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About the artist Vladimir Ashkenazy

In the years since Vladimir Ashkenazy first came to prominence on the world stage in the 1955 Chopin Competition in Warsaw he has built an extraordinary career not only as one of the most renowned and revered pianists of our times, but as an artist whose creative life encompasses a vast range of activities and continues to offer inspiration to music-lovers across the world. Conducting has formed the largest part of his activities for the past 20 years and, following on from his period as Chief Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic from 1998 to 2003, Ashkenazy took up the position of Music Director of NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo in September 2004. Alongside his position with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Ashkenazy continues to have a warm and rewarding relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra as their Conductor Laureate. Ashkenazy also holds the positions of Music Director of the European Union Youth Orchestra, with whom he tours each year, and Conductor Laureate of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. While conducting takes up a significant portion of his time each season, Ashkenazy continues to devote himself to the piano.

CDs and DVDs featuring the artist Vladimir Ashkenazy

CATALOGUE NR: A09CND  (barcode: 0814446010055)
RECORD LABEL: Christopher Nupen Films
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 01-Oct-2008

TITLE: Vladimir Ashkenazy - Master Musician
TRACKS: The Vital Juices are Russian. Ashkenazy the conductor. Ashkenazy on musical gifts. Sergei Rachmaninov's Corelli Variations introduced and played by Vladimir Ashkenazy.
CONDUCTOR: Vladimir Ashkenazy
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ashkenazy      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 and 4:3 / Sound Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo & Dual Mono / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 100 minutes / Recorded: directed by Christopher Nupen / Subtitles: German English French Italian - Nov-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: A08CND  (barcode: 0814446010048)
RECORD LABEL: Christopher Nupen Films
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 03-Mar-2008

TITLE: Itzhak Perlman - Virtuoso Violinist
TRACKS: I Know I Played Every Note. The Trout Remembered. Jacqueline du Pre Remembered. The Bach E major violin partita BWV1006. The Bach D minor violin partita BWV1004 including the great Chaconne.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra and Aspen Chamber Symphony
CONDUCTOR: Lawrence Foster
ARTISTS: Itzhak Perlman   Vladimir Ashkenazy   Pinchas Zukerman  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 & 4:3 / Sound Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo and Dual Mono / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 165 minutes / Recorded: directed by Christopher Nupen / Subtitles: French Spanish German Italian - Apr-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4529612  (barcode: 0028945296128)
RECORD LABEL: Double Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set  DURATION: 152 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 15.95
RELEASE DATE: 01-Jul-1997

COMPOSER: Alexander Scriabin
TRACKS: Piano Sonatas Nos.1-10. Quatre Morceaux op.51. Quatre Morceaux op.56. Deux Danses op.73. Deux Poemes op.32.
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ashkenazy      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Ashkenazy is clearly attuned to this repertoire.. ..These are fine performances and are well recorded.' Penguin Guide.

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CATALOGUE NR: TOCC0100  (barcode: 5060113441003)
RECORD LABEL: Toccata Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.65
RELEASE DATE: 08-Feb-2010

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TITLE: Songs my Great-Grandfather Taught Me
TRACKS: Gypsy Songs op.55 : No.1 My song of love rings through the dusk / No.2 Hey! Ring out my triangle / No.3 All around the woods are still / No.4 Songs my mother taught me / No.5 Come and join the dancing / No.6 Wide the sleeves and loose the trousers / No.7 Give a hawk a fine cage. In Folk Tone op.73 : No.1 Goodnight / No.3 Oh nothing nothing can change for me. Love Songs op.83 : No.1 Never will love lead us to that glad goal / No.2 Death reigns in many a human heart / No.3 I often wander past that house / No.4 I know that on my love to you / No.5 Nature lies peaceful in sleep and dreaming / No.6 Lonely in the forest I stand / No.7 When your sweet glances fall on me / No.8 Oh my only dear one but for you. Four Songs op.82 : No.1 Leave Me Alone. Lullaby B194. Biblical Songs op.99 : No.1 Clouds and darkness are round about him - Psalm 97 / No.2 Thou art my hiding place and my shield - Psalm 119 / No.3 Give ear to my prayer O God - Psalm 55 / No.4 The Lord is my shepherd - Psalm 23 / No.5 I will sing a new song unto thee O God - Psalm 144 / No.6 Hear my cry O God - Psalm 61 / No.7 By the waters of Babylon - Psalm 137 / No.8 Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me - Psalm 25 / No.9 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills - Psalm 121 / No.10 O sing unto the Lord a new song - Psalm 96. Moravian Duets op.32 : No.11 Captured.
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ashkenazy   Josef Suk    

