Rachmaninov: Complete Works For Piano[11 CD]

Rachmaninov: Complete Works For Piano[11 CD]

Vladimir Ashkenazy is the pre-eminent interpreter of Rachmaninov s music, having championed it since the outset of his career. Ashkenazy is the only musician to record all of the composer s piano works. This collection includes all Rachmaninov s piano music, from his earliest compositions to the final masterpieces.<br><br>When Ashkenazy marked his 75th birthday (6 July 2012), he recorded a final album of Rachmaninov s music, called Rachmaninov Rarities. This album includes the Seven Pieces (Moments Musicaux) Op.10, three Nocturnes, and ten shorter early works, including an unpublished 'Song without Words', including world premieres of....<br><br>While the vast majority of the recording in this set are of digital-era provenance, the 11th CD includes earlier (analogue) versions of works included elsewhere in the set, including Ashkenazy s earlier thoughts on the Corelli Variations and the Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39. <br><br>This is the first of a number of really compelling Rachmaninov products in 2014: it may not be an anniversary but 2014 is hugely significant, as this major 20th-century figure died in 1943, over 70 years ago. That means most markets no longer pay mechanicals on this ever-popular composer.<br><br>TRACKLISTING:<br>CD 1<br>Piano Concerto No.1 in F# minor, Op.1 (RCO / Haitink)<br>Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, Op.40 (RCO / Haitink)<br>Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 (RCO / Haitink)<br><br>CD 2<br>Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 (RCO / Haitink)<br>Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op. 30 (RCO / Haitink)<br><br>CD 3<br>Suites Nos.1 & 2 for 2 Pianos, Op.5 & 17 (André Previn)<br>Symphonic Dances, Op.45 (Previn)<br><br>CD 4<br>Preludes<br><br>CD 5<br>Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 (1985 recording)<br>Etudes-Tableaux Op.39<br><br>CD 6<br>Variations on a Theme of Chopin<br>Piano Sonata No.1 in D minor, Op.28<br><br>CD 7<br>Piano Sonata No.2 in Bb minor, Op.36<br>Etudes-Tableau Op.33<br>Russian Rhapsody for two Pianos (Previn)<br>Romance in G<br>Suite No.1 for two Pianos, Op.5 (Vovka Ashkenazy)<br><br>CD 8<br>Moments Musicaux, Op.16<br>Morceaux de Fantasie, Op.3<br>Fragments (1917)<br>Prelude in D minor, Op. posth. (1917)<br>Zdes khorosho, Op.21/7 (transcribed for piano)<br>Vocalise, Op.34/14<br><br>CD 9<br>Arrangements and transcriptions of works by Bach, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Bizet, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Behr, Kreisler and Rachmaninov. <br>Six Pieces, Op.11<br>Waltz in A for 6 hands <br>Romance in A for 6 hands (Vovka Ashkenazy, Dódý Ashkenazy)<br>Italian Polka for 4 hands, piano and trumpet (Vovka Ashkenazy, Alastair Mackie tpt)<br><br>CD 10<br>Piano piece in Ab major<br>Morceaux de Salon, Op.10<br>Three Nocturnes<br>Four Pieces (originally Op.1)<br>Assorted rarities<br><br>CD 11 (BONUS CD)<br>Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op.42 (1973 recording)<br>Etudes-Tableaux Op.39 (1973 recording)<br>Two song arrangements (Daisies & Lilacs)<br>3 Etudes-Tableaux Op. 39/2,3 & 5 (1963 recording)