Vladimir Ashkenazy

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Vladimir Ashkenazy werd in 1937 geboren in Gorki, het huidige Nizjni Novgorod. Zijn vader was pianist en componist, zijn moeder actrice. Hij begon op zesjarige leeftijd met pianospelen en studeerde aan het conservatorium van Moskou. Hij werd tweede op het Chopin-concours in Warschau in 1955, won in 1956 de Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd in Brussel en deelde in 1962 de eerste prijs van het Tsjaikovski-concours met John Ogdon.

Muziek en doorbraak

In 1963 verliet hij met zijn IJslandse vrouw de Sovjet-Unie en vestigde zich in Londen. Later woonde hij in IJsland en Zwitserland. Sinds 1963 nam hij op voor Decca. Hij legde een enorm repertoire vast: de pianoconcerten van Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninov en Prokofjev, de sonates van Beethoven en Skrjabin, het pianowerk van Chopin en Rachmaninov en de vierentwintig preludes en fuga's van Sjostakovitsj. Met violist Itzhak Perlman en cellist Lynn Harrell maakte hij kamermuziekopnamen waarmee hij Grammy Awards won. In 1982 verscheen zijn eigen orkestratie van Pictures at an Exhibition.

Invloed

Halverwege zijn loopbaan ging Ashkenazy ook dirigeren. Hij leidde onder meer het Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, het Tsjechisch Filharmonisch Orkest, het NHK-symfonieorkest in Tokio en het Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Op het podium viel hij op door een witte coltrui in plaats van rokkostuum. In 2020 stopte hij met optreden. Zijn vlucht uit het Oostblok en zijn brede, trouwe opnamewerk maken hem tot een van de belangrijkste pianisten van de late twintigste eeuw.

