Vladimir Ashkenazy: Rachmaninov: Complete Works For Piano

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.

Tracklisting:

CD 1

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No.1 in F Sharp Minor, Op.1

1. Vivace

2. Andante

3. Allegro vivace

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No.4 in G Minor, Op.40

4. Allegro vivace (Alla breve)

5. Largo

6. Allegro vivace

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Op.43

7. Introduction & Variation 1

8. Theme

9. Variation 2

10. Variation 3

11. Variation 4

12. Variation 5

13. Variation 6

14. Variation 7

15. Variation 8

16. Variation 9

17. Variation 10

18. Variation 11

19. Variation 12

20. Variation 13

21. Variation 14

22. Variation 15

23. Variation 16

24. Variation 17

25. Variation 18

26. Variation 19

27. Variation 20

28. Variation 21

29. Variation 22

30. Variation 23

31. Variation 24

CD 2

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18

1. Moderato

2. Adagio sostenuto

3. Allegro scherzando

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No.3 in D Minor, Op.30

4. Allegro ma non tanto

5. Intermezzo (Adagio)

6. Finale (Alla breve)

CD 3

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Suite No.1 for 2 Pianos, Op.5

1. Barcarolle

2. A Night For Love

3. Tears

4. Russian Easter

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Suite No.2 for 2 Pianos, Op.17

5. Introduction (Alla marcia)

6 Waltz (Presto)

7. Romance (Andantino)

8.Tarantella (Presto)

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Symphonic Dances, Op.45 - Two pianos

9. Non allegro

10. Andante con moto (Tempo di Valse)

11. Lento assai - allegro vivace

CD 4

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – 5 Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3

1. No. 2 Prelude in C Sharp Minor

10 Preludes, Op.23

2. No.1 in F Sharp Minor - Largo

3. No.2 in B Flat Major - Maestoso

4. No.3 in D Minor - Tempo di minuetto

5. No.4 in D Major - Andante cantabile

6. No.5 in G Minor - Alla marcia

7. No.6 in E Flat Major - Andante

8. No.7 in C Minor - Allegro

9. No.8 in A Flat Major - Allegro vivace

10. No.9 in E Flat Minor - Presto

11. No.10 in G Flat Major - Largo

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – 13 Préludes, Op.32

12. No.1 in C Major: Allegro vivace

13. No.2 in B Flat Minor: Allegretto

14. No.3 in E Major: Allegro vivace

15. No.4 in E Minor: Allegro con brio

16. No.5 in G Major: Moderato

17. No.6 in F Minor: Allegro appassionato

18. No.7 in F Major: Moderato

19. No.8 in A Minor: Vivo

20. No.9 in A Major: Allegro moderato

21. No.10 in B Minor: Lento

22. No.11 in B Major: Allegretto

23. No.12 in G Sharp Minor - Allegro

24. No.13 in D Flat Major: Grave - Allegro - Grave

CD 5

1. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Variations On A Theme Of Corelli, Op.42

2. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Etude-Tableau In C Minor, Op.39, No.1

3. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Etude-Tableau In A Minor, Op.39, No.2

4. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Etude-Tableau In F Sharp Minor, Op.39, No.3

5. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Etude-Tableau In B Minor, Op.39, No.4

6. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Etude-Tableau In E Flat Minor, Op.39, No.5

7. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Etude-Tableau in A Minor, Op.39, No.6

8. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Etude-Tableau in C Minor, Op.39, No.7

9. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Etude-Tableau in D Minor, Op.39, No.8

10. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Etude-Tableau In D, Op.39, No.9

CD

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Variations on a Theme of Chopin

1. Theme

2. Variation 1: Moderato

3. Variation 2: Allegro

4. Variation 3.

5. Variation 4.

6. Variation 5: Meno mosso

7. Variation 6. Meno mosso

8. Variation 7. Allegro

9. Variation 8.

10. Variation 9.

11. Variation 10. Più vivo

12. Variation 11. Lento

13. Variation 12. Moderato

14. Variation 13. Largo

15. Variation 14. Moderato

16. Variation 15. Allegro scherzando

17. Variation 16. Lento

18. Variation 17. Grave

19. Variation 18. Più mosso

20. Variation 19. Allegro vivace

21. Variation 20. Presto

22. Variation 21. Andante

23. Variation 22. Maestoso

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Piano Sonata No.1 in D minor, Op.28

24. Allegro moderato

25. Lento

26. Allegro molto

CD 7

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36 - Original version (1913)

