• 46 CDs in original jackets presented chronologically so we can follow the development of the artist over his 50+ years career on Decca
• Every concerto recording made for Decca with Ashkenazy as pianist
• Includes a previously unpublished Mozart K488
• 2 DVDs featuring Ashkenazy’s 1974 recordings with Bernard Haitink of the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos with extra documentary footage and the Beethoven overtures, filmed at the Royal Festival Hall
• Extensive booklet with new essays by critic Jed Distler and career-long manager Jasper Parrot.
INCLUDES
• THREE Beethoven cycles, including the Grammy® award winning recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Sir Georg Solti (1973), TWO Rachmaninov cycles, and the Prokofiev, Brahms, Bartók and Mozart cycles
Recordings of Ashkenazy directing from the piano – the Beethoven cycle with the Cleveland Orchestra and Mozart with Philharmonia Orchestra
“From Ashkenazy, every page declares Rachmaninov’s nationality, his indelibly Russian nature … Prévin works hand in glove with his soloist … the product of the greatest musical sympathy.”
GRAMOPHONE on the Ashkenazy-Previn Rachmaninov cycle
“The complete Ashkenazy/Solti set of Beethoven concertos in one word is superb. The range of Ashkenazy’s tone is tremendous … Sir Georg Solti’s accompaniment is right on the spot and his Chicago orchestra is recorded with a fine depth of sound” GRAMOPHONE on the Ashkenazy-Solti Beethoven cycle
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Anatole Fistoulari
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Lorin Maazel
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
- Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Kirill Kondrashin
Rachmaninov: Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 1 in F minor
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Rachmaninov: Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 2 in C major
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Rachmaninov: Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 5 in D minor
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- David Zinman
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- David Zinman
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Zubin Mehta
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 8 in C major, K246 “Lützow”
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Istvan Kertesz