CD Review: Yuja Wang – Ravel

CD Review: Yuja Wang – Ravel

Turning twenty-nine next month, pianist Yuja Wang has released her sixth recording with Deutsche Grammophon, Yuja Wang: Ravel. On it she performs Maurice Ravel’s two piano concertos  – the G major and the Concerto for the Left Hand in D major. The palate cleanser between these two is Gabriel Fauré’s Ballade in F# minor for…

Yuja Wang Releases ‘Ravel’

Yuja Wang Releases ‘Ravel’

It was in July that pianist Yuja Wang dazzled Australian audiences with her performances, described as “dazzling…tender…(and) stylish” (Sydney Morning Herald). She is now poised to release a new recording in Australia, entitled Ravel (available October 23, 2015) on the Deutsche Grammophon label, on which she performs with the celebrated Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under young conductor Lionel…