MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Art Of Ashkenazy
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RACHMANINOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / CHOPIN / BEETHOVEN / PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Art Of Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / Concertge Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
[ Decca / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Monday 4 March 2013
Ashkenazy attended the Moscow Conservatory where he studied with Lev Oborin and Boris Zemliansky. He won second prize in the V International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1955 and the first prize in the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels in 1956. He shared the first prize in the 1962 International Tchaikovsky Competition with British pianist John Ogdon. As a student, like many in that period, he was harassed by the KGB to become an "informer" (Wiki)
NOTE; Booklet has some very minor wear
Tracks:
CD 1
1 Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.3 In D Minor, Op.30: Allegro Ma Non Tanto (Excerpt)
4:59
2 Rachmaninov - Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Op.43: Variation 18
3:03
3 Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.5 In E Flat Major Op.73 "Emperor": 2. Adagio Un Poco Mosso
7:43
4 Tchaikovsky- Piano Concerto No.1 In B Flat Minor, Op.23: 2. Andantino Semplice
6:45
5 Mozart - Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467: 2. Andante
7:52
6 Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No.1 In D Flat, Op.10: 2. Andante Assai
4:35
7 Chopin - Piano Concerto No.2 In F Minor, Op.21: 2. Larghetto
9:07
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor, Op.18
8 - 1. Moderato 11:33
9 - 2. Adagio Sostenuto 11:27
10 - 3. Allegro Scherzando 11:17
CD 2
1 Chopin - Waltz No.1 In E Flat, Op.18 "Grande Valse Brillante" 4:50
2 Chopin - Prelude In D Flat Major Op.28, No. 15. "Raindrop" 5:16
3 Chopin - Etude In G Flat Major, Op. 10 No. 5 "Black Keys" 1:40
4 Chopin - Nocturne In E Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2 4:00
5 Chopin - Waltz In D Flat Major, Op 64 No. 1 "Minute" 1:51
6 Beethoven - Bagatelle In A Minor, Woo 59 "Für Elise" 3:01
7 Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.14 In C Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2 "Moonlight": 1. Adagio Sostenuto 5:24
8 Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.8 In C Minor, Op.13 "Pathétique": 2. Adagio Cantabile 4:59
9 Schubert - Impromptu No.3 In G Flat Major, D899: Andante 5:25
Schumann Kinderszenen (Scenes From Childhood), Op.15
10 - 1. Von Fremden Ländern Und Menschen (Foreign Lands And People) 1:42
11 - 7. Träumerei (Dreaming) 2:48
12 Chopin - Polonaise No.3 In A, Op.40 No.1 "Military" 5:05
13 Chopin - Etude No.3 In E Major, Op. 10 "Tristesse" 4:21
14 Chopin - Mazurka No.23 In D, Op.33 No.2 2:06
15 Chopin - Waltz No.7 In C Sharp Minor, Op.64 No.2 3:26
16 Chopin - Impromptu No.4 In C Sharp Minor, Op.66 "Fantaisie-Impromptu" 3:26
17 Ravel - Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte, M.19 5:59
18 Prokofiev - Pieces For Piano From "Romeo And Juliet" Op.75: 9. Dance Of The Girls With The Lillies 5:59
19 Rachmaninov - Prelude In G Minor, Op.23, No.5 3:49
20 Rachmaninov - Prélude In C Sharp Minor, Op.3, No.2 4:30
