Decca proudly present the Complete Solo Piano Recordings of Vladimir Ashkenazy in one edition for the very first time. An incredible 85 albums. The new 89-CD + 1 Blu-ray Audio edition is released to mark the occasion of his 85th birthday (July 2022). Ashkenazy has been an exclusive artist on Decca for more years than any other, and it is his incredible devotion and commitment to his art that is on full show in this new reissue. The label hope we will all join together to celebrate his incredible legacy.

Paying tribute to one of the pianists he most admires, Sviatoslav Richter, Ashkenazy said that, “It was his devotion and commitment to his art that will be his legacy”. Looking back at his long and distinguished career, this is surely a description which is equally true of Ashkenazy himself.

Contents:

J.S. Bach
CD 1–3: Das woltemperierte Klavier Books 1 & 2
CD 4–5: Partitas nos. 1–6
CD 6: French Overture; Italian Concerto
CD 7: French Suites nos. 1–6
CD 8: English Suites 1–3

Beethoven
CD 9–27: Piano Sonatas (analogue & digital recordings)
CD 27: Diabelli Variations; Variations on a Russian Dance

CD 28: Blake - Piano Works
CD 29: Brahms - Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel; Piano Sonata No.3

Chopin
CD 30: Ballades nos. 1–4
CD 31: 4 Scherzi
CD 32: Recital at Essex University
CD 33–47: Piano Works Vol.1-15
CD 48: 24 Preludes, op.28; Piano Sonata no.3
CD 49: Ballade no.4; 3 Waltzes; 3 Mazurkas etc.

CD 50: Liszt - Etudes d'éxécution; Mephisto Waltz

Mozart
CD 51: Piano Sonatas K310 & K576; Rondo K511
CD 52: Piano Sonatas K311, K457 & K570

Mussorgsky
CD 53: Pictures at an Exhibition (piano & orchestral versions)
CD 54: Pictures at an Exhibition

Prokofiev
CD 55: Piano Sonatas nos. 7 & 8 etc.
CD 56: Piano Sonatas nos. 6, 7 & 8
CD 57: Pieces from Romeo & Juliet and Cinderella

Rachmaninov
CD 58: Corelli Variations etc.
CD 59: Preludes op.3 no.2; op.23 & op.32
CD 60: Piano Sonata no.2; Nine Etudes-Tableaux
CD 61: Corelli Variations; Etudes-Tableaux, op.39
CD 62: Morceaux de fantasie; Moments musicaux, op.16
CD 63: Piano Sonata no.1; Chopin Variations
CD 64: Morceaux, op.11; Romance; Waltz; Transcriptions

CD 65: Rarities

CD 66: Chopin - Scherzo no.4 etc.; Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit
CD 67: Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit; Pavane; Valses nobles et sentimentales

Schubert
CD 68: Piano Sonatas nos. 13 & 14; Hungarian Melody in B minor, D817; 12 Waltzes, D145
CD 69: Piano Sonata no.18
CD 70: Piano Sonata no.17; 4 Deutsche Tänze from 17 Landler, D366
CD 71: Piano Sonata no.21; “Wanderer” Fantasy in C
CD 72: Piano Sonata no.20; 4 Impromptus, D899

Schumann
CD 73: Fantasie, op.17; Symphonic Studies, op.13
CD 74: Kreisleriana, op.16; Humoresque, op.20
CD 75: Symphonic Studies, op.13; Arabesque; Papillons
CD 76: Carnaval, op.9; Humoresque, op.20
CD 77: Waldszenen, op.82; Kinderszenen, op.15; Piano Sonata no.1
CD 78: Davidsbündlertänze, op.6; 8 Fantasiestücke, op.12
CD 79: Kreisleriana, op.16; Piano Sonata no.2
CD 80: Abegg Variations, op.1; Fantasie, op.17; Faschingsschwank aus Wien, op.26
CD 81: Bunte Blätter, op.99; Nachtstücke, op.23; 3 Romanzen, op.28

Scriabin
CD 82: Piano Sonatas nos. 3, 4, 5 & 9 “Black Mass”
CD 83: Piano Sonatas nos. 2 “Sonata Fantasy”, 7 “White Mass” & 10; Quatre Morceaux, op.56; 2 Danses, op.73; 2 Poèmes
CD 84: Piano Sonatas nos. 1, 6 & 8; Four Pieces, op.61
CD 85: Vers la flame etc.

Shostakovich
CD 86–87: Preludes & Fugues
CD 88: Piano Sonata no.2; Aphorisms, op.13 etc.

CD 89: Tchaikovsky - The Seasons etc.

Blu-ray Audio: 5 best-selling & award-winning albums of Chopin & Rachmaninov in 24bit 96kHz

Chopin
Prelude op.45, 4 Scherzi, Barcarolle [SXL 6334]
4 Ballades, 3 Etudes, op.posth. [SXL 6143]
Etudes opp. 10 & 25 [SXL 6710]

Rachmaninov
Complete Preludes [5BB221-2]
Sonata no.2 & Etudes-tableux op.33 [SXL 6996]