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Rachmaninov: 24 Preludes [CD]

Vladimir Ashkenazy | Format: Audio CD
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  • Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
  • Audio CD (3 Mar 1995)
  • SPARS Code: ADD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Double Decca
  • ASIN: B00000425L
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 18,132 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc 1:

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.3, No.2 4:31£0.89
Listen  2. Prelude in F sharp minor, Op.23, No.1 4:16£0.79
Listen  3. Prelude in B flat, Op.23, No.2 3:27£0.79
Listen  4. Prelude in D minor, Op.23, No.3 4:04£0.79
Listen  5. Prelude in D, Op.23, No.4 5:30£0.79
Listen  6. Prelude in G minor, Op.23, No.5 3:48£0.89
Listen  7. Prelude in E flat, Op.23, No.6 2:56£0.79
Listen  8. Prelude in C minor, Op.23, No.7 2:23£0.79
Listen  9. Prelude in A flat, Op.23, No.8 3:09£0.79
Listen10. Prelude in E flat minor, Op.23, No.9 1:46£0.79
Listen11. Prelude in G flat, Op.23, No.10 3:52£0.79
Listen12. Prelude in C, Op.32, No.1 1:16£0.79
Listen13. Prelude in B flat minor, Op.32, No.2 2:51£0.79
Listen14. Prelude in E, Op.32, No.3 2:14£0.79
Listen15. Prelude in E minor, Op.32, No.4 5:14£0.79


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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Prelude in G, Op.32, No.5 3:19£0.79
Listen  2. Prelude in F minor, Op.32, No.6 1:21£0.79
Listen  3. Prelude in F, Op.32, No.7 2:08£0.79
Listen  4. Prelude in A minor, Op.32, No.8 1:42£0.79
Listen  5. Prelude in A, Op.32, No.9 2:51£0.79
Listen  6. Prelude in B minor, Op.32, No.10 5:56£0.79
Listen  7. Prelude in B major, Op.32, No.11 2:03£0.79
Listen  8. Prelude in G sharp minor, Op.32, No.12 2:25£0.89
Listen  9. Prelude in D flat major, Op.32, No.13 5:49£0.79
Listen10. Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36 - Original version (1913) - 1. Allegro agitato10:25£1.49
Listen11. Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36 - Original version (1913) - 2. Non allegro - Lento 8:00£0.79
Listen12. Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36 - Original version (1913) - 3. Allegro molto 7:09£0.79

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43 of 50 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If there is one person who is able to bring out the full power of Rachmaninov, it's Ashkenazy. Nuff said.

A set of 24 preludes (one for each of the 12 keys, major and minor) has been done quite a few times since JSB invented the sport. Rachmaninov just took it one stage further. Okay, so they were not published in one go, so it can be argued that they lack cohesion, but that does not really hold water. Each one of these pieces has an emotional depth and clarity that once you hear them it's as if you can see right into Rach's head.

The second piano sonata does not really fit on the same CD - it's not the same sort of thing at all - but it's good to have the recording available.

All in all, if there are better performances of these works available, then they haven't come anywhere near me.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Ian
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Ashkenazy is wonderful. All the Russian drama and romance of Rackmaninov with exquisite sensitivity and control. I recommend this to all lovers of Rachmaninov.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
What's up with the bashing!? 22 Oct 2005
By Vivaldi Collector - Published on Amazon.com
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Some previous reviewer's bashing of the prolific Ashkenazy is misguided. Just because a great artist records and sells many records doesn't mean he is from Disneyland. He's not even close to being a product of the "capitalism system" this reviewer was referring to. I own 4 other versions of these "Preludes," including those by the great Shelly, Dame Lampany and the composer himself. This set surpasses them all in terms of pure poeticism. A machine? A "cardboard piano robot"? What are you talking about?
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
It is hard to imagine any pianist surpassing this! 20 July 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
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Ashkenazy plays the Preludes with perfect control, and exquisite shading. He sounds authentically Slavonic, comfortably bettering the recordings made by Alexeev, Richter, Gavrilov and Cliburn. He manages to make the famous C# minor Prelude sound fresh. In fact it is hard to imagine better performances of any of the Preludes. The Sonata, while not my favourite Rachmaninov, is also played with great authority.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Superb, as always 3 Nov 2002
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
Ashkenazy's performance of the 2nd Rachmaninov sonata is much more gratifying than Horowitz's, in part because he plays the earlier version of this piece.
The preludes are fantastic, played with sensitivity and with those deliberate and well-thought out interpretations which make Ahskenazy such a wonderful performer. He's also able to play with amazing voicing, making the entire set sound amazingly clear from top to bottom.
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