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