Lang Lang discography

The discography of classical pianist Lang Lang includes nine studio albums, four live albums, one single, one compilation, two soundtracks, and three contributions to releases not under his name. His first album was released in 2000 under Telarc International Corporation. In 2003, he signed a contract with Deutsche Grammophon and released several albums with them.^[1][2] In February 2010, Lang Lang signed with Sony Classic.^[3]

Lang Lang discography
Lang Lang performing live in March 2008
Studio albums	9
Soundtrack albums	2
Live albums	4
Compilation albums	1
Singles	1
Contributions	3

Lang Lang has recorded two soundtracks, including the score by Alexandre Desplat for the 2007 movie The Painted Veil. He has contributed to several albums of other musicians, including Andrea Bocelli's greatest hits album, The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere. For the piece "Time for Dreams," on his 2008 album Dreams of China, Lang Lang collaborated with German electronica musician Christopher von Deylen.^[4] While Lang Lang has also worked with singers like Taiwanese R&B star Jay Chou and Chinese folk singer Song Zuying, none of these collaborations have been published.^[5]

Lang Lang has achieved considerable commercial and critical success. His albums have ranked on Billboard charts, including the Top Classical Albums chart.^[6][7]

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Notes
2003	Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: First Piano Concertos[8] Released: July 15, 2003 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD, DD	Performed with Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra[9]
2005	Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Paganini Rhapsody[10] Released: February 8, 2005 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD, DD	Performed with Valery Gergiev and the Orchestra of Mariinsky Theatre[11]
2006	Memory[12] Released: March 14, 2006 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD, DD	Includes work by Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Robert Schumann[13]
2007	Dragon Songs[14] Released: January 9, 2007 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD, DD, DVD	Includes traditional Chinese music and work by the Central Philharmonic Society, Lü Wencheng, He Lüting, Sun Yiqiang, Du Mingxin, Deng Yuxian, Zu Jianer, Zhao Jiping, and Wang Jianmin[15][16] Performed with Fan Wei, Ji Wei, Zhang Jiali, and Long Yu and the China Philharmonic Orchestra[14]
2007	Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4[17] Released: May 8, 2007 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD, DD, DVD	Performed with Christoph Eschenbach and the Orchestre de Paris[18] Nominated for the Best Instrumental Soloist at the 50th Grammy Awards
2008	Dreams of China[19] Released: June 24, 2008 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD	Includes "Time for Dreams", a collaboration with German electronica musician Christopher von Deylen[4] This CD was not released in North America.[19]
2008	Hess: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra[20] Released: August 4, 2008 Label: Universal Classics and Jazz Format: CD, DD	World premiere recording of new work by Nigel Hess. Performed with Christopher Warren-Green and the London Chamber Orchestra. Commissioned by The Prince of Wales in memory of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Only released in the UK.
2008	Chopin: The Piano Concertos[21] Released: September 9, 2008 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD, DD	Performed with Zubin Mehta and the Vienna Philharmonic[22]
2011	Liszt - My Piano Hero[23] Released: September 5, 2011 Label: Sony Classical Format: CD, DVD	"Lang pays a very personal tribute to Franz Liszt, to who he has had a special relationship following his very first encounter with the composer at age two. Since this introduction - watching a "Tom & Jerry" cartoon featuring Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 2 - Lang Lang has gone on to share his passion for classical music and the music of Liszt with concert audiences around the globe. To celebrate his piano hero's 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 Geegiev".
2012	Lang Lang - The Chopin Album[24] Released: October 22, 2012 Label: Sony Classical Format: CD, Deluxe CD (incl. Bonus DVD), Vinyl	The Chopin Album – Lang Lang's third album for Sony Classical – includes the second set of Chopin’s Études (op. 25), the Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise and a selection of shorter works as well as three Nocturnes and the Waltz op. 64 no. 1, popularly known as the “Minute” Waltz.
2013	Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 - Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2[25] Released: October 7, 2013 Label: Sony Classical Format: CD, DVD	First recorded collaboration with Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic Recorded in the Philharmonie Berlin in February and April 2013 The album is accompanied by a captivating 60-minute documentary The Highest Level unveiling the excitement, adrenalin, highs and challenges experienced by the artists and their team creating these recordings. The documentary as well as a complete filmed version of the Prokofiev Concerto were released in October on DVD and Blu-ray.
2014	The Mozart Album[26] Released: October 17, 2014 Label: Sony Classical Format: CD, Deluxe CD, DVD/Blu-Ray - “Lang Lang at the Royal Albert Hall”, Vinyl	The first disc in this two-disc set was recorded in spring 2014 in the Goldener Saal of Vienna's Musikverein and sees Lang Lang and Nikolaus Harnoncourt perform Mozart's two famous piano concerti – K 453 in G major and K491 in C minor – together with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The second disc in the album showcases Lang Lang as soloist in Mozart's three early piano sonatas together with the Rondo alla turca, the Allegro in F major K 1c and the Konzertstück in F major, K 33b. Sony Classical released the concert “Lang Lang at the Royal Albert Hall” on DVD, Blu-ray and digitally along with The Mozart Album in October.
2015	Lang Lang in Paris[27] Released: October 9, 2015 Label: Sony Classical Format: CD, Deluxe CD (incl. Bonus DVD), DVD/Blu-Ray - "Lang Lang live in Versailles", Vinyl	A studio recording of the repertoire was made in the Salle Liebermann at the Opéra Bastille Including music by F. Chopin and P.I. Tchaikowsky The DVD shows a special recital of Lang Lang at the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles on June 22, 2015
2016	New York Rhapsody[28] Released: September 16, 2016 Label: Sony Classical Format: CD, DVD/Blu-Ray-"New York Rhapsody - Live from Lincoln Center", Vinyl	Featuring guest artists Andra Day, Herbie Hancock, Jason Isbell, Jeffrey Wright, Jerry Douglas, Kandace Springs Archived 2017-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, Lindsey Stirling, Lisa Fischer, Madeleine Peyroux, and Sean Jones. Following the release of the album, a concert special Live From Lincoln Center aired on PBS on November 25, 2016, as part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival
2017	Romance[29] Released: October 13, 2017 Label: Sony Classical Format: CD	Lang Lang's brilliant showmanship here is channeled through some of the piano's most intimate, tender moments. Romance is an album that captures his playing at its most personal.
2019	Piano Book[30] Released: March 29, 2019 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD, LP	Includes music by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Schubert
2021	Bach: Goldberg Variations[31] Released: April 20, 2020 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD	Includes 4 CDs: two record a live performance, and two record a one-take rehearsal

