Siang Wong

Pianist See Siang Wong completes his Beethoven trilogy with "Unheard". The third album features unfinished, previously unheard works by Beethoven. In his sketchbooks, which he always carried with him, Beethoven jotted down ideas and musical experiments that he often never realised and which have survived today as fragments in libraries and private collections all over the world. "Unheard" brings together reconstructions and rarities based on such sketches. They show Beethoven's incredible wealth of ideas and his creative power.

Pianist See Siang Wong completes his Beethoven trilogy with "Unheard". The third album features unfinished, previously unheard works by Beethoven. In his sketchbooks, which he always carried with him, Beethoven jotted down ideas and musical experiments that he often never realised and which have survived today as fragments in libraries and private collections all over the world. "Unheard" brings together reconstructions and rarities based on such sketches. They show Beethoven's incredible wealth of ideas and his creative power.

The Neue Zürcher Zeitung described the Swiss pianist See Siang Wong as a "subtle sound painter". For his atmospheric album "Minore - Piano Concertos No. 20 & No. 24, Adagio K. 540" he has chosen very special works by Mozart. They are the only works composed in minor keys, thus differing greatly from Mozart's major works and shaping the intense character of the album. See Siang Wong says of them, "Mozart's minor works are touching in their depth and individuality.

Pianist See Siang Wong has had a versatile career, ranging from performances and recordings of core Classical-Romantic repertoire to contemporary music to cinematic selections. He has become internationally successful as a soloist, chamber musician, and accompanist. Of Singaporean- and Malaysian-Chinese background, Wong was born in Arnhem, Netherlands, on May 7, 1979. He studied in both the Netherlands and Switzerland, taking up residence and working as a teacher (at the University of Zurich) in the latter country; his Swiss Piano Project is both a series of recordings on the MGB Grammont label and a project to commission new works. He is the dedicatee of more than 30 piano works.

Pianist see Siang Wong, the" painter of subtle sound " (Neue Zürcher Zeitung), continues his Beethoven trilogy.

Pianist see Siang Wong, the" painter of subtle sound " (Neue Zürcher Zeitung), continues his Beethoven trilogy.

Chopin and Beethoven: the piano concertos as chamber music. Since the invention of the piano by Bartolomeo Christofori, composers such as Mozart and Haydn have explored and cherished the new tones and dynamic possibilities that the instrument offers. At the beginning of the 19th century, the piano grew increasingly popular and more and more were built and sold.

Sony Music is pleased to invite you to listen to the album containing intimate versions of the piano concertos: E - minor Frederic Chopin and G - Major by Ludwig van Beethoven. Contractors: See Siang Wong, piano and Gémeaux Quartet, Szymon (bass). Chamber concert version No. 4 G - flat major, Op. 58 by Ludwig van Beethoven, found by musicologist Hans-Werner Küthen, was founded after the premiere concert in 1807. The piano was performed by the composer himself. Frederic Chopin Piano Concertos is a position with which the dreams of many pianists. In the nineteenth century there was a custom of transcribing orchestral works for smaller ensembles chamber. From this period it comes from this study, which allowed many pianists perform this work.

Als «feinsinnigen Klangmaler» bezeichnete die Neue Zürcher Zeitung den Schweizer Pianisten See Siang Wong. Für das Beethoven-Jubiläumsjahr präsentiert dieser ein interessantes Album mit meist weniger bekannten Werken von Beethoven: die Klaviersonate Nr. 13 Es-Dur "Quasi una fantasia", die Fantasie g-Moll op. 77, beide für Klavier solo. Daneben steht die Fantasie c-Moll für Klavier, Chor und Orchester op. 80, die er mit dem Wiener Singverein und dem ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien unter der Leitung von Leo Hussain eingespielt hat. Beethoven gestaltet bei seinen Fantasie-Sonaten die Form frei und verzichtet auf den konventionellen Sonatenaufbau. Die einzelnen Sätze sind ineinander verschachtelt und folgen ohne Unterbrechung aufeinander. Die Sätze stehen in einem fantasieartigen Einklang und sind eine Vorahnung auf spätere Klaviersonaten, die nicht mehr aus einzelnen Sätzen bestehen, sondern ein einheitliches Gebilde formen.