Vladimir Ashkenazy - Chopin - Rachmaninoff; Preludes & Other Works (2023)
BAND/ARTIST: Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Title: Chopin - Rachmaninoff; Preludes & Other Works
- Year Of Release: 2023
- Label: UMG Recordings, Inc.
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 3:21:09
- Total Size: 722 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
01. No. 1 in C Major: Agitato
02. No. 2 in A Minor: Lento
03. No. 3 in G Major: Vivace
04. No. 4 in E Minor: Largo
05. No. 5 in D Major: Molto allegro
06. No. 6 in B Minor: Lento assai
07. No. 7 in A Major: Andantino
08. No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor: Molto agitato
09. No. 9 in E Major: Largo
10. No. 11 in B Major: Vivace
11. No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor: Presto
12. No. 13 in F-Sharp Major: Lento
13. No. 14 in E-Flat Minor: Allegro
14. No. 15 in D-Flat Major: Sostenuto "Raindrop"
15. No. 16 in B-Flat Minor: Presto con fuoco
16. No. 17 in A-Flat Major: Allegretto
17. No. 18 in F Minor: Molto allegro
18. No. 19 in E-Flat Major: Vivace
19. No. 20 in C Minor: Largo
20. No. 21 in B-Flat Major: Cantabile
21. No. 22 in G Minor: Molto agitato
22. No. 23 in F Major: Moderato
23. No. 24 in D Minor: Allegro appassionato
24. No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor (Largo)
25. No. 2 in B-Flat Major (Maestoso)
26. No. 3 in D Minor (Tempo di minuetto)
27. No. 4 in D Major (Andante cantabile)
28. No. 5 in G Minor (Alla marcia)
29. No. 6 in E-Flat Major (Andante)
30. No. 7 in C Minor (Allegro)
31. No. 8 in A-Flat Major (Allegro vivace)
32. No. 9 in E-Flat Minor (Presto)
33. No. 10 in G-Flat Major (Largo)
34. No. 1 in C Major (Allegro vivace)
35. No. 2 in B-Flat Minor (Allegretto)
36. No. 3 in E Major (Allegro vivace)
37. No. 4 in E Minor (Allegro con brio)
38. No. 5 in G Major (Moderato)
39. No. 6 in F Minor (Allegro appassionato)
40. No. 7 in F Major (Moderato)
41. No. 8 in A Minor (Vivo)
42. No. 9 in A Major (Allegro moderato)
43. No. 10 in B Minor (Lento)
44. No. 11 in B Major (Allegretto)
45. No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor (Allegro)
46. No. 13 in D-Flat Major (Grave - Allegro - Grave)
47. Theme
48. Variation 4.
49. Variation 5: Meno mosso
50. Variation 6. Meno mosso
51. Variation 11. Lento
52. Variation 12. Moderato
53. Variation 13. Largo
54. Variation 14. Moderato
55. Variation 15. Allegro scherzando
56. Variation 16. Lento
57. Variation 17. Grave
58. Variation 18. Più mosso
59. Variation 19. Allegro vivace
60. Variation 20. Presto
61. Variation 21. Andante
62. Variation 22. Maestoso
63. No. 1 in C Major "Waterfall"
64. No. 2 in A Minor "Chromatique"
65. No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse"
66. No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor
67. No. 5 in G-Flat Major "Black Keys"
68. No. 6 in E-Flat Minor
69. No. 7 in C Major
70. No. 8 in F Major
71. No. 9 in F Minor
72. No. 10 in A-Flat Major
73. No. 11 in E-Flat Major
74. No. 12 in C Minor "Revolutionary"
75. No. 1 in A-Flat Major "Harp Study"
76. No. 2 in F Minor
77. No. 3 in F Major
78. No. 4 in A Minor
79. No. 5 in E Minor
80. No. 6 in G-Sharp Minor
81. No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor
82. No. 8 in D-Flat Major
83. No. 9 in G-Flat Major "Butterfly Wings"
84. No. 10 in B Minor
