Filmed live in Vienna s legendary Musikverein concert hall, this release represents Lang Lang s second live recorded recital to date after the best selling Live at Carnegie Hall in 2004, which marked his international breakthrough as a recording artist The program for his Sony debut features Lang Lang s first ever recording of Beethoven sonatas The famous Appassionata , a milestone in the piano literature is paired with the composer s youthful C major Sonata op 2 no 3 Virtuosity of a different order is displayed in Albeniz s impressionistic memories of his native Spain in Book 1 of Iberia The program closes with one of Prokofiev s explosive War Sonatas, the revolutionary Seventh Sonata Finally to celebrate the Chopin Bicentennial we hear three encores of this Polish genius s most popular works the Aeolian Harp Etude, the Heroic Polonaise in A flat major, and the sparkling Grande Valse Brillante No 2