Mozart Ashkenazy

This set of recordings from the vaults of the Decca and Philips labels has an advantage over other samplers of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in that it gives listeners complete multimovement works, not just a single movement or an excerpt of a movement. On the other hand, because of this, the number of works presented is by necessity much smaller than other compilations. Rest assured, though, that the producers selected the best of the best of Mozart's compositions. The symphonies are represented by No. 40 and No. 41 on the first disc of the set, with Georg Solti conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

I really cannot choose between the two of them, but I regard them both as concertos that are bound to make the performer perspire. From the point of view of difficulty the Concerto in B flat beats the one in D.'' Mozart was writing to his father in May 1784 about the Piano Concertos in B flat, K450 and D, K451, both of them completed within the space of one week, in March that year.

Vladimir Ashkenazy - Complete Solo Recordings [89CDs Box Set] (2022)
MP3 320 Kbps | Run Time: 88:42:13 | 13.4 Gb
Genre: Classical, Piano | Label: Decca

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 89CD & 1BDA edition will be 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 reissue. 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'.

Described by the Gramophone Magazine as ‘virtuoso of power and poetry’, Eldar Nebolsin is considered one of the most versatile and interesting musicians of his generation.

This 2 CD compilation has a number of the greatest adagios Mozart composed, performed by some of the greatest conductors and musicians in the world. Mozart was such a prolific composer of incredibly beautiful music in his short 35 years that one can easily imagine a second 2 CD set of his adagios in this series. The quality of the performances and the sound quality of the recordings on both CDs are outstanding.