Luisteren

Discografie

Studioalbums

• 1963Piano Concerto no. 3 in D Minor
• 1964Mozart: Sonata for 2 Pianos / Schumann: Andante and Variations & Etude in Form of a Canon, Op. 56 No. 4
• 1964Second Piano Concerto
• 1965Bach: Concerto in D minor / Chopin: Concerto no. 2 in F minor
• 1965Concerto Nº2 pour piano et orchestre
• 1966Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Wind Instruments, K. 452 / Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Wind Instruments, op. 16
• 1967Pictures at an Exhibition: original piano version / orchestral version (orch. Ravel)
• 1968Hammerklavier Sonata in B-flat, op. 106
• 1969Franck: Violin Sonata / Brahms: Horn Trio
• 1972Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini / Piano Concerto No. 4
• 1972The Four Piano Concertos / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
• 1973Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4
• 1973The Five Piano Concertos
• 1974Klavierkonzert Nr.4 G-Dur / Leonoren-Overtüre Nr. 3
• 1974Violin Sonatas No. 9 "Kreutzer" & No. 2
• 1975Music for Horn and Piano
• 1975Side By Side, the Two Suites for Two Pianos
• 1975Songs
• 1976Piano Concerto No. 3 / Classical Symphony / Autumnal
• 1976Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Volume 2
• 1976Songs, Volume 2
• 1976Violin Sonatas, Op. 12 No. 3 & Op. 30 No. 3
• 1977Songs, Volume 3
• 1977Violin Sonatas, Op. 12 No. 1 & Op. 96
• 1977Violin Sonatas, Op. 30 Nos. 1 & 2
• 1979Elisabeth Söderström Sings Songs for Children
• 1979Piano Sonatas nos. 13, 14 & 16
• 1979Songs, Vol. 4
• 1979Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 · Russian Rhapsody
• 1980Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor / Franck: Symphonic Variations / Les Djinns
• 1980Piano Concertos nos. 2 and 3
• 1980Songs, Vol. 5
• 1980Symphonie Nr. 5 e-Moll, op. 64
• 1981Piano Trio in A minor, op. 50
• 1982Konzert für Piano No. 2
• 1982Piano Concertos 23 & 27
• 1982Piano Sonata no. 2 / Études‐tableaux, op. 33
• 1982Symphony no. 2
• 1982Symphony no. 4 / Finlandia / Luonnotar
• 1982Symphony No. 5 / Leonore Overture
• 1982Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
• 1982Tchaikovsky: Songs, Vol. 1
• 1983Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Bruch: Kol Nidrei
• 1983Piano Concerto no. 1
• 1983Piano Concertos no. 12, K. 414 and no. 13, K. 415
• 1983Piano Sonatas: “Moonlight” / “Pathétique” / “Appassionata”
• 1983Songs, Vol. 2
• 1983Symphony no. 2
• 1983Symphony no. 3 / Youth Symphony
• 1983Symphony no. 5 / En Saga
• 1983The Violin Sonatas: "Kreutzer" / "Spring"
• 1984"Archduke" Trio / Trio no. 7
• 1984Etudes Op. 10 & Op. 25
• 1984Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op.73 “Emperor” (disc 4)
• 1984Piano Concerto no. 1 - 6 Bagatelles
• 1984Piano Concerto no. 2
• 1984Piano Concerto no. 3 / Andante Favori / Für Elise
• 1984Piano Concerto no. 5, "Emperor"
• 1984Piano Concertos
• 1984Piano Concertos no. 15, K. 450 / no. 16, K. 451
• 1984Piano Concertos no. 2 & 4
• 1984Piano Concertos Nos. 21, K. 467 & 17, K. 453
• 1984Symphony No. 1
• 1984Symphony no. 7 / Coriolan Overture / Egmont Overture
• 1984Symphony no. 7 / Tapiola
• 1984Symphony No.6 'Pathétique'
• 1984The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 / Symphonic Dances
• 1984Violin Sonatas no. 7, op. 30 no. 2 / no. 10, op. 96
• 1984Wagner: Siegfried Idyll / Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
• 198524 Preludes / Sonata No. 2
• 1985Cello Sonatas: no. 1 / no. 2
• 1985Cinderella
• 1985Ein Heldenleben
• 1985Gaspard de la nuit and other piano pieces
• 1985Piano Concertos No.25, K503 & No.26, K537
• 1985Symphonies 3 & 6
• 1985Violin Sonatas nos. 1-3
• 1986Ballades / Scherzos
• 1986Nocturnes
• 1986Piano Concerto no. 3
• 1986Piano Concerto No. 3
• 1986Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4
• 1986Piano Concertos: No. 18, K. 456 / No. 20, K. 466