1. Allegro agitato

2. Non allegro - Lento

3. Allegro molto

9 Etudes-Tableaux, Op.33

4. No.1 in F Minor

5. No.2 in C Major

6. No.3 (Op.posth.) in C Minor

7. No.4 in D Minor

8. No.5 (Op.posth.) in D Minor

9. No.6 in E Flat Minor

10. No.7 in E Flat Major

11. No.8 in G Minor

12. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Russian Rhapsody for Two Pianos

13. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Romance in G

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Suite No.1 for 2 pianos, Op.5 (Fantaisie-tableaux)

14. Barcarole

15. A Night for Love

16. Tears

17. Russian Easter

CD 8

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – 6 Moments musicaux, Op.16

1. No. 1 in B flat minor, Andantino

2. No. 2 in E flat minor, Allegretto

3. No. 3 in B minor, Andante cantabile

4. No. 4 in E minor, Presto

5. No. 5 in D flat, Adagio sostenuto

6. No. 6 in C, Maestoso

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Morceaux de Fantasie, Op.3

7. No.1 Elegie

8. No.2 Prelude in C sharp minor

9. No.3 Melodie

10. No.4 Polichinelle

11. No.5 Serenade

12. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Fragments (1917)

13. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Prelude in D minor, Op. Posth. (1917)

14. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Zdes' khorosho, Op.21, No.7 (transcribed for piano)

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Arr. Zoltan Kocsis

15. Vocalise, Op.34, No.14

CD 9

Johann Sebastian Bach – Partita for Violin Solo No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 - Arr. Piano by Rachmaninov

1. Preludio

2. Gavotte

3. Gigue

Franz Schubert – Die schöne Müllerin, D.795

4. Wohin? (Arr. Piano)

Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op.61, MWV M 13

5. Scherzo (Arr. Piano)

Georges Bizet – L'Arlésienne Suite No.1, WD40

6. Menuet (Arr. Piano)

Modest Mussorgsky – Sorochintsy Fair

7. Hopak (Arr. Piano)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – The Tale of Tsar Saltan

8. The Flight of the Bumble-Bee (Arr. Piano)

Six Romances, Op.16, TH.95

9. Cradle Song (Arr. Piano)

10. Franz Behr – Polka de W.R

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Siren

11. Lilacs, Op.21, No.5

12. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Daisies, Op.38, No.3

13. Fritz Kreisler – Liebesleid (Arr. Piano)

14. Fritz Kreisler – Liebesfreud (Arr. Piano)

Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Six Pieces, Op.11

15. Barcarolle

16. Scherzo

17. Russian Theme

18. Waltz

19. Romance

20. Slava (Glory)

21. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Waltz in A (6 hands)

22. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Romance in A (6 hands) 1891

23. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Italian Polka

24. John Stafford Smith – The Star-Spangled Banner (Arr. Piano)

CD 10

1. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Piano Piece in A flat major

Morceaux de Salon, Op.10

2. Nocturne

3. Valse

4. Barcarolle

5. Mélodie

6. Humoreske

7. Romanze

8. Mazurka

Three Nocturnes

9. Nocturne in F

10. Nocturne in C Minor

11. Nocturne in F Sharp Minor

12. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Song Without Words (D Minor)

13. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Canon (E Minor)

14. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Fugue (D Minor)

Four Pieces (originally Op.1)

15. Romance

16. Prelude

17. Mélodie

18. Gavotte

19. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Prelude in F

20. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Morceau de Fantaisie in G minor ("Delmo")

21. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Fughetta in F

22. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Oriental Sketch

23. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Sad Is The Night (Noch pechal'na), Op.26, No.12

Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op.37 - Arr. Rachmaninov

24. Nunc Dimittis (Nyne otpushchayeshi)

CD 11

1. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op.42

Etudes-Tableaux, Op.39

2. No.1 in C Minor

3. No.2 in A Minor

4. No.3 in F Sharp Minor

5. No.4 in B Minor

6. No. 5 in E-Flat Minor

7. No.6 in A Minor

8. No.7 in C Minor

9. No.8 in D Minor

10. No.9 in D Major

11. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Etude-Tableau in C Minor, Op.39, No.1

12. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Etude-Tableau in A Minor, Op.39, No.2

13. Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov – Etude-Tableau in E Flat Minor, Op.39, No.5

Twelve Songs, Op.21 - Arr. Piano

14. Siren (Arr. Piano)

Six Songs, Op.38

15. Margaritki

Boxset Dimensions: 5.6"x4.9"x0.4"