Russian conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian pianist and conductor, retires with immediate effect

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New Releases 4th September

New Releases: 'Pavarotti: The People's Tenor' and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Mozart

New releases 13th July

New releases: Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Bach and Maxim Rysanov plays Schubert

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'I don’t think we can make political points with music' – Vladimir Ashkenazy

New releases 8th may

New releases: Esther Yoo performs Tchaikovsky and 'Czerny: The Romantic Piano Concerto'

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Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor

Mendelssohn

Tchaikovsky Romeo+Juliet

Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

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The Podiums And Pianos Of Vladimir Ashkenazy