- May-2010 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Mar-2010 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Keeping it in the family: Suk plays Dvorak's songs on Dvorak's viola'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4732712  (barcode: 0028947327127)
RECORD LABEL: Double Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.19
RELEASE DATE: 13-Jan-2003

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.1 Sz83. Piano Concerto No.2 Sz95. Piano Concerto No.3 Sz119. Violin Concerto No.1 Sz36. Violin Concerto No.2 Sz112.
CONDUCTOR: Georg Solti
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ashkenazy   Kyung Wha Chung    

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'key recording'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4756016  (barcode: 0028947560166)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.19
RELEASE DATE: 10-May-2004

COMPOSER: Camille Saint-Saens  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Cello Adagios
TRACKS: The Swan from Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saens). Vocalise op.34 No.14. Meditation de Thais (Massenet). Adagio (JS Bach). Apres un reve (Faure trans. Milton Katims). Cello Concerto in E minor op.85 - Adagio (Elgar). Ave Maria (Caccini). Cello Concerto in B flat - Adagio (Boccherini). Traumerei (Schumann). String Quartet No.2 - Nocturne (Borodin). Sicilenne (Paradis arr. Dushkin trans. Harrell). An die Musik D547 (Schubert). Reverie (Debussy). Prayer 'From Jewish Life' No.1 (Bloch). La Wally (Catalani arr. Vladimir Cosma). Salut d’amour op.12 (Elgar). Valse Sentimentale op.15 No.6 (Tchaikovsky arr. Rose). Kol Nidrei op.47 (Bruch). Air on a G string from Suite No.3 in D BWV1068 (JS Bach). Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque (Debussy arr. C Palmer). Elegie for Cello and Orchestra op.24 (Faure). Andante 3rd movement from Sonata in G minor op.19 (Rachmaninov). Romance in D minor op.62 (Elgar). Beau soir (Debussy trans. Gretchaninoff). Sicilienne op.78 (Faure). Panis angelicus (Franck). Nocturne No.2 in E flat op.9 No.2 (Chopin). Cantabile (Paganini: arr. H Schiff). Liebesleid (Kreisler arr. Schiff). Adagio ma non troppo from Concerto in B minor op.104 (Dvorak). Berceuse - Dolly Suite op.56 (Faure). Organ Sontata No.11 in D minor op.148 - Cantilena (Rheinberger). Melodie op.20 No.1 (Glazunov).
ORCHESTRA: Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Yehudi Menuhin and James Judd
ARTISTS: Lynn Harrell   Bruno Canino   Vladimir Ashkenazy   Julian Lloyd Webber

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CATALOGUE NR: 4758246  (barcode: 0028947582465)
RECORD LABEL: Decca The Originals
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
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RELEASE DATE: 19-Mar-2007

COMPOSER: Cesar Franck  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Chamber Music
TRACKS: Sonata for violin and piano in A major (Franck). Trio for violin horn and piano in E flat major op.40 (Brahms).
ARTISTS: Itzhak Perlman   Vladimir Ashkenazy   Barry Tuckwell  

- May-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4781090  (barcode: 0028947810902)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 03-Aug-2009

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Music For Two Pianos
TRACKS: En blanc et noir - for 2 pianos : Avec emportement / Lent Sombre / Scherzando (Debussy). Jeux (Debussy arr. 2 pianos). Lindara (Debussy arr. 2 pianos). Sites auriculaires : Entre cloches (Ravel). Rapsodie espagnole : Prelude a la nuit / Malaguena / Habanera / Feria (Ravel arr. 2 Pianos by Ravel). La Valse (Ravel).
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ashkenazy   Vovka Ashkenazy    

