ولادیمیر اشکنازی – آثار کامل راخمانینف برای پیانو (Vladimir Ashkenazy – Rachmaninov)

Vladimir Ashkenazy - Rachmaninov Complete Works For Piano (11CD) (2014)
Classical, Piano
Label: Decca

This magnificent collection spans almost half a century, from three of Rachmaninov's Op 39 Etudes-Tableaux that Vladimir Ashkenazy recorded in 1963, to his version of the First Sonata, which was released two years ago. It's wonderfully comprehensive, including the four piano concertos and the Paganini Rhapsody, the works for two pianos (the Suites and the Symphonic Dances with André Previn, some smaller-scale pieces with Ashkenazy's son Vovka), and all manner of occasional pieces and transcriptions as well as the major solo piano works. Those the Preludes, Corelli Variations, Etudes-Tableaux and Second Piano Sonata with the concertos, form the core of the set. Perhaps the 1980s digital cycle of the concertos, with Bernard Haitink conducting, is not as instinctively sharp in its musical responses as Ashkenazy's earlier cycle with Previn, but his performances of the other major works would be hard to match among modern recordings for their stylishness and grace, unflashy virtuosity and innate understanding of what made Rachmaninov tick.

Tracklist:

CD01 - Piano Concertos 1, 4, Paganini Rhapsody
CD02 - Piano Concertos 2, 3
CD03 - Suites, Symphonic Dances
CD04 - Preludes
CD05 - Corelli Variations, Etudes-Tableaux Op.39
CD06 - Chopin Variations, Piano Sonata No.1
CD07 - Piano Sonata No.2, Etudes-Tableaux Op.33, Russian Rhapsody, etc
CD08 - Moments musicaux, Morceaux de fantaisie, etc
CD09 - Transcriptions, Piano Duets
CD10 - Morceaux de salon, Nocturnes, Pieces
CD11 - Corelli Variations, Etudes-Tableaux Op.39

Full Tracklist:

CD01 - Piano Concertos 1, 4, Paganini Rhapsody

Piano Concerto No.1 in fis-moll, Op.1
01 - I. Vivace
02 - II. Andante
03 - III. Allegro vivace

Piano Concerto No.4 in g-moll, Op.40
04 - I. Allegro vivace
05 - II. Largo
06 - III. Allegro vivace

07-31.Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43*

Concertgebouw Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra*
Bernard Haitink, conductor

CD02 - Piano Concertos 2, 3

Piano Concerto No.2 in c-moll, Op.18
01 - I. Moderato
02 - II. Adagio sostenuto
03 - III. Allegro scherzando

Piano Concerto No.3 in d-moll, Op.30
04 - I. Allegro ma non tanto
05 - II. Intermezzo - Adagio
06 - III. Finale. Alla breve

Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor

CD03 - Suites, Symphonic Dances

Suite No.1 in g-moll, Op.5 (for 2 pianos)
01 - I. Barcarolle - Allegretto
02 - II. La Nuit, l'Amour - Adagio sostenuto
03 - III. Les Larmes - Largo di molto
04 - IV. Paques - Allegro maestoso

Suite No.2 in C-dur, Op.17 (for 2 pianos)
05 - I. Introduction - Alla marcia
06 - II. Valse - Presto
07 - III. Romance - Andantino
08 - IV. Tarantelle

Symphonic Dances, Op.45 (for 2 pianos)
09 - I. Non allegro - Lento - Tempo I
10 - II. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)
11 - III. Lento assai - Allegro vivace

Andre Previn, second piano

CD04 - Preludes

01.Prelude, Op.3 - No.2 in cis-moll

Preludes, Op.23
02 - No.1 in fis-moll
03 - No.2 in B-dur
04 - No.3 in d-moll
05 - No.4 in D-dur
06 - No.5 in g-moll
07 - No.6 in Es-dur
08 - No.7 in c-moll
09 - No.8 in As-dur
10 - No.9 in es-moll
11 - No.10 in Ges-dur

Preludes, Op.32
12 - No.1 in C-dur
13 - No.2 in b-moll
14 - No.3 in E-dur
15 - No.4 in e-moll
16 - No.5 in G-dur
17 - No.6 in f-moll
18 - No.7 in F-dur
19 - No.8 in a-moll
20 - No.9 in A-dur
21 - No.10 in h-moll
22 - No.11 in H-dur
23 - No.12 in gis-moll
24 - No.13 in Des-dur

CD05 - Corelli Variations, Etudes-Tableaux Op.39

01.Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op.42

Etudes-Tableaux, Op.39
02 - No.1 in c-moll
03 - No.2 in a-moll
04 - No.3 in fis-moll
05 - No.4 in h-moll
06 - No.5 in es-moll
07 - No.6 in a-moll
08 - No.7 in c-moll
09 - No.8 in d-moll
10 - No.9 in D-dur

CD06 - Chopin Variations, Piano Sonata No.1

01-23.Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op.22

Piano Sonata No.1 in d-moll, Op.28
24 - I. Allegro moderato
25 - II. Lento
26 - III. Allegro molto

CD07 - Piano Sonata No.2, Etudes-Tableaux Op.33, Russian Rhapsody, etc

Piano Sonata No.2 in b-moll, Op.36
01 - I. Allegro agitato
02 - II. Non allegro
03 - III. Allegro molto

Etudes-Tableaux, Op.33
04 - No.1 in f-moll
05 - No.2 in C-dur
06 - No.3 in c-moll
07 - No.4 in d-moll
08 - No.5 in es-moll
09 - No.6 in Es-dur
10 - No.7 in g-moll
11 - No.8 in cis-moll
12.Russian Rhapsody in e-moll (for 2 pianos)

Andre Previn, second piano
13.Romance in G-dur (for piano 4 hands)

Suite No.1 in g-moll, Op.5 (for 2 pianos)
14 - I. Barcarolle - Allegretto
15 - II. La Nuit, l'Amour - Adagio sostenuto
16 - III. Les Larmes - Largo di molto
17 - IV. Paques - Allegro maestoso

CD08 - Moments musicaux, Morceaux de fantaisie, etc

Moments musicaux, Op.16
01 - No.1 in b-moll
02 - No.2 in es-moll
03 - No.3 in h-moll
04 - No.4 in e-moll
05 - No.5 in Des-dur
06 - No.6 in C-dur

Morceaux de fantaisie, Op.3
07 - 1. Elegie in es-moll
08 - 2. Prelude in cis-moll
09 - 3. Melodie in E-dur
10 - 4. Polichinelle in fis-moll
11 - 5. Serenade in b-moll

12.Fragments (1917)
13.Prelude in d-moll, Op.posth (1917)
14.Zdes khorosho, Op.21 No.7 'How fair this spot' (Transc. Anon.)
15.Vocalise, Op.34 No.14 (Transc. Kocsis)

CD09 - Transcriptions, Piano Duets

Suite from Partita in E-dur for violin solo (J.S. Bach)
01 - I. Prelude
02 - II. Gavotte
03 - III. Gigue
04.Wohin (Schubert)
05.Scherzo from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Mendelssohn)
06.Minuet (from Bizet 'L'Arlesienne, Suite No.1')
07.Hopak (Mussorgsky)
08.Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov)
09.Lullaby, Op.16 No.1 (Tchaikovsky)
10.Polka de W.R. (Franz Behr)
11.Lilacs, Op.21 No.5 (Rachmaninov)
12.Daisies, Op.38 No.3 (Rachmaninov)
13.Liebesleid (Kreisler)
14.Liebesfreud (Kreisler)

Morceaux, Op.11 (for piano 4 hands)
15 - 1. Barcarolle
16 - 2. Scherzo
17 - 3. Theme russe
18 - 4. Valse
19 - 5. Romance
20 - 6. Slava

21.Waltz (for piano 6 hands)
22.Romance (for piano 6 hands)
23.Italian Polka (for piano 4 hands and trumpet)
24.The Star-Spangled Banner (Smith, transcr. Rachmaninov)

CD10 - Morceaux de salon, Nocturnes, Pieces

01.Piano Piece in As-dur

Morceaux de salon, Op.10
02 - 1. Nocturne in a-moll
03 - 2. Valse in A-dur
04 - 3. Barcarolle in g-moll
05 - 4. Melodie in e-moll
06 - 5. Humereske in G-dur
07 - 6. Romanze in f-moll
08 - 7. Mazurka in Des-dur

09.Nocturne in F-dur
10.Nocturne in c-moll
11.Nocturne in fis-moll

12.Song without Words in d-moll
13.Canon in e-moll
14.Fugue in d-moll

Pieces, Op.1
15 - 1. Romance in fis-moll
16 - 2. Prelude in es-moll
17 - 3. Melodie in E-dur
18 - 4. Gavotte in D-dur

19.Prelude in F-dur
20.Morceau de fantaisie in g-moll
21.Fughetta in F-dur
22.Oriental Sketch
23.Sad is the night, Op.26 No.12 (arr. Ashkenazy)
24.Nunc dimittis from All-Night Vigil, Op.37 (arr. Rachmaninov)

CD11 - Corelli Variations, Etudes-Tableaux Op.39

01.Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op.42

Etudes-Tableaux, Op.39
02 - No.1 in c-moll
03 - No.2 in a-moll
04 - No.3 in fis-moll
05 - No.4 in h-moll
06 - No.5 in es-moll
07 - No.6 in a-moll
08 - No.7 in c-moll
09 - No.8 in d-moll
10 - No.9 in D-dur

Etudes-Tableaux, Op.39
11 - No.1 in c-moll
12 - No.2 in a-moll
13 - No.5 in es-moll

14.Lilacs, Op.21 No.5 (transcr. Rachmaninov)
15.Daisies, Op.38 No.3 (transcr. Rachmaninov)