• 1986Pictures at an Exhibition: original piano version / Ashkenazy orchestral version
• 1986Sonata for Cello & Piano op. 19 / Vocalise op. 34 no. 14
• 1986Sonatas 2 & 3 / Fantasie op. 49
• 1986Songs / Mélodies / Lieder
• 1986Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Schumann: Piano Concerto
• 1986The Bells / Three Russian Songs
• 1987Barcarolle / Berceuse / Allegro de Concert / Sonata no. 1
• 1987La mer / Nocturnes / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
• 1987Mazurkas
• 1987Piano Concerto no. 1 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
• 1987Piano Concerto no. 2
• 1987Piano Concerto no. 2 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
• 1987Piano Concerto No. 3
• 1987Piano Concerto no. 5 “Emperor” / Piano Concerto no. 2
• 1987Piano Concertos no. 8, K. 246 / no. 9, K. 271 “Jeunehomme”
• 1987Piano Sonatas 1, 6 & 8 / 4 Pieces, op. 51
• 1987Piano Sonatas Op. 31 nos. 1-3
• 1987Preludes / Impromptus
• 1987Scheherazade / Tsar Sultan Suite / Flight of the Bumblebee
• 1987Sonata in B flat major, D 960 / Wandererfantasie, D 760
• 1987Sonata No. 2 / Nocturnes op. 15 nos 1 & 2 / Ballade No. 1 / Scherzo no. 2 / Barcarolle
• 1987Symphony no. 5 / Dreams
• 1987Violin Sonatas no. 4 op. 23 / No. 6 op. 30 no. 1 / No. 8 op. 30 no. 3
• 1987Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 & 3
• 1988Corelli Variations, op. 42 / Etudes Tableaux, op. 39
• 1988Eine Alpensinfonie / Till Eulenspiegel
• 1988Finlandia / Karelia / Tapiola / En Saga
• 1988Piano Concerto No. 11, K. 413 / Piano Concerto No. 14, K. 449
• 1988Piano Concerto No. 5. Choral Fantasy
• 1988Piano Concertos 1 & 2
• 1988Piano Concertos 3 & 4
• 1988Piano Works, vol. 2
• 1988Piano Works, vol. 3
• 1988Symphonies nos. 1 & 6
• 1988Symphony no. 5 / Five Fragments
• 1988Tchaikovsky / Chopin
• 1989Cello Concerto op. 104 / Variations on a Rococo Theme
• 1989Cello Sonatas
• 1989Le Poème de l'extase / Piano Concerto / Prometheus
• 1989Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 3
• 1989Romeo & Juliet
• 1989The 5 Piano Concertos
• 1989Violin Concerto / Piano Concerto no. 1
• 1990Brahms Piano Quintet, Clarinet Trio
• 1990Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 24
• 1990Piano Sonatas D894 & D784 / 12 Waltzes D145
• 1990Piano Sonatas: Moonlight / Appassionata / Waldstein
• 1990Piano Works, Vol. 4: Phantasiestücke / Blumenstück / Davidsbündlertänze
• 1990Symphony in D minor / Psyche / Les Djinns
• 1990Symphony in F minor
• 1990Symphony no. 4
• 1991Don Juan / Aus Italien
• 1991Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Andante for Horn & Piano / Introduction, Theme & Variations / Capriccio: final scene / Alphorn
• 1991Le Divin Poème / Le Poème de l'extase / Rêverie
• 1991Piano Concerto
• 1991Piano Concertos nos. 4, 5 "Emperor"
• 1991Rapsodie espagnole; La Valse; Ma mère l’oye; Valses nobles et sentimentales
• 1991Symphonies 1 & 7
• 1991Symphonies 5 & 7
• 1991Symphony no. 10 / Chamber Symphony
• 1992Beethoven Piano Concertos 3 & 4
• 1992Handel Variations / Sonata no. 3
• 1992Le Sacre du printemps / Concerto / Sonata for 2 Pianos
• 1992Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Liszt: from Douze études d'exécution transcendante
• 1992Piano Concertos nos. 2 & 3
• 1992Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas nos. 7 & 8 / Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
• 1992Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody / Lutoslawski: Paganini Variations / Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no. 1
• 1992Symphonies 9 & 15
• 1992Symphony no. 2 / Finlandia / Karelia Suite
• 1993Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas 1 & 2 / Schumann: Fantasy Pieces
• 1993Brahms: Horn Trio Op 40; Schumann Andante & Variations Op. 46, Adagio and Allegro
• 1993Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Dvořák: Othello Overture
• 1993Für Elise: Piano Favourites
• 1993Klavierkonzert / Introduktion und Allegro appassionato, op. 92
