mutong duandi)
Lü Wencheng: Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake (pinghu qiuyue)
Sun Yiqiang: Dance of Spring (chunwu)
Dialogue in Song (dui hua)
Spring Flowers in the Moonlit Night on the River (chun jiang hua yue ye)
Wang Jianmin: A Night on the Lake Beneath the Maple Bridge (fengqiao ye po)
Xian Xing-hi: Yellow River Piano Concerto
Zhao Jiping: Dance from Qiuci (qiuci wu)
Zu Jianer: Happy Times (fanshen de rizi)