Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Two Rhapsodies Op 79 / etc
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Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Two Rhapsodies Op 79 / etc
Emanuel Ax (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra [James Levine] / Boston Symphony Orchestra [Bernard Haitink]
[ Sony / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 25 January 2007
Born in Lviv (Ukraine) in 1949, Emanuel began to study the piano at the age of six in Warsaw. When the family moved to North America in 1961 he continued his studies at the Juilliard School under Mieczysław Munz, and earned his B.A. at Columbia University.
1974 - Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv
1979 - Avery Fisher Prize in New York
Ax is a particular supporter of 20th-century composers and has given three world premieres in the last few seasons; Century Rolls by John Adams, Seeing by Christopher Rouse and Red Silk Dance by Bright Sheng. He also performs works by such diverse figures as Sir Michael Tippett, Hans Werner Henze, Joseph Schwantner and Paul Hindemith, as well as older composers such as Beethoven and Mozart. Ax regularly performs duo recitals with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and played quartets with Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo and Yo-Yo Ma. Though the quartet had to disband in 2001 when Stern died, they have recorded works for Sony by Brahms, Fauré, Beethoven, Schumann and Mozart. He lives in New York City with his wife, pianist Yoko Nozaki, and has two children, Joseph and Sarah.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15
Two Rhapsodies Op 79
Four Pieces for Piano Op 119 (No 4)
Disc 2:
Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major Op 83
Three Intermezzos Op 117
Four Pieces for Piano Op 119 (No 1, 2 & 3)
