Ashkenazy: The Complete Concerto Recordings CD Box Set

• 46 CDs in original jackets presented chronologically so we can follow the development of the artist over his 50+ years career on Decca.
• Every concerto recording made for Decca with Ashkenazy as pianist.
• Includes a previously unpublished Mozart K488.
• 2 DVDs featuring Ashkenazys 1974 recordings with Bernard Haitink of the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos with extra documentary footage and the Beethoven overtures, filmed at the Royal Festival Hall.
• Extensive booklet with new essays by critic Jed Distler and career-long manager Jasper Parrot.
• THREE Beethoven cycles, including the Grammy award winning recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Sir Georg Solti (1973), TWO Rachmaninov cycles, and the Prokofiev, Brahms, Bartk and Mozart cycles.
• Recordings of Ashkenazy directing from the piano the Beethoven cycle with the Cleveland Orchestra and Mozart with Philharmonia Orchestra.

Among the foremost musical figures of our time, Vladimir Ashkenazy began playing the piano at the age of six and was accepted at the Central Music School at the age of eight. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, won second prize in the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1955), first prize in the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels (1956), and joint first prize with John Ogdon in the 1962 International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Signed to Decca in 1963, Ashkenazy remains to this day the longest-serving artist on the label. He received a Grammy award for, among others, his Beethoven Piano Concertos with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Sir Georg Solti (1973) which are included in this set.

As one of the most renowned and revered pianists of our time Vladimir Ashkenazy has won acclaim for his penetrating insight and superlative technique. As an artist, his creative life encompasses a vast range of activities and he continues to offer inspiration to music-lovers across the world.

Tracklist:
CD1
1. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 in D Minor
2. London Symphony Orchestra, Fistoulari

CD2
1. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B Flat Minor
2. London Symphony Orchestra, Maazel

CD3
1. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor; 3 Etude-Tableaux
2. Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kondrashin

CD4
1. Bach: Piano Concerto in D Minor, BWV1052; Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 in F Minor
2. London Symphony Orchestra, Zinman

CD5
1. Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major
2. London Symphony Orchestra, Mehta

CD6
1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.8, K.246 & No.9, K.271; Rondo, K.386
2. London Symphony Orchestra, Kertsz

CD7
1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20, K.466 & No.6, K.328
2. London Symphony Orchestra, Schmidt-Isserstedt

CD8
1. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.1 in F Sharp Minor & No.4 in G Minor; Paganini Variations
2. London Symphony Orchestra, Previn

CD9
1. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor & No.3 in D Minor
2. London Symphony Orchestra, Previn

CD10
1. Scriabin: Piano Concerto; Prometheus
2. London Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

CD11
1. Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
2. Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

CD12
1. Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
2. Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

CD13
1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E Flat – “Emperor”
2. Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

CD14
1. Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Overture on Hebrew Themes
2. London Symphony Orchestra, Previn

CD15
1. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3; Classical Symphony; Autumnal
2. London Symphony Orchestra, Previn

CD16
1. Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5
2. London Symphony Orchestra, Previn

CD17
1. Schumann: Piano Concerto; Concert Allegro; Introduction & Allegro
2. London Symphony Orchestra, Segal

CD18
1. Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 23
2. London Symphony Orchestra

CD19
1. Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3
2. Philharmonia Orchestra

CD20
1. Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos.4-6
2. Philharmonia Orchestra

CD21
1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.7, K.242 & No.10, K.365
2. Daniel Barenboim, Fou Ts’ong, English Chamber Orchestra

CD22
1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.8, K.246 & No.9, K.271
2. Philharmonia Orchestra

CD23
1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.11, K.413 & No.14, K.449
2. Philharmonia Orchestra

CD24
1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.12, K.414 & No.13, K.415
2. Philharmonia Orchestra

CD25
1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.15, K.450 & No.16, K.451
2. Philharmonia Orchestra

CD26
1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.17, K.453 & No.21, K.467
2. Philharmonia Orchestra

CD27
1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.18, K,456 & No.20, K.466
2. Philharmonia Orchestra

CD28
1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.19, K.459 & No.24, K.491
2. Philharmonia Orchestra

CD29
1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.22, K.482 & Rondo, K.382
2. Philharmonia Orchestra

CD30
1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.23, K.488 & No.27, K.595
2. Philharmonia Orchestra

CD31
1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25, K.503 & No.26, K.537
2. Philharmonia Orchestra

CD32
1. Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D Minor
2. Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Haitink

CD33
1.Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major
2. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Haitink

CD34
1. Bartk: Piano Concerto No.1; Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion
2. Vovka Ashkenazy, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Solti

CD35
1. Bartk: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
2. London Philharmonic Orchestra, Solti

CD36
1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1; Bagatelles, Op.126
2. Wiener Philharmoniker, Mehta

CD37
1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat & No.4 in G Major
2. Wiener Philharmoniker, Mehta

CD38
1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C Minor; Andante Favori; Fur Elise
2. Wiener Philharmoniker, Mehta

CD39
1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E Flat Major – “Emperor”
2. Wiener Philharmoniker, Mehta

CD40
1. Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4; Paganini Rhapsody
2. Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Haitink

CD41
1. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor & No.3 in D Minor
2. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Haitink

CD42
1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 in C & No.2 in B Flat
2. The Cleveland Orchestra

CD43
1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C Minor & No.4 in G Major
2. The Cleveland Orchestra

CD44
1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E Flat – “Emperor”; Choral Fantasia
2. The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, The Cleveland Orchestra

CD45
1. Previn: Piano Concerto; Guitar Concerto
2. Fernndez, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Previn

CD46
1. Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor; Glazunov: Chopiniana; Franck: Les Djinns
2. Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

DVD1
1. Beethoven: The Piano Concertos
2. London Philharmonic Orchestra, Haitink

DVD2
1. Beethoven: The Piano Concertos
2. London Philharmonic Orchestra, Haitink