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CATALOGUE NR: 4660662  (barcode: 0028946606629)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.99
RELEASE DATE: 17-May-1999

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TRACKS: 24 Preludes & Fugues op.87.
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ashkenazy      

- Jun-1999 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4757425  (barcode: 0028947574255)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 5 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 26.59
RELEASE DATE: 15-May-2006

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TITLE: Piano & Chamber Music
TRACKS: 24 Preludes & Fugues op.87. Piano Sonata No.2 in B minor op.61. 3 Fantastic Dances op.5. 5 Preludes. Lyric Waltz - Dances of the Dolls. Short Piece - The Gadfly. Spanish Dance - The Gadfly. Nocturne - The Limpid Stream. Aphorisms op.13. Polka - The Golden Age. Piano Sonata No.1 op.12. 24 Preludes op.34. Piano Trio No.2 in E minor op.67. Cello Sonata in D minor op.40. Moderato for cello & piano. 2 pieces for string quartet : Elegy / Polka. Piano Quintet in G minor op.57.
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ashkenazy   Olli Mustonen   Beaux Arts Trio   Fitzwilliam String Qt

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CATALOGUE NR: BISCD719  (barcode: 7318590007198)
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Dmitry Kabalevsky  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto No.2 for Cello and Orchestra op.77 (Kabalevsky). Concerto in E minor for Cello and Orchestra (Khachaturian). Vocalise op.34 No.14 for cello and piano (Rachmaninov).
ORCHESTRA: Gotesborgs Symfoniker
CONDUCTOR: Vladimir Ashkenazy
ARTISTS: Mats Lidstrom   Vladimir Ashkenazy    

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: ODE6992  (barcode: 0761195069929)
RECORD LABEL: Ondine
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.10
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: Einojuhani Rautavaara
TITLE: 2010 Ondine Catalogue and CD
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.3 'Gift of Dreams'. Symphony No.7 'Angel of Light'.
ORCHESTRA: Helsinki Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Vladimir Ashkenazy and Leif Segerstam
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ashkenazy      

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CATALOGUE NR: ODE10812  (barcode: 0761195108123)
RECORD LABEL: Ondine
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 26-Sep-2011

COMPOSER: Einojuhani Rautavaara
TITLE: Apotheosis: The Best of Einojuhani Rautavaara
TRACKS: Cantus arcticus. Clarinet Concerto : II Adagio assai . Autumn Gardens : III Giocoso e leggiero. Manhattan Trilogy : I Daydreams. Gift of Dreams - Third Piano Concerto : III Energico. Angel of Light - Seventh Symphony : III Come un sogno. Apotheosis. The original sound recording of Apotheosis from Aki Kaurismaki's recent film Le Havre.
ORCHESTRA: Helsinki Philharmonic and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Leif Segerstam and Mikko Franck
ARTISTS: Richard Stoltzman   Vladimir Ashkenazy    

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CATALOGUE NR: SBT1046  (barcode: 0749677104627)
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: The Young Ashkenazy volume II
TRACKS: Feux foliets. Mephisto Waltz No.1 (Liszt). Ballade No.2: 4 Mazurkas. 2 Valses (Chopin). Variations on a Theme by Corelli op.42 (Rachmaninov). Piano Sonata No.7 in B flat op.83 (Prokofiev).
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ashkenazy      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4556852  (barcode: 0028945568522)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 01-Oct-1997

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TITLE: The Piano Trios
TRACKS: Piano Trio in B flat major op.99. In E flat major op.100.
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ashkenazy   Pinchas Zukerman   Lynn Harrell  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Both works date from Schubert's maturity and rank among his finest and most expressive music

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CATALOGUE NR: A13CND  (barcode: 814446010093)
RECORD LABEL: Christopher Nupen Films
FORMAT: DVD Video  DURATION: 182 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 27-Feb-2012

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TITLE: The Trout / The Greatest Love and Greatest Sorrow
ARTISTS: Daniel Barenboim   Itzhak Perlman   Jacqueline Du Pre   Vladimir Ashkenazy

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 and 16:9 letterbox / Sound Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 182 minutes / Recorded: directed by Christopher Nupen

