Liszt: My Piano Hero

On one of the most eagerly anticipated classical releases of the year, LISZT: MY PIANO HERO, Lang Lang pays a very personal tribute to Franz Liszt, whose 200th birthday will be celebrated October 22. Lang Lang has had a special relationship with the composer following his very first encounter with his music at age two when he watched a TOM AND JERRY cartoon featuring Liszts -Hungarian Rhapsody- No. 2. in celebration of his piano heroes 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 Gergiev.