Liszt, Shostakovich & Others: Piano Works

Angel Stanislav Wang

Bretón String Quartet

Angel Stanislav Wang, winner of the 63rd Jaén Prize International Piano Competition in 2022, presents his Naxos debut recital with a selection of works he performed during the competition. Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B minor is an undisputed masterpiece of the Romantic era, while Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G minor is one of the most intense and eloquent chamber works of the 20th century. Spanish music is always present at Jaén and is represented here by a selection from Granados’s Goyescas, and by Laura Vega’s competition commission Poema a un amor eterno – a work of intense emotion, calling upon the pianist to be more of a poet or rhapsodist than a virtuoso.

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) , Enrique Granados (1867-1916) , Laura Vega (geb. 1978) , Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906-1975)