Rachmaninov Rarities

Ashkenazy Vladimir

Rachmaninov Rarities
Format
Audio
Published
5 March 2013
ISBN
0028947829393

Rachmaninov Rarities

Ashkenazy Vladimir

Legendary Russian pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy is considered the pre-eminent interpreter of Rachmaninov’s music, and as he marked his seventy-fifth birthday (6 July 2012), he recorded a final album of the composer’s music featuring the Seven Pieces (Moments Musicaux) Op.10, three Nocturnes, and ten shorter early works, including an unpublished ‘Song without Words’.

March 2013 sees Vladimir Ashkenazy’s fiftieth anniversary as an exclusive Decca Classics artist. To mark this remarkable milestone, a limited-edition original jackets 50-CD Ashkenazy-Rachmaninov collection will celebrate a unique career that began in March 1963, with the classic recording of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.3 with the LSO under Anatole Fistoulari.

Review

One of my favourite discs ever is the recording of Ashkenazy performing the Bach Partitas. The beautiful thing about this new disc is that Ahskenazy has made a comprehensive study of all of Rachmaninov’s piano works, and many of the orchestral works. If anyone was going to get close to what Rachmaninov truly wanted in his music, Ashkenazy would be that performer. This new disc does not disappoint, with 13 different works showing both the prowress and sensitivity that Rachmaninov had as a composer. For the fans of both Rachmaninov and Ashkenazy this is another fabulous disc to add to the collection.

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