• 1993Michelangelo Verses / Captain Lebyadkin Verses
• 1993Piano Concerto / Ebony Concerto / Capriccio / Movements
• 1993Sonata no. 3 / Preludes op. 28
• 1993Stravinsky Symphonies
• 1993Symphonies 1 & 2
• 1993Symphony No. 1 / The Isle of the dead
• 1993Symphony No. 3 / Symphonic Dances
• 1993Violin Concerto / Oboe Concerto
• 1994Altenberglieder / 7 frühe Lieder
• 1994Concerto no. 2 / Violin Sonatas
• 1994Etudes Op. 10 & 25
• 1994Piano Concerto no. 2 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
• 1994Piano Sonatas, opp. 101 & 106 'Hammerklavier'
• 1994Piano Trios Opp. 8, 87, & 101
• 1994Symphonies 1 & 2 / In the Steppes of Central Asia
• 1994Symphony no. 2
• 1994Symphony no. 4 / Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel
• 1994Violin Sonatas nos. 9 “Kreutzer” & 10
• 1995Also sprach Zarathustra / Till Eulenspiegel / Tod und Verklärung
• 1995Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto no. 2 / Khachaturian: Cello Concerto / Rachmaninov: Vocalise
• 1995Piano Concertos 1, 2 & 4
• 1995Piano Concertos, Vol 9
• 1995Prometheus / Symphony no. 1
• 1995Ravel: Trio / Debussy: Sonatas for Violin & Cello
• 1995Sonata in A major, D. 664 / Sonata in A minor, D. 784 / Hungarian Melody, D. 817
• 1995Symphonies 6 and 7
• 1995Symphony 1 / Symphony 5 "Reformation"
• 1996Mazurkas
• 1996Piano Concerto no. 4
• 1996Piano Concertos 1 & 3
• 1996Piano Concertos 1 & 3 Concert Fantasy
• 1996Piano Concertos 3 & 5 / "Overture on Hebrew Themes" / "Autumnal"
• 1996Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3
• 1996Piano Sonatas Nos. 9, 14 & 17 / Fantasy in C minor / Adagio in B minor
• 1996Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune / Nocturnes / La Mer / A Conductor’s Guide with Gerard Schwarz
• 1996Swan Lake / The Nutcracker / Romeo and Juliet
• 1996Symphony no. 2 / Piano Concerto
• 1997Forspill til en fauns ettermiddag
• 1997Lieder
• 1997Nocturnes / Ballades
• 1997Piano Sonata No. 20 in A, D 959 / 4 Impromptus, D 899
• 1997Symphonies "Let It Be" & "I Am Jesus"
• 1997Symphony no. 4 / Trio for violin, horn and piano, op. 40
• 1997Symphony no. 7 "Leningrad"
• 1997The Piano Trios: B-flat major, op. 99 / E-flat major, op. 100
• 1997The Symphonies
• 19981812 Overture / Serenade for Strings / Voyevoda / Romeo and Juliet
• 1998Dichterliebe / Liederkreis, op. 24
• 1998Piano Concerto No. 4 / Corelli Variations / Sonata No. 2 / Prelude in C-sharp minor
• 1998Piano Concertos 3 & 4
• 1998Verlobung im Traum / Symphonie
• 199924 Preludes & Fugues, op. 87
• 1999Finlandia / Valse Triste / Romance / Symphony No. 2
• 1999Preparation for the Final Mystery
• 1999Prokofiev: Cinderella / Glazunov: The Seasons
• 1999The Firebird Suite / Symphony no. 1 / Fireworks / Scherzo Fantastique
• 1999The Seasons
• 1999Waltzes / 4 Scherzos / 26 Preludes
• 2000Bruckner: Sinfonia f-molli / Adagio jousikvintetosta / Tanejev: Entr'acte
• 2000Ein Heldenleben / Tod und Verklärung
• 2000Klavierkonzerte Nr. 25 & 27
• 2000Piano Concerto no. 3 "Gift of Dreams" / Autumn Gardens
• 2000Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 3
• 2000Piano Concertos nos. 2 & 4
• 2000Symphonia Domestica / Don Juan
• 2000The 3 Symphonies / Le Poème de l'extase
• 2000Works for Violin & Piano
• 2001Ballade no. 4 / Polonaise‐fantasie / Barcarolle / Berceuse
• 2001Ballet Music: Romeo and Juliet / Cinderella
• 2001Concert Suite for Violin and Orchestra / Entr'acte / Oresteya Overture
• 2001Don Quixote / Symphonic Poem “Death and Transfiguration”
• 2001Eine Alpensinfonie / Der Rosenkavalier: First Sequence of Waltzes
• 2001Piano Concerto No. 2 / Études-Tableaux, op. 33 / Prelude in G-sharp minor / Variations on a Theme of Corelli
• 2001Piano Concertos
• 2001Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4, original versions
• 2001Preludes opp. 23 & 32
• 2001Symphony no. 6 “Tragic”
• 2001Symphony no. 7
• 2001Violin Concertos
• 2002Piano Transcriptions