Live albums

Year	Album details	Notes
2000	Lang Lang: Live At Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood[32] Released: November 30, 2000 Label: Telarc International Corporation Format: CD, DD	Includes work by Joseph Haydn, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Johannes Brahms, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Mily Balakirev[33]
2002	Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Scriabin: Etudes[34] Released: April 23, 2002 Label: Telarc Format: CD, DD	Includes a Chinese folk song and work by Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin[35] Performed live at The Royal Albert Hall in London with Yuri Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic[36]
2004	Lang Lang: Live at Carnegie Hall[37] Released: March 2, 2004 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD, DD, DVD	Includes work by Frédéric Chopin, Tan Dun, Haydn, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, and Robert Schumann[37][38] Includes "Horses," a piece arranged and performed by Lang Lang and his father, Lang Guo-ren, who performs the erhu[37][38]
2010	Lang Lang Live in Vienna[39] Released: August 24, 2010 Label: Sony Classic Format: CD, Deluxe CD (with excerpts from the concert), Blu-ray,[40] DVD, Vinyl,[41] and DD	Note that the DVD on the Deluxe CD version does not have many songs. Performed at the Vienna Musikverein[42]

Singles

Year	Album details	Notes
2010	Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 "Heroic"[43] Released: March 16, 2010 Label: Sony Classic Format: MP3	Recorded live at the Vienna Musikverein[44] A portion of the proceeds have gone to UNICEF as a benefit for the 2010 Haiti earthquake[45]
2022	We Don't Talk About Bruno (From "Encanto")[46] Released: July 29, 2022 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD, DD

Compilations

Year	Album details	Notes
2008	The Magic of Lang Lang[47] Released: February 5, 2008 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD, DD	A 13-track compilation containing live and studio recordings

Soundtracks

Year	Album details	Notes
2006	The Banquet[48] Released: September 11, 2006 Label: Dg Imports Format: CD, DD	Soundtrack by Tan Dun[48][49]
2007	The Painted Veil[50] Released: January 9, 2007 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD, DD	Soundtrack by Alexandre Desplat[49][50]
2010	Gran Turismo 5: The Official Soundtrack Released: November 26, 2010 Label: Sony Masterworks Format: CD, DD	First Original Game Soundtrack by Piano Instruments

Contributions

Year	Album details	Notes
2005	Breathe: The Relaxing Piano[51] Released: August 23, 2005 Label: Telarc International Corporation Format: CD, DD	Lang Lang plays Johannes Brahms's "Intermezzo for Piano in A minor, Op. 118, No. 1" and "Romance for piano in F major, Op. 118, No. 5".[51]
2007	Piano Moods: A Collection of Romantic Melodies[52] Released: May 8, 2007 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD, DD	Lang Lang plays Robert Schumann's "Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7 Traumerei" and "Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 1 Von fremden Landern und Menschen".[53]
2007	Andrea Bocelli, The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere[54] Released: October 30, 2007 Label: Decca Records Format: CD, DD	Lang Lang plays "Io ci sarò".[55]
2008	Mike Oldfield, Music Of The Spheres Released: March 14, 2008 Label: Mercury Records Format: CD	Lang Lang plays on six of the album's fourteen tracks
2012	2Cellos, In2ition Released: November 9, 2012 (Japan) Label: Sony Masterworks Format: CD, DD	Lang Lang plays "Clocks"[56]
2015	2Cellos, Celloverse Released: January 9, 2015 Label: Sony Masterworks Format: CD, DD	Lang Lang plays "Live and Let Die".