Vladimir Ashkenazy: A Personal Selection - Solo & Chamber Recordings
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Vladimir Ashkenazy: A Personal Selection - Solo & Chamber Recordings
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), with Itzhak Perlman (violin), Barry Tuckwell (horn), André Previn (piano), Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Lynn Harrell (c
[ Decca / 56 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Sunday 20 October 2019
Signed to Decca in 1963, Vladimir Ashkenazy is to this day the longest-serving artist on the label. Over more than five decades, he has yielded one of the largest and most diverse discographies of any classical artist. In this 56-CD set, he has personally selected a wide representation of solo, chamber and vocal recital releases spanning his long and fruitful relationship with Decca.
As one of the most renowned and revered pianists of our time Vladimir Ashkenazy has won acclaim for his penetrating insight and superlative technique. These recordings demonstrate the same level of spontaneity and immediacy of communication as Ashkenazy's public performances. As an artist, his creative life encompasses a vast range of activities and he continues to offer inspiration to music-lovers across the world.
"Ashkenazy ... uncovers all manner of subtle musical expression beneath the music's surfaces ... he displays an independence of thought and spirit that has one rethinking what this music is about." BBC Music Magazine
The following Grammy Award winners are all included in this set:
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
1979 Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Itzhak Perlman & Vladimir Ashkenazy)
1982 Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor (Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell)
1988 Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios (Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance
1986 Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Valses nobles et sentimentales
2000 Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87
"The interpretation and performance are as good as their reputations would lead you to hope ... they play together very well indeed. In the page of Adagio which opens the "Kreutzer", Perlman ... is quite magnificient. Technically, this performance is second to none ..."
Gramophone [Beethoven Violin Sonatas]
Tracks:
Chopin: Ballades Nos. 1-4
Chopin: Trois Nouvelles Études
Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Chopin: Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1
Debussy: L'isle joyeuse
Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Schumann: Études symphoniques, Op. 13
Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat, K452
London Wind Soloists
Beethoven: Quintet in E flat major for piano and winds, Op.16
London Wind Soloists
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D664
Schubert: Hungarian Melody in B minor D817
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D784
Schubert: Walzer, Landler und Ecossaisen (38), Op. 18, D145
Chopin: Scherzi Nos. 1-4
Chopin: Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25)
Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84
Prokofiev: Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75: Romeo Bids Juliet Farewell
Prokofiev: Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75: Masks
Franck, C: Violin Sonata in A major
(with Itzhak Perlman, violin)
Brahms: Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40
(with Barry Tuckwell, horn, Itzhak Perlman, violin),
Rachmaninov: Suite No. 1 (Fantaisie-tableaux), Op. 5
Rachmaninov: Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17
(with André Previn, piano)
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Schumann: Humoreske, Op. 20
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 53
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 'Black Mass'
Rachmaninov: Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39
Rachmaninov: Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 1-10
Rachmaninov: Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13
Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D850
Schubert: Ländler (17), D366: selection
Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34
Rachmaninov: Songs (6), Op. 4
Rachmaninov: Songs (12), Op. 21
Rachmaninov: 6 Songs, Op. 38
Rachmaninov: Songs (6), Op. 8
Rachmaninov: Songs (12), Op. 14
Rachmaninov: Songs (15), Op. 26
(with Elisabeth Söderström, soprano)
Rachmaninov: Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Rachmaninov: Russian Rhapsody for two pianos, Op. post.
