SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 - 4 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 6/Jan/2000 ] "The new Double Decca set of the four Rachmaninov concertos now tends to sweep the board." *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano, London Symphony Orchestra, Maazel
Tchaikovsky / Schumann - Piano Concertos [ Decca Legends / CD - released 1/Mar/2001 ] A classic recording remastered |
W.A. MOZART
Quintet for piano and wind instruments / Piano Quartet in G minor / Sonata for Two Pianos Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Wind Soloists / Melos Quartet / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Mozart Collection Vol 12 / CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] The Piano Quartet features a rare appearance by Sir Georg Solti at the keyboard |
BRAHMS
The Piano Concertos / Haydn & Handel Variations Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / Wiener Philharmoniker / Bernard Haitink [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 11/Jul/2002 ] "Ashkemnazy gives a commanding and magisterial account of the solo part of the First Concerto that is full of poetic imagination." [**(*) Three stars Penguin Stereo Guide] |
BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / MOZART / SCHUBERT
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 - released 20/Oct/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... |
RACHMANINOV
Piano Trios Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay (violin) & Mats Lidstrom (cello) [ Decca / CD - released 16/Aug/2013 ] Ashkenazy Completes Lifelong Project To Record Each Of Rachmaninov's Works With Piano. Vladimir Ashkenazy, one of the most renowned and revered pianists of our times, crowns his lifelong project to record each of Rachmaninov's works with piano... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fur Elise: Piano Favourites Vladimir Ashkenazy, Radu Lupu, Jorge Bolet, Alicia de Larrocha (pianos) [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] Eloquence - the specially priced quality label from Europe |
J. S. BACH
Italian Concerto / French Overture Vladimir Ashkenzy (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jun/2015 ] "Ashkenazy, playing a standard grand piano, is a no-nonsense interpreter. Performances are crisp and clear, never sentimentalised, and capture the freshness of the music as if he has found a new love." (Financial Times) |
BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / DVORAK / BRAHMS
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition - Volume 1 Wiener Philharmoniker, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Wilhelm Backhaus, Joan Sutherland, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 29/Sep/2023 ] The two stereo Beethoven cycles, those of the Symphonies (1965-70) and the Piano Concertos (with Wilhelm Backhaus, 1958-59), form the core of this edition of the complete Decca recordings of Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900-1973). |
R. STRAUSS / J. STRAUSS / VERDI / BEETHOVEN / DVORAK / WAGNER / etc
Clemens Krauss - Complete Decca Recordings Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Krauss, with Pierre Fournier (cello) Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 26/Nov/2021 ] The most comprehensive collection ever issued of Clemens Krauss's commercial legacy of recordings, newly remastered and presented as an original jackets limited edition. |
RICHARD STRAUSS / BRUCKNER / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / WAGNER / etc
Hans Knappertsbusch: The Orchestral Edition Wiener Philharmoniker, Münchener Philharmoniker, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Hans Knappertsbusch, with Sir Clifford Curzon (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 18 CD Box Set - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Gathered together for the first time on Universal Music labels, including several first CD releases on Decca, is the orchestral legacy of an inimitable genius of the podium: Hans Knappertsbusch. |
BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / MOZART / HAYDN / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / etc
Wilhelm Backhaus - Complete Decca Recordings Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), with Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Pierre Fournier (cello) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm, Clemens Krauss, etc [ Decca Original Masters / 39 CD Box Set - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Newly remastered and complete for the first time, presented with original sleeves and spined wallets, this limited edition 39CD set of the legendary German pianist Wilhelm Backhaus's recordings for Decca. |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas (incls Appassionata, Moonlight & Pathetique) Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Oct/2007 ] The era of Classical music lasted for no longer than half a century, from around 1770 to 1825, yet it gained a particular significance through the work of three celebrated Viennese composers: Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven. Here are the greatest of the... |
BEETHOVEN
The Symphonies and Piano Concertos Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) Henryk Szeryng (violin) / Vienna Philharmonic / Schmidt-Isserstedt [ Decca Records / 8 CD - released 26/May/2001 ] Wonderful Beethoven recordings from Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt at a special price |
BACH / RAMEAU / BEETHOVEN / HANDEL
Fur Elise - Kempff Transcriptions and Encores (recorded in 1950s) Wilhelm Kempff, piano [ SBS Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] '…excellently recorded programme of arrangements made by Kempff himself…' Gramophone |
BARTOK / STRAVINSKY / SAINT-SAENS / TCHAIKOVSKY / KODALY / etc
Virtuoso Violin Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) & Albert Hirsh (piano) / Tibor Bisztriczky (violin) & Felix Schröder (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] A violinist who straddled the divide between the old ways and the new was the Viennese virtuoso Wolfgang Eduard Schneiderhan. He was born on 28 May 1915 and beginning violin lessons at five, he polished his technique under Sevcík and Winkler. From... |
CLAUS OGERMANN
Sarabande-Fantasie / Duo Lirico / Prelude and Chant / etc Yue Deng (violin) Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] French piano star Jean Yves Thibaudet is joined by young Chinese violinist Yue Deng for this album of intimate classical music for piano and violin by the celebrated jazz composer/arranger Claus Ogermann. |
WAGNER / LISZT
Wagner Transcriptions Zoltan Kocsis (piano) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "Kocsis's performance [of the "Feierlicher Marsch" from Parsifal] is excellent. The digital recording is at once lifelike and unobtrusive." (Gramophone) |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music [8 CDs special price] Zoltan Kocsis (piano) [ Philips / Decca Collectors Edition / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Kocsis penetrates to the very centre or soul of this music" The Penguin Guide to CDs |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 / Viola Sonata Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay (violin) & Mats Lidstrom (cello) Ada Meinich (viola) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] "Ashkenazy and his colleagues bring out [the First Trio's] lyrical qualities to the full, with no shortage of momentum where required…Ashkenazy and Ada Meinich certainly bring verve and pungency to the [Viola Sonata]" (Gramophone) |