85. No. 11 in A Minor "Winter Wind"
86. No. 12 in C Minor
01. No. 1 in C Major: Agitato
02. No. 2 in A Minor: Lento
03. No. 3 in G Major: Vivace
04. No. 4 in E Minor: Largo
05. No. 5 in D Major: Molto allegro
06. No. 6 in B Minor: Lento assai
07. No. 7 in A Major: Andantino
08. No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor: Molto agitato
09. No. 9 in E Major: Largo
10. No. 11 in B Major: Vivace
11. No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor: Presto
12. No. 13 in F-Sharp Major: Lento
13. No. 14 in E-Flat Minor: Allegro
14. No. 15 in D-Flat Major: Sostenuto "Raindrop"
15. No. 16 in B-Flat Minor: Presto con fuoco
16. No. 17 in A-Flat Major: Allegretto
17. No. 18 in F Minor: Molto allegro
18. No. 19 in E-Flat Major: Vivace
19. No. 20 in C Minor: Largo
20. No. 21 in B-Flat Major: Cantabile
21. No. 22 in G Minor: Molto agitato
22. No. 23 in F Major: Moderato
23. No. 24 in D Minor: Allegro appassionato
24. No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor (Largo)
25. No. 2 in B-Flat Major (Maestoso)
26. No. 3 in D Minor (Tempo di minuetto)
27. No. 4 in D Major (Andante cantabile)
28. No. 5 in G Minor (Alla marcia)
29. No. 6 in E-Flat Major (Andante)
30. No. 7 in C Minor (Allegro)
31. No. 8 in A-Flat Major (Allegro vivace)
32. No. 9 in E-Flat Minor (Presto)
33. No. 10 in G-Flat Major (Largo)
34. No. 1 in C Major (Allegro vivace)
35. No. 2 in B-Flat Minor (Allegretto)
36. No. 3 in E Major (Allegro vivace)
37. No. 4 in E Minor (Allegro con brio)
38. No. 5 in G Major (Moderato)
39. No. 6 in F Minor (Allegro appassionato)
40. No. 7 in F Major (Moderato)
41. No. 8 in A Minor (Vivo)
42. No. 9 in A Major (Allegro moderato)
43. No. 10 in B Minor (Lento)
44. No. 11 in B Major (Allegretto)
45. No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor (Allegro)
46. No. 13 in D-Flat Major (Grave - Allegro - Grave)
47. Theme
48. Variation 4.
49. Variation 5: Meno mosso
50. Variation 6. Meno mosso
51. Variation 11. Lento
52. Variation 12. Moderato
53. Variation 13. Largo
54. Variation 14. Moderato
55. Variation 15. Allegro scherzando
56. Variation 16. Lento
57. Variation 17. Grave
58. Variation 18. Più mosso
59. Variation 19. Allegro vivace
60. Variation 20. Presto
61. Variation 21. Andante
62. Variation 22. Maestoso
63. No. 1 in C Major "Waterfall"
64. No. 2 in A Minor "Chromatique"
65. No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse"
66. No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor
67. No. 5 in G-Flat Major "Black Keys"
68. No. 6 in E-Flat Minor
69. No. 7 in C Major
70. No. 8 in F Major
71. No. 9 in F Minor
72. No. 10 in A-Flat Major
73. No. 11 in E-Flat Major
74. No. 12 in C Minor "Revolutionary"
75. No. 1 in A-Flat Major "Harp Study"
76. No. 2 in F Minor
77. No. 3 in F Major
78. No. 4 in A Minor
79. No. 5 in E Minor
80. No. 6 in G-Sharp Minor
81. No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor
82. No. 8 in D-Flat Major
83. No. 9 in G-Flat Major "Butterfly Wings"
84. No. 10 in B Minor
85. No. 11 in A Minor "Winter Wind"
86. No. 12 in C Minor
Russian-born Vladimir Ashkenazy has been a towering figure both as a pianist and as a conductor, with interpretations cutting a wide swath across Beethoven, the Romantics, and Russian music. His repertoire extends back to Bach and occasionally forward to contemporary pieces.
