Wandering Piano Musings - From Classical Poetic Essence to Romantic Rhapsody

Pianist Song Yaozong's album "Wandering Piano Musings - From Classical Poetic Essence to Romantic Rhapsody" brings together three major piano sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven, and Liszt. It traces a journey from Classical balance to Romantic expressive freedom.

About the album

The programme connects Mozart's poetic clarity in the Sonata in F major, KV 332, Beethoven's dramatic and humorous Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 31 No. 3, and Liszt's monumental Sonata in B minor, S.178. Song Yaozong combines analytical insight with an imaginative sound world, making the evolution of form, emotion, and individual expression audible.

Programme

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, KV 332 - Allegro; Adagio; Allegro assai
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 - Allegro; Scherzo: Allegretto vivace; Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso; Presto con fuoco
• Franz Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178 - Lento assai-Allegro energico-Grandioso-Recitativo; Andante sostenuto; Allegro energico-Andante sostenuto-Lento assai

Artist

Song Yaozong is a pianist, Doctor of Music, FAZIOLI Global Ambassador, and Yangtze River Piano Artist. He studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and with Georg Friedrich Schenck at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf. The album was released by China Record Corporation (Shanghai) in 2025.