The Solo & Chamber Recordings

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Annotation

A 56-CD collection of solo and chamber recordings personally selected by Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Annotation last modified on 2022-09-10 08:17 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Chopin: Ballades 1-4 / Trois Nouvelles Études
2▶CD: Chopin: Scherzo no. 4 / Nocturne, op. 62 no. 1 / Debussy: L'Isle joyeuse / Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
3▶CD: Schumann: Fantasie, op. 17 / Sinfonische Etüden, op. 13
4▶CD: Mozart: Piano Quintet, K. 452 / Beethoven: Piano Quintet, op. 16
5▶CD: Schubert: Piano Sonatas 13, D. 664 & 14, D. 784 / Ungarische Melodie, D. 817 / 12 Waltzes, D. 145
6▶CD: Chopin: Prélude, op. 45 / Scherzos 1-4 / Barcarolle, op. 60
7▶CD: Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas 7 & 8 / 2 Pieces from “Romeo and Juliet”
8▶CD: Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano / Brahms: Horn Trio
9▶CD: Rachmaninov: Fantaisie-tableaux (Suite no. 1) / Suite no. 2
10▶CD: Schumann: Kreisleriana / Humoreske
11▶CD: Scriabin: Piano Sonatas 3-5 & 9 “Black Mass”
12▶CD: Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Corelli / 9 Études-tableaux, op. 39
13▶CD: Rachmaninov: Préludes, op. 3 no. 2, op. 23 & op. 32
14▶CD: Schubert: Piano Sonata no. 17, D. 850 / 4 Deutsche Tänze from D. 366
15▶CD: Rachmaninov: Songs I
16▶CD: Rachmaninov: Songs II
17▶CD: Rachmaninov: Songs III
18▶CD: Rachmaninov: Songs IV
19▶CD: Rachmaninov: Songs V
20▶CD: Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances for Two Pianos / Russian Rhapsody for Two Pianos
21▶CD: Scriabin: Piano Sonatas 2 “Sonata-fantasy”, 7 “White Mass” & 10 / 4 Morceaux, op. 56 / 2 Danses, op. 73 / 2 Poèmes, op. 32
22▶CD: Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata no. 2 / Études-tableaux, op. 33
23▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Songs I
24▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Songs II
25▶CD: Brahms: Cello Sonatas 1 & 2
26▼CD: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version) / Teneyev: Prelude and Fugue, op. 29 / Liadov: A Musical Snuffbox / Borodin: Scherzo in A-flat major / Tchaikovsky: Dumka
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1Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version): Promenade / Gnomus
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Colin Moorfoot (engineer)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer)
piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Russian‐Icelandic conductor and pianist) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 1 “Gnomus” (original piano version) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (1st) (original piano version) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
arrangement of:
A Weakened Soul (arr. Brightman, Kohrs, Laudahn)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky4:07
2Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version): Promenade / The Old Castle
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Colin Moorfoot (engineer)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer)
piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Russian‐Icelandic conductor and pianist) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 1st) (original piano version, often called Promenade 2) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 2 “Il vecchio castello” (original piano version) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky5:10
3Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version): Promenade / Tulleries / Bydlo
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Colin Moorfoot (engineer)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer)
piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Russian‐Icelandic conductor and pianist) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 2nd) (original piano version, often called Promenade 3) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 3 “Tuileries” (Dispute d’enfants après jeux) (Pictures at an Exhibition: Tuileries (Children Quarreling at Play), original piano version) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 4 “Bydło” (original piano version) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky3:50
4Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version): Promenade / Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks / Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Colin Moorfoot (engineer)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer)
piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Russian‐Icelandic conductor and pianist) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 3rd) (original piano version, often called Promenade 4) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 4 “Bydło” (original piano version) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 5 “Балетъ невылупившихся птенцовъ” [Balet nevylupivshikhsya ptentsov] (Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. No. 5 "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks", original piano version) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 6 “Samuel” Goldenberg und “Schmuÿle” (Pictures at an Exhibition: Samual Goldenberg and Schmuÿle, original piano version) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky4:10
5Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version): Promenade / Limoges: The Marketplace / Catacombs
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Colin Moorfoot (engineer)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer)
piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Russian‐Icelandic conductor and pianist) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 7 “Limoges”, le marché (La grande nouvelle) (original piano version) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 8 “Catacombæ” (Sepulcrum romanum) and “Cum mortuis in lingua mortua” (original piano version) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (2nd) (original piano version, often called Promenade 5) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky6:36
6Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version): The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba Yaga) / The Great Gate of Kiev
sound engineer and balance engineer:
Colin Moorfoot (engineer)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer)
piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Russian‐Icelandic conductor and pianist) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 9 “Избушка на курьихъ ножкахъ” (Баба-Яга) [Izbushka na kuryikh nozhkakh (Baba-Yagá)] (original piano version) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 10 “Богатырскія ворота” (Въ стольномъ городѣ Кіевѣ) (Pictures at an Exhibition: The great gate at Kiev, original piano version) (from 1982-06-17 until 1982-06-18)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky8:33
7Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, op. 29
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer)
piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Russian‐Icelandic conductor and pianist) (from 1983-01-11 until 1983-01-12, on 1983-01-23)
balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1983-01-11 until 1983-01-12, on 1983-01-23)
recording of:
Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, op. 29 (from 1983-01-11 until 1983-01-23)
composer:
Сергей Танеев (Sergei Taneyev, Russian composer, pianist, teacher of composition, music theorist and author) (in 1910)
part of:
Works of Sergei Taneyev by opus number (number: op. 29)
Sergey Invanovich Taneyev7:48
8A Musical Snuffbox, op. 32
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer)
piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Russian‐Icelandic conductor and pianist) (from 1983-01-11 until 1983-01-12, on 1983-01-23)
balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1983-01-11 until 1983-01-12, on 1983-01-23)
recording of:
A Musical Snuffbox, op. 32 (original for piano) (from 1983-01-11 until 1983-01-23)
composer:
Анатолий Константинович Лядов (Anatoly Lyadov, Russian composer) (in 1893)
part of:
Works of Anatoly Lyadov by opus number (number: op. 32)
Anatol Constantinovich Liadov2:21
9Scherzo in A-flat major (1885)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer)
piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Russian‐Icelandic conductor and pianist) (from 1983-01-11 until 1983-01-12, on 1983-01-23)
balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1983-01-11 until 1983-01-12, on 1983-01-23)
recording of:
Scherzo in A-flat major (from 1983-01-11 until 1983-01-23)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer) (in 1885)
Alexander Borodin2:54
10Dumka, op. 59
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer)
piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Russian‐Icelandic conductor and pianist) (from 1983-01-11 until 1983-01-12, on 1983-01-23)
balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1983-01-11 until 1983-01-12, on 1983-01-23)
recording of:
Dumka, op. 59 "Russian rustic scene" (for piano) (from 1983-01-11 until 1983-01-23)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1886)
part of:
Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 59)
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky9:01
27▶CD: Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit / Pavane pour une infante défunte / Valses nobles et sentimentales
28▶CD: Shostakovich: 2 Pieces for String Quartet, op. 36a / 7 Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok / Piano Quintet
29▶CD: Rachmaninov: Sonata for Cello and Piano / 2 Pieces, op. 2 / Mélodie on a Theme by S. Rachmaninov / Lied / Vocalise
30▶CD: Scriabin: Piano Sonatas 1, 6 & 8 / 4 Morceaux, op. 51
31▶CD: Beethoven: Sonatas for Cello and Piano nos. 1 & 2, op. 5
32▶CD: Beethoven: Sonatas for Cello and Piano no. 3, op. 69 / nos. 4 & 5, op. 102
33▶CD: Shostakovich: Cello Sonata / Moderato for Cello & Piano / Prokofiev: Cello Sonata
34▶CD: Brahms: Horn Trio / Schumann: Andante & Variations, op. 46 / Adagio & Allegro for Horn and Piano, op. 70
35▶CD: Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel / Piano Sonata no. 3
36▶CD: Chopin: 24 Préludes, op. 28 / Piano Sonata no. 3 / Mazurka no. 51, op. 68 no. 4
37▶CD: Schumann: “Abegg” Variations / Fantasie, op. 17 / Faschingsschwank aus Wien
38▶CD: Ravel: Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle / Sonate pour violon et piano / Sonate pour violoncelle et piano
39▶CD: Prokofiev: 10 Pieces for Piano from “Romeo and Juliet” / War and Peace - Waltz / 2 Pieces from The Love of Three Oranges / 6 Pieces from “Cinderella”
40▶CD: Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas 6-8
41▶CD: Mozart: Fantasia, K. 475 / Sonatas 17, K. 570 & 14, K. 457 / Adagio, K. 540 / Sonata no. 9, K. 311
42▶CD: Robert & Clara Schumann: Lieder
43▶CD: Schubert: Piano Trio no. 1, D. 898
44▶CD: Schubert: Piano Trio no. 2, D. 929
45▶CD: Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87 nos. 1-12
46▶CD: Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87 nos. 13-24
47▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Méditation, op. 72 no. 5 / Polka peu dansante, op. 51 no. 2 / Aveu passionné / Tendres Reproches, op. 72 no. 3 / Berceuse, op. 72 no. 2 / Les Saisons, op. 37a
48▶CD: Shostakovich: Piano Sonata no. 2 / 3 Fantastic Dances, op. 5 / 5 Preludes / Lyric Waltz / Short Piece & Spanish Dance, op. 97 / Nocturne, op. 39 / Aphorisms, op. 13 / Polka, op. 22
49▶CD: J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I nos. 1-18
50▶CD: J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I nos. 19-24 / Book II nos. 1-9
51▶CD: J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II nos. 10-24
52▶CD: Beethoven: 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, op. 120 / 12 Variations on the Russian Dance from Paul Wranitzky's Ballet “Das Waldmädchen”, WoO 71
53▶CD: Rachmaninov: 12 Transcriptions / 6 Morceaux, op. 11 / Waltz (1890) / Romance (1891) / Italian Polka / The Star-Spangled Banner
54▶CD: Rachmaninov: Trios élégiaques 1 & 2 / Vocalise / Dream (Son)
55▶CD: Blake: Walking in the Air / Works for Piano
56▶CD: Shostakovich: Piano Trios 1 & 2 / Sonata for Viola and Piano

Credits

Release

art direction and design:WLP Ltd
miscellaneous support:Raymond McGill (Production) (task: project management)
Edward Weston (Catalogue Manager, Decca Classics) (task: project management)
producer:Raymond McGill (Production)
mastering:Ben Wiseman
mastered at:Broadlake Studios in City of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
discography entry:https://www.deccaclassics.com/en/catalogue/products/ashkenazy-solo-chamber-recordings-5264 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0004771989 [info]

Release group

includes:Sonata in A major, D. 664 / Sonata in A minor, D. 784 / Hungarian Melody, D. 817 by Schubert (Franz Schubert, composer); Vladimir Ashkenazy (Russian‐Icelandic conductor and pianist)
The Cello Sonatas by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Lynn Harrell (cellist), Vladimir Ashkenazy (Russian‐Icelandic conductor and pianist)