Lang Lang finishes first complete Beethoven piano concertos recording

Lang Lang will release his first complete recording of Beethoven’s five piano concertos on March 5, 2027, joining conductor Andris Nelsons and the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester for a project timed ahead of the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death. The album also includes Piano Sonata No. 31 and arrangements from Beethoven’s Seventh and Ninth symphonies; the Fifth Concerto will be offered in both digital and all-analogue formats. Lang Lang says decades of performing and studying the works have given him the maturity to record the full cycle, which he will also take on tour in 2026–27.