{"product_id":"various-russian-piano-encores-vladimir-ashkinazy","title":"Russian Piano Encores - Vladimir Ashkenazy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/ABOUT_THIS_RECORDING_W._WORLD_2_e41329ea-b9a9-4e85-9c74-e4ca06232094_480x480.png?v=1597936917\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiven Russia’s richness in superstar pianists, it is not surprising that Russian composers have composed extensively for the piano. Some of the composers represented in this collection were impressive pianists in their own right and they composed music designed to display their own technique and artistry. Others were more modestly gifted as performers but still composed idiomatically for the piano.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis collection brings together recordings by Vladimir Ashkenazy spanning some 40 years, from November 1963 (the three Rachmaninov ‘Études-Tableaux’) to March 2004 (the Kocsis transcription of ‘Vocalise’). Some of them appeared as fillers for bigger works – for instance, the ‘Études-Tableaux’ were coupled with the 1964 recording of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Kyril Kondrashin, one of Ashkenazy’s earliest recording for Decca, and his first solo recording for the label. Tchaikovsky’s ‘Dumka’ and the pieces by Taneyev, Liadov and Borodin were recorded in January 1983 and issued on LP as a coupling for his digital recording of Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’. The two pieces from Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ were taped in 1968 as couplings for the composer’s Eighth Piano Sonata.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/REVIEWS_CS_WORLD_7169b53a-dbe6-4c81-930b-be7f7575534e_480x480.png?v=1597936904\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The ‘Dumka’ is Tchaikovsky’s most successful single movement for solo piano and this fine performance is a welcome replacement to Horowitz’s more incisive one of some 40 years ago. Taneyev’s ‘Prelude and Fugue’ is academic yet lively, the Lyadov is a charming salon piece, and Borodin’s Scherzo is characteristically melodious’ Gramophone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_1_4b3088c9-df3c-47ba-bf41-5b7e5d1a8144_480x480.png?v=1597936873\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY\u003cbr\u003eJune: Barcarolle (from The Seasons, Op. 37b)\u003cbr\u003eDumka, Op. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSERGEI TANEYEV\u003cbr\u003ePrelude and Fugue in G sharp minor, Op. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANATOLY LIADOV\u003cbr\u003eA Musical Snuff-Box, Op. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALEXANDER BORODIN\u003cbr\u003eScherzo in A flat major\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH\u003cbr\u003eLyric Waltz (from Dances of the Dolls)\u003cbr\u003eShort Piece (from The Gadfly, Op. 97)\u003cbr\u003eSpanish Dance (from The Gadfly, Op. 97)\u003cbr\u003eNocturne (from The Limpid Stream, Op. 39)\u003cbr\u003ePolka (from The Age of Gold, Op. 22)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSERGEI PROKOFIEV\u003cbr\u003eTwo Pieces for piano from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 (arr. Prokofiev):\u003cbr\u003eRomeo and Juliet before parting\u003cbr\u003eMasks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSERGEI RACHMANINOV\u003cbr\u003ePrelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2\u003cbr\u003eÉtude-Tableaux, Op. 39 No. 1 in C minor\u003cbr\u003eÉtudes-Tableaux, Op. 39 No. 2 in A minor\u003cbr\u003eÉtude-Tableaux, Op. 39 No. 5 in E flat minor\u003cbr\u003eLilacs, Op. 21 No. 5\u003cbr\u003eDaisies, Op. 38 No. 3\u003cbr\u003eVocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 (arr. Kocsis)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVladimir Ashkenazy, piano\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DECCA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32340433993815,"sku":"028948036073 - ETC","price":6.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/00028948036073-cover.jpg?v=1599853752","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/en-de\/products\/various-russian-piano-encores-vladimir-ashkinazy","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}