Friday 23 March 2012

The brilliant Lang Lang


Tuesday 20th March at Royal Albert Hall, London - One of the hottest tickets in classical music - Lang Lang, thanking members of the Philharmonic Orchestra after his performances of Beethoven's Piano Concerto Nos. 1 and 4.  Lang Lang was uncharacteristically restrained, but still highly expressive in parts.  Despite his brilliance, I still prefer Alfred Brendel, Simon Rattle and the Wiener Philharmoniker's renditions.