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.

In 2013, Ashkenazy celebrated his 50th anniversary as an exclusive Decca recording artist, celebrated appropriately by Decca Classics with a 50-CD Original Jackets Collection.

The Piano Concertos and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini are here in versions with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Bernard Haitink: “The combined virtues of soloists, conductor, orchestras and recording on the new Decca are really rather remarkable” Gramophone on Piano Concerto No. 1.

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album includes the Seven Pieces (Moments Musicaux) Op.10, three Nocturnes, and ten shorter early works, including an unpublished 'Song without Words'.

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.

Tracklisting:

CD 1

Piano Concerto No.5 in D, K.175

1. Allegro

2. Andante ma un poco adagio

3. Allegro

Piano Concerto No.6 in B Flat Major, K.238

4. Allegro aperto

5. Andante un poco adagio

6. Rondeau (Allegro)

Concerto for 3 Pianos and Orchestra (No.7) in F, K.242 "Lodron"

7. Allegro

8. Adagio

9. Rondeau (Tempo di menuetto)

CD 2

Piano Concerto No.8 in C, K.246 "Lützow"

1. Allegro aperto

2. Andante

3. Rondeau (Tempo di menuetto)

Piano Concerto No. 9 in E Flat Major, K.271 - "Jeunehomme"

4. Allegro

5. Andantino

6. Rondeau (Presto)

Piano Concerto No.1 in F, K.37

7. Allegro

8. Andante

9. Allegro

CD 3

Piano Concerto No.11 in F, K.413

1. Allegro

2. Larghetto

3. Tempo di menuetto

Piano Concerto No.12 in A, K.414

4. Allegro

5. Andante

6. Rondeau (Allegretto)

Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra (No.10) in E flat, K.365

7. Allegro

8. Andante

9. Rondeau (Allegro)

CD 4

Piano Concerto No.13 in C, K.415

1. Allegro

2. Andante

3. Rondeau (Allegro)

Piano Concerto No.14 in E flat, K.449

4. Allegro vivace

5. Andantino

6. Allegro ma non troppo

Piano Concerto No.15 in B Flat Major, K.450

7. Allegro

8 (Andante)

9. Allegro

CD 5

Piano Concerto No.16 in D Major, K.451

1. Allegro assai

2. Andante

3. Rondeau (Allegro di molto)

Piano Concerto No.17 in G Major, K.453

4. Allegro

5. Andante

6. Allegretto - Finale: Presto

Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat, K.39

7. Allegro spiritoso

8. Andante staccato

9. Molto allegro

CD 6

Piano Concerto No.18 in B Flat Major, K.456

1. Allegro vivace

2. Andante un poco sostenuto

3. Allegro vivace

Piano Concerto No.19 in F Major, K.459

4. Allegro vivace

5. Allegretto

6. Allegro assai

Piano Concerto No.3 in D, K.40

7. Allegro maestoso

8. Andante

9. Presto

CD 7

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K.466

1. Allegro

2. Romance

3. Rondo (Allegro assai)

Piano Concerto No.22 in E Flat Major, K.482

4. Allegro

5. Andante

6. Allegro - Andante cantabile - Tempo I

CD 8

Piano Concerto No.21 in C Major, K.467

1. Allegro

2. Andante

3. Allegro vivace assai

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K.488

4. Allegro

5. Andante

6. Allegro assai

Piano Concerto No.4 in G, K.41

7. Allegro

8. Andante

9. Allegro

CD 9

Piano Concerto No.24 in C Minor, K.491

1. Allegro

2. Larghetto

3. Allegretto

Piano Concerto No.25 in C, K.503

4. Allegro maestoso

5. Andante

6. Allegretto

Concert Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D, K.382

CD 10

Piano Concerto No.26 in D, K.537 "Coronation"

1. Allegro

2. (Larghetto)

3. (Allegretto)

Piano Concerto No.27 in B Flat Major, K.595

4. Allegro

5. Larghetto

6. Allegro

Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in A, K.386

Boxset Dimensions: 5.09"x1.11"x5.29"