Ashkenazy was born July 6, 1937, in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) in the Soviet Union. His father was a pianist, but it was his mother who encouraged his pianistic gifts. Ashkenazy made his debut at eight in Moscow and enrolled at the Moscow Conservatory in 1955, becoming a student of Lev Oborin. An early breakthrough was a gold medal at the Brussels Queen Elizabeth International piano competition in 1956. Ashkenazy toured the U.S. in 1958 as the so-called Thaw under Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev opened opportunities in the West. Back in Moscow, Ashkenazy married Icelandic pianist Dody Johannsdottir. The pair defected during a 1963 tour of Britain, and Ashkenazy soon began a recording career with the associated Decca and London labels, on whose roster he would remain for decades. He became an Icelandic citizen in 1972 and has also lived in Switzerland. In the early 1970s he began conducting as well. Ashkenazy became principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London from 1987 to 1994, of the Czech Philharmonic from 1998 to 2003, and of the Sydney Symphony in Australia from 2009 to 2013, as well as other groups, and he has been widely visible as a guest conductor, including in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Ashkenazy's piano playing is bright and incisive, with clear articulation and an intellectual depth that does not interfere with the production of warm feeling. He has exceptional control over tone color. His recorded repertory is vast, including complete cycles of the piano concertos of Mozart, Beethoven (three separate times), and Rachmaninov (twice), as well as of the piano sonatas of Beethoven, the piano works of Chopin, and the difficult sonatas of Scriabin. Ashkenazy's productivity has hardly dropped in old age, nor did the technical difficulty of the works he essayed, although he has been less likely to appear in public on the piano. Still recording for Decca, he issued a version of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, Op. 120, in 2007. The year 2011 alone saw no fewer than 19 Ashkenazy releases as pianist or conductor, including those of such taxing works as the Mahler Symphony No. 6. In 2017, Ashkenazy celebrated his 80th birthday with a new recording of Bach's French Suites, and his historical performances were well treated by recording companies. In 2018, new releases of two of Rachmaninov's symphonies, performed live by the Philharmonia Orchestra, appeared on the Signum Classics label. On January 17, 2020, Ashkenazy announced his retirement from public performing. © James Manheim
Ashkenazy was born July 6, 1937, in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) in the Soviet Union. His father was a pianist, but it was his mother who encouraged his pianistic gifts. Ashkenazy made his debut at eight in Moscow and enrolled at the Moscow Conservatory in 1955, becoming a student of Lev Oborin. An early breakthrough was a gold medal at the Brussels Queen Elizabeth International piano competition in 1956. Ashkenazy toured the U.S. in 1958 as the so-called Thaw under Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev opened opportunities in the West. Back in Moscow, Ashkenazy married Icelandic pianist Dody Johannsdottir. The pair defected during a 1963 tour of Britain, and Ashkenazy soon began a recording career with the associated Decca and London labels, on whose roster he would remain for decades. He became an Icelandic citizen in 1972 and has also lived in Switzerland. In the early 1970s he began conducting as well. Ashkenazy became principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London from 1987 to 1994, of the Czech Philharmonic from 1998 to 2003, and of the Sydney Symphony in Australia from 2009 to 2013, as well as other groups, and he has been widely visible as a guest conductor, including in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Ashkenazy's piano playing is bright and incisive, with clear articulation and an intellectual depth that does not interfere with the production of warm feeling. He has exceptional control over tone color. His recorded repertory is vast, including complete cycles of the piano concertos of Mozart, Beethoven (three separate times), and Rachmaninov (twice), as well as of the piano sonatas of Beethoven, the piano works of Chopin, and the difficult sonatas of Scriabin. Ashkenazy's productivity has hardly dropped in old age, nor did the technical difficulty of the works he essayed, although he has been less likely to appear in public on the piano. Still recording for Decca, he issued a version of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, Op. 120, in 2007. The year 2011 alone saw no fewer than 19 Ashkenazy releases as pianist or conductor, including those of such taxing works as the Mahler Symphony No. 6. In 2017, Ashkenazy celebrated his 80th birthday with a new recording of Bach's French Suites, and his historical performances were well treated by recording companies. In 2018, new releases of two of Rachmaninov's symphonies, performed live by the Philharmonia Orchestra, appeared on the Signum Classics label. On January 17, 2020, Ashkenazy announced his retirement from public performing. © James Manheim
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