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CATALOGUE NR: 4609912  (barcode: 0028946099124)
RECORD LABEL: Double Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.19
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-1999

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: Piano Works
TRACKS: Waltz No.1 in E flat op.18 'Grande valse brillante'. Waltz No.2 in A flat op.34 No.1 'Valse brillante'. Waltz No.3 in A minor op.34 No.2. Waltz No.4 in F op.34 No.3. Waltz No.5 in A flat op.42 'Grande valse'. Waltz No.6 in D flat op.64 No.1 'Minute'. Waltz No.7 in C sharp minor op.64 No.2. Waltz No.8 in A flat op.64 No.3. Waltz No.9 in A flat op.69 No.1 'Farewell'. Waltz No.10 in B minor op.69 No.2. Waltz No.11 in G flat op.70 No.1. Waltz No.12 in F minor / A flat op.70 No.2. Waltz No.13 in D flat op.70 No.3. Waltz No.14 in E minor op.posth. Waltz No.15 in E op.posth. Waltz No.19 in A minor op.posth. Waltz No.16 in A flat op.posth. Waltz No.18 in E flat op.posth. Waltz No.17 in E flat op.posth. Scherzo No.1 in B minor op.20. Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor op.31. Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor op.39. Scherzo No.4 in E op.54. 24 Preludes op.28 : Prelude in C major / Prelude in A minor / Prelude in G major / Prelude in E minor / Prelude in D major / Prelude in B minor / Prelude in A major / Prelude in F sharp minor / Prelude in E major / Prelude in C sharp minor / Prelude in B major / Prelude in G sharp minor / Prelude in F sharp major / Prelude in E flat minor / Prelude in D flat major 'Raindrop' / Prelude in B flat minor / Prelude in A flat major / Prelude in F minor / Prelude in E flat major / Prelude in C minor / Prelude in B flat major / Prelude in G minor / Prelude in F major / Prelude in D minor / Prelude No.25 in C sharp minor op.45. Prelude No.26 in A flat op.posth.
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ashkenazy      

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'Ashkenazy…combines drama and power with finesse and much poetic delicacy when called for'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4662502  (barcode: 0028946625026)
RECORD LABEL: Double Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.19
RELEASE DATE: 20-Mar-2000

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: Piano Sonatas
TRACKS: Piano Sonata No.1. Piano Sonata No.2. Piano Sonata No.3. 12 Etudes op.10. 12 Etudes op.25. Fantaisie in F minor op.49.
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ashkenazy      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'This performance of the Funeral March Sonata is impressive and has wonderful panache.' Penguin Guide - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: SBT1045  (barcode: 0749677104528)
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: The Young Ashkenazy volume I
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor op.21. Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor op.58. Etude No.1 in C op.10 No.1. Etude No.15 in F op.25 No.3. Barcarolle op.60. Scherzo No.4 in E op.54.
ORCHESTRA: Warsaw Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Zdzislaw Gorzynski
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ashkenazy      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4146002  (barcode: 0028941460028)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 07-Oct-1997

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: Complete Waltzes
TRACKS: Waltz No.1 in E flat op.18 'Grande valse brillante'. Waltz No.2 in A flat op.34 No.1 'Valse brillante'. Waltz No.3 in A minor op.34 No.2. Waltz No.4 in F op.34 No.3. Waltz No.5 in A flat op.42 'Grande valse'. Waltz No.6 in D flat op.64 No.1 'Minute'. Waltz No.7 in C sharp minor op.64 No.2. Waltz No.8 in A flat op.64 No.3. Waltz No.9 in A flat op.69 No.1 'Farewell'. Waltz No.10 in B minor op.69 No.2. Waltz No.11 in G flat op.70 No.1. Waltz No.12 in F minor / A flat op.70 No.2. Waltz No.13 in D flat op.70 No.3. Waltz No.14 in E minor op.posth. Waltz No.15 in E op.posth. Waltz No.19 in A minor op.posth. Waltz No.16 in A flat op.posth. Waltz No.18 in E flat op.posth. Waltz No.17 in E flat op.posth.
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ashkenazy      

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