Ashkenazy Archive
BACH: French Suites —Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano—Decca
Vladimir Ashkenazy—BACH: French Suites—Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano—Decca 483-2150—82:52 ***1/2 Vladimir Ashkenazy is a name with which I’ve been familiar for many years. As a former resident of Cleveland, where he was for many years the guest conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, I had the opportunity to see him lead that orchestra. And despite turning 80 this […]
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MOZART: Selected Piano Concertos – various performers [TrackList follows] (2013) – 4 DVDs
Titled “Great Piano Concertos,” this is a worthwhile collection of selected Mozart concerto videos.
“Music for Two Pianos” – DEBUSSY: En blanc et noir; Jeux; Lindaraja; RAVEL: Entre cloches; Rapsodie espagnole; La Valse – Vladimir & Vovka Ashkenazy – Decca “Piano Duets” – ANTON LISTE: Grande Sonate (4 hands); HONEGGER: Pastorale d’eté; HANS SCHAEUBLE: Los Caprichos; FRANK MARTIN: Pavane couleur du temps – See Siang Wong & Hans Adolfsen – Guild
A fine pair of two-piano albums; one with a 4-hand work.
LISZT: Wild and Crazy = Various pianists – DGG (2 CDs)
More than a mere “primer,” this spectacular collation offers some wickedly brilliant and poetic renderings of Liszt’s music for his bicentennial.
DVORAK: Songs My Great-Grandfather Taught Me = 30 Transcriptions by JOSEF SUK: 7 Gypsy Songs; In Folk Tone: 2 Songs; 8 Love Songs; “Leave Me Alone,”; Lullaby; 10 Biblical Songs; “Captured” from Moravian Duets – Suk/Vladimir Ashkenazy – Toccata Classics
Josef Suk pays homage to his illustrious Great-Grandfather Dvorak’s song legacy through a series of plaintive and melodious transcriptions.
BACH: 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano – Decca
Vladimir Ashkenazy contributes a set of Bach’s official Op. 1 Partitas whose intelligent virility should have us returning for repeated auditions.
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