A new chapter for the superstar pianist and educator

 

“With ‘Piano Book’ I’m going back to my first love, to the pieces 
that made me want to become a musician in the first place.” Lang Lang

 
Superstar pianist Lang Lang released his latest publication, ‘Lang Lang Piano Book’, on 29th March 2019. This collaboration between Lang Lang and independent British publisher Faber Music has been published to accompany Lang Lang’s eagerly awaited new solo album ‘Piano Book’ with Universal Music Group and Deutsche Grammophon. 
 
Featuring all 29 pieces from the album, ‘Lang Lang Piano Book’ is a collection of the repertoire that first inspired Lang Lang to play the piano. It is beautifully presented as a high-end cased book, featuring marbled endpapers, page-finder ribbon and sewn binding. It includes exclusive photographs, comments from Lang Lang on every piece and an edition of Für Elise annotated with the pianist’s own performance notes. 
 
Lang Lang’s enthusiasm and commitment to inspiring others to learn and play the piano has remained ever-present throughout his career. Through ‘Lang Lang Piano Book’, he hopes to “motivate pianists to enjoy and remain focussed during their daily practice.” The collection gathers together many of the miniatures that generations of amateur pianists have grown up with, from Czerny’s studies and Clementi’s sonatinas that were part of Lang Lang’s own daily routine, to miniature masterpieces such as Für Elise and Bach’s Prelude No.1 in C. Alongside these are modern classics such as the Valse d’Amélie and Sakamoto’s music for Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence that helped the international pianist connect with people through the power of music, as well as folk pieces from around the world, such as Sweden’s Limu, limu, lima and the popular Chinese Jasmine Flower. Lang Lang holds all these short pieces in the highest regard, believing them to be classics in their own right and deserving of the same attention as major works.
 
“This is the music that has shaped me as a pianist and musician from the very beginning: it all has a huge personal importance to me and reflects my deep love of every aspect of the piano.” Lang Lang
 
Lang Lang entered an exclusive publishing partnership with Faber Music in 2014, launching the Lang Lang Piano Academy. This major new piano programme includes ‘mastering the piano’, five books focusing on piano technique, and the bestselling Lang Lang Piano Method. Both series have been translated into multiple languages and received global acclaim.

 

CONTENTS
Prelude in C major (J.S. Bach); Bagatelle in A minor, “Für Elise” (Beethoven); The Departure (Richter); Spinning Song (Mendelssohn); Clair de lune (Debussy); Prelude in D flat major, “Raindrop” (Chopin); Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Debussy); Allegro from “Sonata facile” (Mozart); Andante from Sonatina in C major (Clementi); Presto from The School of Velocity (Czerny); La Valse d’Amélie (Tiersen); Moment musical in F minor (Schubert); To Spring (An den Frühling) (Grieg); Rêverie (Debussy); Staccato from Villageoises (Poulenc); The Merry Shepherd Boy (Hu-Wei Huang); Wilder Reiter (The Wild Horseman) (Schumann); The Maiden’s Prayer (Bądarzewska-Baranowska); Minuet in G major (J.S. Bach attrib. Petzold); Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Sakamoto); Jasmine Flower (Chinese Traditional); Variations on “Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman” (Mozart); Arirang (Korean Traditional); Eliza Aria (Kats-Chernin); Limu, limu, lima (Swedish Traditional); Danza de la moza donosa (Ginastera); Nimrod from Enigma Variations (Elgar);  Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin);  The Chop Waltz “Chopsticks” (De Lulli); Lang Lang’s annotation of Bagatelle in A minor, “Für Elise” (Beethoven) 
 
PRINT SPECIFICATIONS
Size: 305x229mm
Extent: 112pp+16pp colour section, high-quality paper
Binding: cased with sewn binding
Features: marbled endpapers, head & tail bands, page-finder ribbon
Finishing: removable belly-band
 
PUBLICATION DETAILS
Title: Lang Lang Piano Book
Artist: Lang Lang
Publisher: Faber Music
Price: £25.00/€35.00/$34.99
UK/Europe release date: 29th March 2019
ROW release date: 12 April 2019
ISBN: 0571539165
 
‘Lang Lang Piano Book’, published by Faber Music is available to buy online and from all good music retailers from 29 March 2019.
The album Piano Book is available on Deutsche Grammophon.