CD1 - 24 Préludes
Track 1 - Prélude in C sharp minor, op.3 no.2
Tracks 2-11 - 10 Préludes, op.23
No. 1 in F sharp minor
No. 2 in B flat major
No. 3 in D minor
No. 4 in D major
No. 5 in G minor
No. 6 in E flat major
No. 7 in C minor
No. 8 in A flat major
No. 9 in E flat minor
No. 10 in G flat major
Tracks 12-24 - 13 Préludes, op.32
No. 1 in C major
No. 2 in B flat minor
No. 3 in E major
No. 4 in E minor
No. 5 in G major
No. 6 in F minor
No. 7 in F major
No. 8 in A minor
No. 9 in A major
No. 10 in B minor
No. 11 in B major
No. 12 in G sharp minor
No. 13 in D flat major
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
CD 2
Track 1-23 - Variations on a Theme of Corelli, op.42
Tracks 24-26- Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, op.36 Original version (1913)
Michail Pletnev piano
Zoltât Kocsis piano
CD 3
Tracks 1 - Variations on a Theme of Chopin [Op.28 no.20], op.22
Tracks 2-4 - Piano Sonata No.1 in D minor, op.28
Jorge Bolet piano
Alexis Weissenberg piano
CD 4
Tracks 1-9 - 8 Études-tableaux, op.33
Tracks 9-17 - Études-tableaux, op.39
No. 1 in C minor
No. 2 in A minor
No. 3 in F sharp minor
No. 4 in B minor
No. 5 in E flat minor
No. 6 in A minor
No. 7 in C minor
No. 8 in D minor
No. 9 in D major
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Track 18 - Russian Rhapsody for two pianos in E minor (1891)
Track 19 - Romance in G major (for piano, four hands, 1893)
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
with André Previn, piano/ Vovka Ashkenazy, piano
CD 5
Tracks 1-6 - Moments musicaux, op.16
Tracks 7-11 - Morceaux de fantaisie, op.3
Track 12 - Fragments (1917)
Track 13 - Prélude, op. posth. (1917) in D minor
Track 14 - Zdes’ khorosho, op.21 no.7 transcr. anon. How fair this spot
Track 15 - Vocalise, op.34 no.14 transcr. Zoltán Kocsis
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
CD 6
TRANSCRIPTIONS
Tracks 1-3 - Suite from J.S. Bach: Partita in E major for solo violin (1933)
Track 4 - Franz Schubert: “Wohin?” (Die schöne Müllerin, 1925)
Track 5 - Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1933)
Track 6 - Georges Bizet: Minuet (L’Arlésienne Suite No.1, 1923 version)
Track 7 - Modest Mussorgsky: Hopak (Sorochintsy Fair, 1923/4)
Track 8 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee (c.1929)
Track 9 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Lullaby, op.16 no.1 (1941)
Track 10 - Polka de W.R. (after Franz Behr: Lachtäubchen, Scherzpolka, 1911)
Track 11 - Rachmaninov: Lilacs, op.21 no.5 (1914)
Track 12 - Rachmaninov: Daisies, op.38 no.3 (1925)
Track 13 - Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid (1921)
Track 14 - Fritz Kreisler: Liebesfreud
ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS:
Tracks 15-20 - 6 Morceaux, op.11 (for piano, four hands)
Track 21 - Waltz (for piano, six hands, 1890)
Track 22 - Romance (for piano, six hands, 1891)
Track 23 - Italian Polka (for piano, four hands, and trumpet, c.1906)
Track 24 - The Star-Spangled Banner (John Stafford Smith, transcr. Rachmaninov, 1918)
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
with Vovka Ashkenazy, piano (15-23)
with Dódy´ Ashkenazy, piano (21-22)
with Alastair Mackie, trumpet (23)
CD 7
Fantaisie-tableaux (Suite No.1) for two pianos, op.5
Track 1 - I Barcarolle
Track 2 - II La Nuit, l’Amour
Track 3 - III Les Larmes
Track 4 - IV Pâques
Suite No.2 for two pianos, op.17
Track 5 - I Introduction
Track 6 - II Valse
Track 7 - III Romance
Track 8 - IV Tarantelle
Symphonic Dances for two pianos, op.45
Track 9 - I Non allegro — Lento — Tempo I
Track 10 - II Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)
Track 11 - III Lento assai — Allegro vivace
Vladimir Ashkenazy & André Previn, pianos
Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire pianos
CD 8
Track 1 - Piano Piece in A flat major (n.d.) ed. S. Davie 1.53
Tracks 2-8 - Morceaux de salon, op.10
Tracks 9-11 - 3 Nocturnes (1888/9) ed. I. Belza
Track 12 - Song Without Words in D minor 1.14
Track 13 - Canon in E minor (1890/1)
Track 14 - Fugue in D minor (1890/1) ed. V. Antipov
Track 15-18 - 4 Pieces (originally numbered op.1, ?1887)
Track 19 - Prélude in F major (1892)
Track 20 - Morceau de fantaisie (“Delmo”) (1899)
Track 21 - Fughetta in F major (1899)
Track 22 - Oriental Sketch (1917)
Track 23 - Sad is the night op.26, no.12 arr. Vladimir Ashkenazy
Track 24 - Nunc dimittis from All-Night Vigil, op.37, arr. Rachmaninov (n.d.)
