Haochen Zhang

Haochen Zhang, Dima Slobodeniouk, Lahti Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev: Piano Concertos (2019)

Haochen Zhang, Dima Slobodeniouk, Lahti Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev: Piano Concertos (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 258 Mb | Total time: 66:29 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | BIS 2381 | Recorded: 2018

Winner of the 2009 Van Cliburn competition, Haochen Zhang is no stranger to a challenge. On this début concerto disc he proves this once more, boldly jumping in at the deep end as he takes on Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2. The demands posed by Prokofiev’s concerto are famous, starting with a huge cadenza already in the first movement. This may explain why the concerto was for a long time relatively unknown and, … Read moreunlike the First and Third Piano Concertos, has only recently taken its rightful place in the repertory.

Haochen Zhang plays Schumann, Liszt, Janacek, Brahms (2017)  Music

Posted by Designol at May 21, 2022
Haochen Zhang plays Schumann, Liszt, Janacek, Brahms (2017)

Haochen Zhang plays Schumann, Liszt, Janáček, Brahms (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 200 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 161 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-SACD-2238 | Time: 01:05:46

In 2009, at the age of 19, Haochen Zhang became one of the youngest musicians ever to win the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Since then he has had a busy concert schedule, primarily in his native China and in the U.S.A. but also in Europe where he made his début at the BBC Proms in 2014. Recording has been less of a priority for Zhang, and it is only now that he releases his first studio album, recorded at the Reitstadel, the well-known audiophile venue in Neumarkt in Germany. For this recital, Haochen Zhang has devised a programme made up of works that he feels particularly close to. As he writes in his own liner notes, they ’not only speak to me in a very intimate way, but also connect with one another at a corresponding level of intimacy: as a whole they form a unique musical narrative.’ The pieces all share a reflective and introspective quality, albeit reflective in different ways. Opening the disc Schumann’s Kinderszenen were described by the composer as ‘reflections of an adult for adults’ and in the closing Op. 117 Intermezzi, Brahms also seems to be looking backwards – but with resignation rather than intimate tenderness. Framed by these two, the works by Liszt and Janácek contain overtly dramatic episodes, but contemplative interludes form a recurrent feature of the Ballade, and in Presentiment, the first movement of Janácek’s Sonata, the dark forebodings seem to rise up from the composer’s own soul.

Haochen Zhang - Franz Liszt: Transcendental Études (2023)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at Jan. 15, 2024
Haochen Zhang - Franz Liszt: Transcendental Études (2023)

Haochen Zhang - Franz Liszt: Transcendental Études (2023)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 233 Mb | Total time: 67:10 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-SACD-2681 | Recorded: 2022

The Transcendental Études form a cycle of twelve pieces whose composition began in 1826 and was completed in 1851. Starting from the idea of an encyclopædic collection which, in the manner of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Liszt’s Transcendental Études became something of a seismograph of his compositional aesthetic, first strongly under the influence of Paganini, later more in the style of character pieces.
Haochen Zhang, Nathalie Stutzmann, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Ludwig van Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos (2022)

Haochen Zhang, Nathalie Stutzmann, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Ludwig van Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 664 Mb | Total time: 02:55:29 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-SACD-2581 | Recorded: 2021

As one of the finest pianists of his era and an improviser of genius, Ludwig van Beethoven's preferred vehicle for musical exploration was the piano. With his five piano concertos composed between 1788 and 1809, he not only achieved a brilliant conclusion to the Classical piano concerto, but also established a new model for the Romantic era: a sort of symphony with obbligato piano which was to remain a reference point well into the twentieth century. After the first two concertos, which still closely follow the models of Haydn and Mozart, Concerto No. 3 marks a profound stylistic change. In the piano part, Beethoven pushes the instrument to it's limits, leading commentators to remark that he was writing for the piano of the future.
Haochen Zhang, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Nathalie Stutzmann - Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos (2022) [24/96]

Haochen Zhang, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Nathalie Stutzmann - Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 174:35 minutes | 2,77 GB
Classical | Label: BIS, Official Digital Download

As one of the finest pianists of his era and an improviser of genius, Ludwig van Beethoven’s preferred vehicle for musical exploration was the piano. With his five piano concertos composed between 1788 and 1809, he not only achieved a brilliant conclusion to the Classical piano concerto, but also established a new model for the Romantic era: a sort of symphony with obbligato piano which was to remain a reference point well into the twentieth century.

Haochen Zhang - Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (2023)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Dec. 31, 2023
Haochen Zhang - Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (2023)

Haochen Zhang - Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 231 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 159 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:07:10
Classical | Label: BIS

The Transcendental Études form a cycle of twelve pieces whose composition began in 1826 and was completed in 1851. Starting from the idea of an encyclopædic collection which, in the manner of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Liszt’s Transcendental Études became something of a seismograph of his compositional aesthetic, first strongly under the influence of Paganini, later more in the style of character pieces. These études are among the most difficult works ever written for the piano. Together with Chopin’s Études, they serve as a basis for piano technique, some of them already prefiguring musical impressionism, and they had a significant influence on subsequent piano music, most notably that of Debussy, Rachmaninov, Bartók, and Ligeti.
Haochen Zhang - Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Haochen Zhang - Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 66:49 minutes | 1,01 GB
Classical | Label: BIS, Official Digital Download

The Transcendental Études form a cycle of twelve pieces whose composition began in 1826 and was completed in 1851. Starting from the idea of an encyclopædic collection which, in the manner of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Liszt’s Transcendental Études became something of a seismograph of his compositional aesthetic, first strongly under the influence of Paganini, later more in the style of character pieces. These études are among the most difficult works ever written for the piano.
Haochen Zhang - Schumann, Liszt, Janáček & Brahms: Piano Works (2017) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Haochen Zhang - Schumann, Liszt, Janáček & Brahms: Piano Works (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 65:36 minutes | 971 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

In 2009, at the age of 19, Haochen Zhang became one of the youngest musicians ever to win the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Since then he has had a busy concert schedule, primarily in his native China and in the U.S.A. but also in Europe where he made his début at the BBC Proms in 2014. Recording has been less of a priority for Zhang, and it is only now that he releases his first studio album, recorded at the Reitstadel, the well-known audiophile venue in Neumarkt in Germany. For this recital, Haochen Zhang has devised a programme made up of works that he feels particularly close to.
Haochen Zhang - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Haochen Zhang - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 66:26 minutes | 1.01 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

Winner of the 2009 Van Cliburn competition, Haochen Zhang is no stranger to a challenge. On this début concerto disc he proves this once more, boldly jumping in at the deep end as he takes on Sergei Prokofievs Piano Concerto No. 2. The demands posed by Prokofievs concerto are famous, starting with a huge cadenza already in the first movement. This may explain why the concerto was for a long time relatively unknown and, unlike the First and Third Piano Concertos, has only recently taken its rightful place in the repertory.
Haochen Zhang - Schumann, Liszt, Janáček & Brahms: Piano Works (2017)

Haochen Zhang - Schumann, Liszt, Janáček & Brahms: Piano Works
Classical | WEB FLAC (tracks) & d. booklet | 65:36 min | 162 MB
Label: BIS | Tracks: 19 | Rls.date: 2017

In 2009, at the age of 19, Haochen Zhang became one of the youngest musicians ever to win the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Since then he has had a busy concert schedule, primarily in his native China and in the U.S.A. but also in Europe where he made his début at the BBC Proms in 2014.