(with André Previn, piano)
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19 'Sonata Fantasy'
Scriabin: Quatre Morceaux Op. 56
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 'White Mass'
Scriabin: Deux Danses Op. 73
Scriabin: Deux poèmes, Op. 32
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36
Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux, Op. 33
Tchaikovsky: The Cuckoo, Op. 54 No. 8
Tchaikovsky: Evening, Op. 27, No. 4
Tchaikovsky: The Nightingale Op. 60 No. 4
Tchaikovsky: Last Night Op. 60 No. 1
Tchaikovsky: None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6
Tchaikovsky: Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Otchevo? (Why?), Op. 6 No. 5
Tchaikovsky: Strashnaya minuta (The Fearful Moment), Op. 28 No. 6
Tchaikovsky: Den' li tsarit? (Does the day reign?), Op. 47 No. 6
Tchaikovsky: Spring, Op 54 No. 9
Tchaikovsky: Simple Words, Op. 60, No. 5
Tchaikovsky: Mezza notte
Tchaikovsky: Sérénade, Op. 65 No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Déception, Op. 65 No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Qu'importe que l'hiver, Op. 65 No. 4
Tchaikovsky: Les Larmes, Op. 65 No. 5
Tchaikovsky: In this moonlight, Op.73, No.3
Tchaikovsky: Kak nad goratcheïou zoloï, Op. 25 No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Moy geni, moy angel, moy drug (My genius, my angel, my friend)
Tchaikovsky: Pesn' Zemfiri (Zemfira's song)
Tchaikovsky: Do not believe, my friend Op. 6 No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Zabït tak skoro (So soon forgotten)
Tchaikovsky: O, Sing That Song, Op. 16 No. 4
Tchaikovsky: Why did I dream of you?, Op. 28 No. 3
Tchaikovsky: To bilo ranneyu vesnoy (It happened in the early spring), Op. 38 No. 2
Tchaikovsky: If only I had known, Op.47, No.1
Tchaikovsky: My little garden, Op. 54 No. 4
Tchaikovsky: Do not ask, Op. 57 No. 3
Tchaikovsky: This, our first reunion, Op. 63 No. 4
Tchaikovsky: O ditya, pod okoshkom tvoim (Serenade), Op. 63 No. 6
Tchaikovsky: Rondel, Op. 65 No. 6
Tchaikovsky: We sat with you, Op. 73 No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Behind the window, Op 60 No. 10
(with Elisabeth Söderström, soprano)
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Rachmaninov: Pieces (2) for cello & piano (Prelude & Oriental Dance), Op. 2
Altschuler: Melodie on a theme by Rachmaninov
Rachmaninov: Lied (Romance) in F minor
Rachmaninov: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
(with Lynn Harrell, cello)
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Taneyev, S: Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor, Op. 29
Liadov: A Musical Snuffbox, Op. 32
Borodin: Scherzo in A flat
Tchaikovsky: Dumka (Russian Rustic Scene), Op. 59
Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Shostakovich: Two Pieces for String Quartet (Elegy & Polka), Op. 36a
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
(with Fitzwilliam Quartet)
Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127
(with Elisabeth Söderström, soprano)
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6
Scriabin: Four Pieces, Op. 51
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5
Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Shostakovich: Moderato in A minor for cello & piano
(with Lynn Harrell, cello)
Brahms: Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40
(with Radovan Vlatkovic, horn, Hans Maile, cello)
Schumann: Andante and Variation for two pianos Op. 46
Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70
(with Radovan Vlatkovic, horn)
Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
Chopin: Preludes (24), Op. 28
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Chopin: Mazurka No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4
Schumann: Abegg Variations, Op. 1
Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26
Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
(with Itzhak Perlman, violin, Lynn Harrell, cello)
Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor
(with Itzhak Perlman, violin)
Debussy: Cello Sonata
(with Lynn Harrell, cello)
Prokofiev: Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75
Prokofiev: Waltz Op. 96 No. 1 (from War and Peace)
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges: Suite Op. 33a: March
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges - Scherzo
Prokofiev: Cinderella - Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 102
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84
Mozart: Fantasia in C minor, K475
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat major, K570
Mozart: Piano Sonata in C Minor K475 / 457
Mozart: Adagio in B minor, K540
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major, K311
Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
Schumann: Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1
Schumann: Der Nussbaum, Op. 25 No. 3
Schumann: Die Lotosblume, Op. 25 No. 7
(with Barbara Bonney, soprano)
and much much more