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
CD 9
Tracks 1-4 - Sonata in G minor for cello and piano, op.19
Tracks 5-6 - 2 Pieces, op.2 [I Prélude II Danse orientale]
Track 7 - Mélodie on a Theme by S. Rachmaninov
Track 8 - Lied in F minor for cello and piano (1890)
Track 9 - Vocalise, op.34 no.14 Transcr. Lynn Harrell
Track 10-12 - Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat major, op.83 (Revised version, 1931)
Heinrich Schiff cello (1-4)
Lynn Harrell, cello (5–9)
Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano (1-4)
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano (5–9)
Peter Jablonski, piano (10-12)
CD 10
Track 1 - Trio élégiaque No.1 in G minor for piano, violin and cello
Tracks 2 – 4 - Trio élégiaque No.2 in D minor for piano, violin and cello, op.9
Beaux Arts Trio
CD 11
Licensed from Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Track 1: Romance in A minor 6.19
Tracks 2-3: String Quartet No. 1
Tracks 4-5: 2 Pieces, op. 6
Tracks 6-7: String Quartet No. 2
Track 8: Modest Mussorgsky: Hopak (Sorochintsy Fair, transcr. Rachmaninov, 1923/4)
Track 9: Prayer (Molitva) (Konstantin Romanov), rev. Nina Koshetz
Track 10: All nature sings (Vsyo khochet pet) (Konstantin Romanov), rev. Nina Koshetz
Dene Olding, violin
Joan Rodgers, soprano
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Goldner String Quartet
CD 12, CD 13, CD 14
Songs
Elisabeth Söderström, soprano
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
CD 15
Remastered at 24-bit 96kHz
Tracks 1-3: Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, op.1
Tracks 4-6: Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, op.40
Tracks 7- 31: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn
CD 16
Remastered at 24-bit 96kHz
Tracks 1-3: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
Tracks 4-6: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn
CD 17
Licensed from Ondine
Tracks 1-3: Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, op.1 (original version)
Tracks 4-6: Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, op.40 (original version)
Alexander Ghindin, piano
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy
CD 18
Tracks 1-4: Symphony No.1 in D minor, op.13
Tracks 5-7: Symphonic Dances, op.45
CD 19
Tracks 1-4: Symphony No.2 in E minor, op.27
Track 5: The Isle of the Dead (Ostrov myortvïkh), op.29
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Walter Weller
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra/Edo de Waart
CD 20
Tracks 1-3: Symphony No.3 in A minor, op.44
Tracks 4-7: The Bells (Kolokola), op.35
Natalia Troitskaya, soprano+ / Ryszard Karczykowski, tenor / Tom Krause, baritone
Chorus of the Concertgebouw Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy
CD 21
Track 1: Prince Rostislav Symphonic poem after Tolstoy (1891)
Track 2: Caprice bohémien, op.12
Track 3: The Rock (Utyos) Symphonic poem after Chekhov Na puti, op.7
Track 4-8: Études-tableaux orch. Respighi, P160
I The Sea and Seagulls (Op.39 no.2)
II Fair Scene (Op.33 no.4)
III Funeral March (Op.39 no.7)
IV Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf (Op.39 no.6)
V March (Op.39 no.9)
Licensed from Exton
Sydney Symphony/Vladimir Ashkenazy
The Philadelphia Orchestra/Charles Dutoit
CD 22
Track 1: Scherzo in D minor (1888) 4.55
Track 2: “Youth” Symphony (1891) 10.54
Track 3: Vocalise, op.34 no.14 (for orchestra) 6.13
Track 4-9: 6 Choruses, op.15
I Slav’sya (Be Praised) (Nikolai Nekrasov)
II Nochka (Night) (Vladimir Lodïzhensky)
III Sosna (The Pine) (Mikhail Lermontov)
IV Zadremali volnï (The Waves Slumbered) (Konstantin Romanov)
V Nevolya (Slavery) (Nikolai G. Tsïganov)
VI Angel (Mikhail Lermontov)
Prague Philharmonic Choir/Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano & conductor)
Track 10: Vesna (Spring), op.20 (Nikolai Nekrasov) 15.59
Sergei Leiferkus, baritone
Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia / Seán Deibler
The Philadelphia Orchestra/Charles Dutoit
Tracks 11-13: Russkie Pesni (Three Russian Songs), op.41
I Moderato: Cherez rechku (Over the brook)
II Largo: Akh ty, Vanka (Oh, Vanka)
III Allegro moderato: Belilitsy, rumyanitsy, vy moi! (White of my cheeks, blush of my cheeks!)
