Vladimir Ashkenazy Complete Chamber Music & Lieder Recordings
Harmony in Friendship” - 50 Years of Chamber Music & Lieder Recordings with Friends & Family! Insights, perfectionism, dedication – all these qualities are key to Ashkenazy’s music making, as soloist and collaborator, in both chamber music and as conductor. Ashkenazy was principal conductor, then music laureate of the Sydney Symphony. The Complete Chamber Music & Lieder Recordings complements Vladimir Ashkenazy’s Complete Solo Recordings (Decca, Limited Edition 89 CDs + 1 Blu-ray Audio) and collects his recordings with orchestral colleagues (Barry Tuckwell, Catherine Hewgill, Frank Cohen, André Previn), renowned soloists (including Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell, Ida Haendel) and his sons (Dmitri and Vovka) on works ranging from Mozart to Szymanowski, taking in a large corpus of Beethoven’s chamber music with piano and Brahms.
51-CD limited edition box set in original jackets, richly illustrated with rare and beautiful photographs of Ashkenazy, a comprehensive index and an authentic liner note by his friend and producer Jeremy Hayes.
“…electrifying, full of gusto … evidence of such joy in the music making, the proof of such harmony in friendship.” — Time (Mozart, Schumann / Frager, et.al. – Ashkenazy’s first chamber music recording for Decca)
Tracklist:
CD 1. Mozart Sonata in D K.448 for 2 pianos;
R. Schumann Kanonische Etüde Op.56/4; Andante und Variationen
CD 2. Beethoven Quintet in E flat Op.16
Mozart Quintet in E flat K.452
CD 3–7. Beethoven Violin Sonatas 1–10
CD 8–9. Beethoven Cello Sonatas 1–5
CD 10–13. Beethoven Complete Piano Trios
CD 14. Beethoven Horn Sonata;
Danzi Horn Sonata No.1;
Saint-Saëns Romance Op.67;
R. Schumann Adagio and Allegro;
R. Strauss Alphorn; Andante for Horn & Piano; Introduction, Theme and Variations
CD 15. Chopin Songs Op.74
CD 16–17. Schubert Piano Trios 1 & 2
CD 18. R. Schumann Dichterliebe; Liederkreis
CD 19. C. Schumann 6 Lieder Op.13, etc.;
R. Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben, etc.
CD 20. Brahms Violin Sonatas 1–3
CD 21. Brahms Cello Sonatas 1 & 2
CD 22. Brahms Clarinet Sonatas 1 & 2;
R. Schumann Fantasiestücke Op.73
CD 23. Brahms Horn Trio;
Franck Violin Sonata
CD 24. Brahms Horn Trio;
R. Schumann Adagio and Allegro; Andante und Variationen
CD 25. Brahms Clarinet Trio; Piano Quintet
CD 26–27. Tchaikovsky Songs (Vols. 1 & 2)
CD 28. Tchaikovsky Piano Trio
CD 29–33. Rachmaninoff Songs (Vols. 1–5)
CD 34–35. Rachmaninoff Suites 1 & 2 for 2 pianos; Russian Rhapsody · Symphonic Dances
CD 36. Altschuler Melody on a theme of Rachmaninoff;
Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata; Lied in F minor; 2 Pieces Op.2; Vocalise
CD 37. Rachmaninoff The Dream (arr. cello); Trios élégiaques 1 & 2; Vocalise (arr. violin)
CD 38. Borodin Polovtsian Dances;
Glinka Waltz Fantasy;
Mussorgsky A Night on the Bare Mountain;
Rachmaninoff Suite No.1 for 2 pianos;
Scriabin Fantasy WoO 18
CD 39. Debussy En blanc et noir; Jeux; Lindaraja;
Ravel Entre cloches; La Valse; Rapsodie espagnole
CD 40. Debussy Cello Sonata; Violin Sonata; Ravel Piano Trio
CD 41. Grechaninov Tropinka;
Mussorgsky Detskaja (The Nursery);
Prokofiev The Ugly Duckling; Overture on Hebrew Themes
CD 42. Prokofiev Violin Sonatas 1 & 2
CD 43. Prokofiev Cello Sonata;
Shostakovich Cello Sonata; Moderato
CD 44. Prokofiev Cello Sonata;
Rachmaninoff Vocalise (arr. cello);
Shostakovich Cello Sonata
CD 45. Shostakovich Suite on Verses of Michelangelo
CD 46. Shostakovich Piano Trios 1 & 2; Viola Sonata
CD 47. Shostakovich Piano Quintet; 2 Pieces for String Quartet
7 Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok
CD 48. Bartók Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion;
Shostakovich Verses of Captain Lebyadkin;
Sibelius Songs (selected)
CD 49. Bartók Romanian Folk Dances; Violin Rhapsody No.1;
Enescu Violin Sonata No.3;
Szymanowski Mythes
CD 50. Stravinsky Concerto for 2 Pianos; Rite of Spring (piano 4-hands); Scherzo à la russe; Sonata for 2 Pianos
CD 51. Stravinsky Concertino; Epitaphium; Octet; Pastorale; 3 Pieces for Clarinet Solo; Ragtime; Septet; Soldier’s Tale