#vladimir ashkenazy

[bydayiamnothingandbynightiami]

There is a kind of sadness that comes from knowing too much, from seeing the world as it truly is. It is the sadness of understanding that life is not a grand adventure, but a series of small, insignificant moments, that love is not a fairy tale, but a fragile, fleeting emotion, that happiness is not a permanent state, but a rare, fleeting glimpse of something we can never hold onto. And in that understanding, there is a profound loneliness, a sense of being cut off from the world, from other people, from oneself.

Virginia Woolf

the anatomy of sadness

[occultamusica]

Sergei Rachmaninoff; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy - The Isle Of The Dead (Остров мёртвых), op. 29 (composed in 1909; performed in 1984) (in The Symphonies (Symphonies 1-3 / The Bells / Symphonic Dances / The Isle Of The Dead), 1997-1998)

[fresherfriut]

[bl00dyghoul2]

Vladimir Ashkenazy's last performance on the stage of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in 2012 at the Music Collection festival. He conducted the 2nd symphony of Sibelius.

[jt1674]

[thedaysofdisorder]

Ashkenazy plays Rachmaninov Prelude Op.32 No.12 in G sharp minor

[brusiocostante]

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 - I. Moderato

[chopinpavlova]

Vladimir Ashkenazy: Chopin - Two Nocturnes Opus No. 1 & 3 / Polonaise

So happy to find this YouTube which has not only my favourite nocturne but also favourite polonaise, by the most fantastic pianist! 🙌🥰🌟

[smashorpassgilf]

Vladimir Ashkenazy

[tejedac]

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) (II)

The Complete Orchestal Works: · Play album

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lorin Maazel, Eliahu Inbal, Valery Gergiev, etc.

* Lp info

[paul-archibald]

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Neoclassical Period

Igor Stravinsky’s Neoclassical period (roughly from the 1920s to the mid-1950s) marked a return to classical forms and styles, influenced by the music of composers like Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Beethoven, but still encapsulating Stravinsky’s unique style. This period emerged after the completion of his ballets, The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring, which were…

[occultamusica]

Alexander Scriabin; Alexander Nemtin; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Vladimir Ashkenazy - Preparation for the Final Mystery, Act 1 (Universe) (work started in 1903, completed in 1996; performed in 1996-1997) (in Preparation For The Final Mystery, realised by Alexander Nemtin, 1999)

[bl00dyghoul2]

Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Beethoven- Sonata no. 8 op. 13 in C minor (Pathetique) - 3rd movement, Rondo: Allegro

Live recording from the University of Essex, Colchester (1972)

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

Musical Poet／音樂詩人-蕭邦：f小調幻想曲 Op.49 💕

Chopin Fantasie in f minor op. 49

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Odilon Redon, With Closed Eyes, 1895-1905

Smith College

[chicago-geniza]

I love Vladimir Ashkenazi's name because it sounds like what my name would be in the Harry Potter universe but it's a real guy