Chorus of the Concertgebouw Orchestra
Chorus master: Arthur Oldham
Concertgebouw Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Track 14: Panteley-tselitel (Panteley the Healer) (1899) (A.K. Tolstoy)
Track 15: Khor dukhov k drame Don Zhuan (Chorus of Spirits for Don Juan)
Track 16: V molitvakh neusïpayushchuyu bogoroditsu (O Mother of God vigilantly praying) (1893)
Russian State Symphonic Cappella/Valeri Polyansky
Track 17: Deus meus (1890)
(Licensed from Vocal Ensemble C Sharp Minor/Elger Niels)
Licensed from Exton
Licensed from Chandos
CD 23
Tracks 1-18: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, op.31
Alexander Ranne, tenor (Protoyerey)
Sergey Tsipcalo, baritone (Diakon)
Natalia Kornieva, soprano
St Petersburg Chamber Choir / Nikolai Korniev
CD 24
Tracks 1-15: Vespers (All-Night Vigil) (Vsenoshchnoye Bdeniye), op.37
Olga Borodina, mezzo-soprano
Vladimir Moztovoy, tenor
St Petersburg Chamber Choir / Nikolai Korniev
CD 25
Licensed from Chandos
Tracks 1 – 4: Monna Vanna, Act One
Libretto by Michael Slonov, after the play by Maurice Maeterlinck
Sherrill Milnes, Seth McCoy, Blythe Walker, Nickolas Karousatos, Jon Thorsteinsson, Guidos Leutnant
Icelandic Opera Chorus
Chorus master: Peter Locke
Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Igor Buketoff
CD 26
Tracks 1-13: Aleko
Libretto Vladimir J. Nemirovich-Dancheko, after Alexander Pushkin
Sergei Leiferkus, Ilya Levinsky, Anatoli Kotscherga, Maria Guleghina, Anne Sofie von Otter
Gothenburg Opera Chorus
Chorus master: Martin Andersson
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi
CD 27
Tracks 1 – 18: The Miserly Knight, op.24
Libretto after Alexander Pushkin
Sergei Aleksashkin, Sergei Larin, Vladimir Chernov, Ian Caley, Anatoli Kotscherga
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Göteborgs Symfoniker) / Neeme Järvi
CD 28
Tracks 1 – 25: Francesca da Rimini, op.25
Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky, after Dante
Sergei Aleksashkin, Ilya Levinsky, Sergei Leiferkus, Maria Guleghina, Sergei Larin
Gothenburg Opera Chorus
Chorus master: Martin Andersson
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi
CD 29
Tracks 1 – 3: Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, op.1
Byron Janis, piano
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Kirill Kondrashin
Tracks 3-6: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra/Stanislaw Wislocki
CD 30
Tracks 1 – 3: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30
Martha Argerich, piano
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Riccardo Chailly
Tracks 4 – 6: Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, op.40
Zoltán Kocsis, piano
San Francisco Symphony/Edo de Waart
CD 31
Rachmaninov’s Ampico Piano Recordings (1919–29)
The historic performances presented on this disc were reproduced on a specially adapted Estonia 9’ concert grand.
Tracks 1-5: Morceaux de fantaisie, op.3
I Élégie E flat minor
II Prélude C sharp minor
III Mélodie E major
IV Polichinelle F sharp minor
V Sérénade B flat minor
Track 6: Barcarolle in G minor, op.10 no.3
Track 7: Humoreske in G major, op.10 no.5
Track 8: Prélude in G minor, op.23 no.5 4.
Track 9: Étude-tableau in B minor, op.39 no.4
Track 10 Étude-tableau in A minor, op.39 no.6
Rachmaninov Transcriptions:
Track 11: Rachmaninov: Lilacs, op.21 no.5 (1914)
Track 12: Polka de V.R. (after Vassili Rachmaninov, 1911)
Track 13: Modest Mussorgsky: Hopak (Sorochintsy Fair, 1923/4)
Track 14: Franz Schubert: “Wohin?” (Die schöne Müllerin, 1925)
Track 15: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee
Track 16: The Star-Spangled Banner (John Stafford Smith, 1918)
Track 17: Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid (Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen, 1921)
Track 18: Kreisler: Liebesfreud (Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen, 1925)
CD 32
Rob Cowan Interview with Vladimir Ashkenazy