• 2002Symphony no. 9
• 2002Symphony no. 9 "From the New World" / In Nature's Realm / Carnival / Othello
• 2002The Bells
• 2003La Valse / Miroirs / Tzigane / Le Tombeau de Couperin / Boléro
• 2003Piano Concertos No.1 & No.2
• 2003Piano Trios, Volume 1
• 2003Piano Trios, Volume 2
• 2003Romeo and Juliet, op. 64
• 2003Summer Night Suite, Op. 123 / Seven, They Are Seven / The Meeting of the Volga
• 2003Symphonies no. 1 & no. 2
• 2003The Perlman Edition: "Archduke" & "Ghost" Piano Trios
• 2004Piano Works
• 2004The Five Piano Concertos
• 2005Moments musicaux
• 2005Pines of Rome / Fountains of Rome / Roman Festivals
• 2006"Belfagor" Overture / "Belkis, Queen of Sheba" / "Church Windows"
• 2006Shostakovich: Symphonies 5 & 7
• 2007Diabelli Variations
• 2007Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit / Debussy / Chopin
• 2007The Symphonies
• 2007ラフマニノフ：ピアノ協奏曲第４番、パガニーニ狂詩曲 / アシュケナージ(ウラディミール)
• 2008Études op. 10 & op. 25
• 2008Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.2 & 7
• 2008Piano Favourites
• 2008Symphony no. 2 / Finlandia / Karelia
• 2009Asrael
• 2009Enigma Variations / In the South
• 2009Music for Two Pianos
• 2009Piano Concertos 2 & 3
• 2009Piano Concertos nos. 2 & 4 / Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca
• 2009Pomp and Circumstance / Serenade for Strings
• 20106 Partitas
• 2010Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 / Ballade / Etudes / Mazurkas / Scherzo
• 2010Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4 "Left Hand"
• 2010Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5
• 2010Piano Pieces
• 2010Symphony no. 1, op. 39 / Symphony no. 3, op. 52 / Orchestral Suite "Rakastava", op. 14
• 2010The Sound of Vladimir Ashkenazy
• 2010Violin Concerto / Octet
• 2011Berlioz: Harold in Italy / Paganini: Sonata per la Gran Viola e Orchestra
• 2011Russian Fantasy
• 2011Violin Concerto / Valse-Scherzo / Sérénade Mélancolique / Souvenir
• 20123rd Piano Concerto / 2nd Piano Sonata
• 2012Le Sacre du Printemps / Symphony in Three Movements / Agon
• 2012Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Symphony no. 9
• 2013Ashkenazy 50: Ashkenazy Plays Chopin
• 2013Cello Concertos
• 2013Italian Concerto / French Overture / Aria Variata
• 2013Piano Sonatas 6-8
• 2013Piano Trios
• 2013Remote Galaxy
• 2013Symphony no. 6 “Pastoral”
• 2013The Execution of Stepan Razin / Zoya Suite / Suite on Finnish Themes
• 2014Monna Vanna (Act I) / Songs
• 2014Polovtsian Dances / Symphonies 1 - 3 / String Quartet No. 2
• 2014Tchaikovsky & Chopin
• 2014Walking in the Air: The Music of Howard Blake
• 2015Piano Concerto no. 3, 6 Moments musicaux
• 2015Piano Trios: Complete
• 2015Symphonies no. 4 & no. 6 “Tragic”
• 2015Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2
• 2015Vers la flamme
• 2016Piano Trios 1 & 2 / Viola Sonata
• 2016Violin Concertos
• 2016Vyacheslav Artyomov: On the Threshold of a Bright World, Ave atque vale & Ave, crux alba
• 2017French Suites
• 2017From Darkness to Light
• 2017Gute Fahrt: Klassik für unterwegs
• 2017Tchaikovsky
• 2017Violin Concerto / If You Will It, It Is No Dream / The Big Bang and Creation of the Universe
• 2017Works for Flute & Piano
• 2018Ashkenazy plays Chopin, Rachmaninov, Liszt, & Prokofiev
• 2018Lidström: Rigoletto Fantasy / Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1
• 2018Préludes
• 2018ラフマニノフ：ピアノ協奏曲第４番、パガニーニ狂詩曲 / アシュケナージ(ウラディミール)
• 2019Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2
• 2020Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 & Etudes, Op. 25
• 2020Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80 & Violin Sonata in D Major No. 2, Op. 94bis
• ?Piano Concertos 1 & 2, Overture on Hebrew Themes
• ?Piano Concertos No. 20 / No. 21
• ?Piano Concertos No. 8 in C, K. 246 / Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271 / Rondo in A, K. 386
• ?Piano Sonata No. 1, Chopin Variations
• ?The Well-Tempered Clavier