[ Decca Records / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 21 February 2003
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"An interpreter must give his blood to the work interpreted." Claudio Arrau
CD 1
1 Dreams, op.6
Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam/Vladimir Ashkenazy
2 Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.16
I: Andantino
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn
3 Scythian Suite, op.20
IV: The Glorious Departure of Lolly and the Sun's Procession
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado
4 The Gambler, op.24
Act II: The General has sent me to ask you to leave aside your intentions
Nicolai Gassiev, Vladimir Galusin, Marianna Tarassova
Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev
5 Symphony No.1 in D major, op.25 "Classical"
IV: Finale: Molto vivace
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Walter Weller
6 Piano Sonata No.3 in A minor, op.28 "From Old Notebooks"
Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
7 Love for Three Oranges, op.33
Act III, scene 3: Smeraldina… with a pin…
Anna Netrebko, Larissa Shevchenko, Evgeny Akimov
Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev
8 Overture on Hebrew Themes, op.34
Keith Puddy (clarinet), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Gabrieli String Quartet
9 The Fiery Angel, op.37
Act III, scene 1: Heinrich, come back, come, come back
Galina Gorchakova, Sergei Leiferkus
Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev
10 Piano Concerto No.5 in G major, op.55
V: Vivo
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Warsaw National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra/Witold Rowicki
CD 2
1 Lieutenant Kijé, op.60
IV: Troika
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado
2 Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63
II: Andante assai — Allegretto — Andante assai
Gil Shaham (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn
3 Romeo and Juliet, op.64
No.13: The Knights' Dance
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa
4 Alexander Nevsky, op.78
No.7: Alexander's Entry into Pskov
London Symphony Chorus/London Symphony Orchestra/Claudio Abbado
5 Piano Sonata No.7 in B flat major, op.83
II: Andante caloroso
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
6 Betrothal in a Monastery, op.86
Act II, tableau 4: My pretty… my pretty…
Sergei Alexashkin, Larissa Diadkova
Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev
7 Semyon Kotko, op.81
Act I: Introduction
Act III, scene 14: The swine!; Fire! Fire!
Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev
8 Cinderella, op.87
No.30: Grand Waltz
The Cleveland Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy
9 War and Peace, op.91
Scene 10: When, oh when was this dreadful business decided?
Nikolai Okhotnikov
Kirov Orchestra/Valery Gergiev
10 Ivan the Terrible, op.116
I: Overture
Chorus of the Kirov Orchestra/Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra/Valery Gergiev
11 Sinfonia concertante for cello and orchestra, op.125
I: Andante
Mischa Maisky (cello)
Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev
12 Symphony No.7 in C sharp minor, op.131
IV: Vivace
The Cleveland Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy