Russian Piano Encores

This wide-ranging conspectus of Russian piano miniatures spans Ashkenazy's career from 1963 to 2004. Fine playing, occasionally short on charm. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 20th Aug 2012
Catalogue No: ELQ4803607
Label: Eloquence
Length: 78 minutes

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Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37

Work length5:32

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 1998-12
Recording Venue: Teldec Studios, Berlin

6. June: Barcarolle

Track length5:32

Tchaikovsky: Dumka (Russian Rustic Scene), Op. 59

Work length9:00

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 1983-01-23
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Taneyev, S: Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor, Op. 29

Work length7:48

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 1983-01-23
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Liadov: A Musical Snuffbox, Op. 32

Work length2:18

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 1983-01-23
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Borodin: Scherzo in A flat

Work length2:50

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 1983-01-23
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Shostakovich: Dances of the Dolls

Work length1:41

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 2003-09-12
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Suffolk

Lyric Waltz

Track length1:41

Shostakovich: The Gadfly, Op. 97 - Arr. for piano

Work length4:22

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 2003-09-12
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Suffolk

Short piece

Track length2:03

Spanish Dance

Track length2:19

Excerpt, Shostakovich: The Limpid Stream, Op. 39

Work length2:18

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 2003-09-12
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Suffolk

Nocturne (Arr. for Piano)

Track length2:18

Shostakovich: The Golden Age, Op. 22b

Work length1:55

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 2003-09-12
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Suffolk

Polka (Arr. for Piano)

Track length1:55

Prokofiev: Pieces From "Romeo And Juliet" Op. 75 - Arr. Prokofiev

Work length9:23

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 1968-01-25
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

10. Romeo & Juliet before parting

Track length7:05

5. Masks

Track length2:18

Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3

Work length4:33

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 1975-04
Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham

No. 2, Prelude in C-Sharp Minor

Track length4:33

Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableau in C Minor, Op. 39, No. 1

Work length2:53

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 1963-11-11
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Rachmaninoff: Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 2 in A minor

Work length7:24

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 1963-11-11
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Rachmaninoff: Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 5 in E flat minor

Work length5:19

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 1963-11-11
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Rachmaninoff: Siren

Work length2:21

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 2000-12-20
Recording Venue: Teldec Studios, Berlin

Lilacs, Op. 21, No. 5

Track length2:21

Rachmaninoff: Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3

Work length2:25

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 2000-12-20
Recording Venue: Teldec Studios, Berlin

Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14

Work length5:59

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Recorded: 2004-03-25
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Suffolk

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Many European countries have vied with one another in claiming the largest number of piano virtuosos. No one would dispute, though, that Russia has generated more than its share. The so-called ‘Russian piano school’, which originated in the 1800s with brilliant performers such as Alexander Siloti and brothers Anton and Nikolai Rubinstein, continues to produce first-class pianists, and to influence performance styles and keyboard virtuosity all around the world.

Given Russia’s richness in superstar pianists, it is not surprising that Russian composers have composed extensively for the piano. Some of the composers represented in this collection were impressive pianists in their own right, and they composed music designed to display their own technique and artistry. Others were more modestly gifted as performers, but still composed idiomatically for the piano.

This collection brings together recordings by Vladimir Ashkenazy spanning some 40 years, from November 1963 (the three Rachmaninov Études-Tableaux) to March 2004 (the Kocsis transcription of Vocalise). Some of them appeared as fillers for bigger works – for instance, the Études-Tableaux were coupled with the 1964 recording of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Kyril Kondrashin, one of Ashkenazy’s earliest recording for Decca, and his first solo recording for the label. Tchaikovsky’s Dumka and the pieces by Taneyev, Liadov and Borodin were recorded in January 1983 and issued on LP as a coupling for his digital recording of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. The two pieces from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet were taped in 1968 as couplings for the composer’s Eighth Piano Sonata.

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December 2012

This wide-ranging conspectus of Russian piano miniatures spans Ashkenazy's career from 1963 to 2004. Fine playing, occasionally short on charm.

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