Vladimir Ashkenazy - Complete Solo Recordings (89CD)

Decca proudly present the Complete Solo Piano Recordings of Vladimir Ashkenazy in one edition for the very first time.

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Among the foremost musical figures of our time, Vladimir Ashkenazy began playing the piano at the age of six and was accepted at the Central Music School at the age of eight. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, won second prize in the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1955), first prize in the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels (1956), and joint first prize with John Ogdon in the 1962 International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Signed to Decca in 1963, Ashkenazy remains to this day the longest-serving artist on the label. As one of the most renowned and revered pianists of our time Vladimir Ashkenazy has won acclaim for his penetrating insight and superlative technique. As an artist, his creative life encompasses a vast range of activities and he continues to offer inspiration to music-lovers across the world.

TRACK LIST

J.S. BACH
CD 1–3 Das Woltemperierte Klavier Books 1 & 2
CD 4–5 Partitas Nos. 1–6
CD 6 French Overture; Italian Concerto
CD 7 French Suites Nos. 1–6
CD 8 English Suites 1–3

BEETHOVEN
CD 9–27 Piano Sonatas (Analogue & Digital recordings)
CD 27 Diabelli Variations; Variations on a Russian Dance
CD 28 BLAKE Piano Works
CD 29 BRAHMS Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel; Piano Sonata No.3

CHOPIN
CD 30 Ballades Nos 1–4
CD 31 4 Scherzi
CD 32 Recital at Essex University
CD 33–47 Piano Works Vol.1-15
CD 48 24 Preludes, Op.28; Piano Sonata No.3
CD 49 Ballade No.4; 3 Waltzes; 3 Mazurkas etc.
CD 50 LISZT Etudes d'éxécution; Mephisto Waltz

MOZART
CD 51 Piano Sonatas K310 & K576; Rondo K511
CD 52 Piano Sonatas K311, K457 & K570

MUSSORGSKY
CD 53 Pictures at an Exhibition (Piano & Orchestral Versions)
CD 54 Pictures at an Exhibition

PROKOFIEV
CD 55 Piano Sonatas Nos. 7 & 8 etc.
CD 56 Piano Sonatas Nos. 6, 7 & 8
CD 57 Pieces from “Romeo & Juliet” and “Cinderella”

RACHMANINOFF
CD 58 Corelli Variations etc.
CD 59 Preludes Op.3, No.2; Op.23 & Op.32
CD 60 Piano Sonata No.2; Nine Etudes-Tableaux
CD 61 Corelli Variations; Etudes-Tableaux, Op.39
CD 62 Morceaux de fantasie; Moments musicaux, Op.16
CD 63 Piano Sonata No.1; Chopin Variations
CD 64 Morceaux, Op.11; Romance; Waltz; Transcriptions
CD 65 Rarities
CD 66 CHOPIN Scherzo No.4 etc.; RAVEL Gaspard de la Nuit
CD 67 RAVEL Gaspard de la Nuit; Pavane; Valses Nobles et Sentimentales

SCHUBERT
CD 68 Piano Sonatas Nos. 13 & 14; Hungarian Melody in B minor, D.817; 12 Waltzes, D.145
CD 69 Piano Sonata No.18
CD 70 Piano Sonata No. 17; 4 Deutsche Tänze from 17 Landler, D.366
CD 71 Pian Sonata No. 21; “Wanderer” Fantasy in C
CD 72 Piano Sonata No.20; 4 Impromptus, D.899

SCHUMANN
CD 73 Fantasie, Op.17; Symphonic Studies, Op.13
CD 74 Kreisleriana, Op.16; Humoresque, Op.20
CD 75 Symphonic Studies, Op.13; Arabesque; Papillons
CD 76 Carnaval, Op.9; Humoresque, Op.20
CD 77 Waldszenen, Op.82; Kinderszenen, Op.15; Piano Sonata No.1
CD 78 Davidsbündlertänze, Op.6; 8 Fantasiestücke, Op.12
CD 79 Kreisleriana, Op.16; Piano Sonata No.2
CD 80 Abegg Variations, Op.1; Fantasie, Op.17; Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26
CD 81 Bunte Blatter, Op.99; Nachtstücke. Op.23; 3 Romanzen, Op.28

SCRIABIN
CD 82 Piano Sonatas Nos. 3, 4, 5 & 9 “Black Mass”
CD 83 Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 “Sonata Fantasy”, 7 “White Mass” & 10; Quatre Morceaux, Op.56; 2 Danses, Op.73; 2 Poèmes
CD 84 Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 6 & 8; Four Pieces, Op.61
CD 85 Vers la flame etc.

SHOSTAKOVICH
CD 86–87 Preludes & Fugues
CD 88 Piano Sonata No.2; Aphorisms, Op.13 etc.

CD 89 TCHAIKOVSKY The Seasons etc.

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CHOPIN Prelude Op.45, 4 Scherzi, Barcarolle [SXL 6334]; 4 Ballades, 3 Etudes, op.posth. [SXL 6143], Etudes opp.10 & 25 [SXL 6710]
RACHMANINOFF Complete Preludes [5BB221-2], Sonata 2 & Etudes-tableux op.33 [SXL 6996]