Search - Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy :: Works for Two Pianos by Debussy & Ravel

Vladimir Ashkenazy, one of Decca's best selling artists, returns to the piano and is joined by his son on this disc of beautiful French `Impressionism' piano duets by Debussy and Ravel. Vladimir Ashkenazy's association with Decca, as both pianist and conductor, spans 45 years, longer than any other living artist! Over the past ten years his Decca recordings have sold over a million copies worldwide every year. Here he returns to the piano to play piano duets with his son, Vovka. Much of the music on this disc is rarely recorded because of its technical difficulty, including the world-premiere of a new arrangement of Debussy's Jeux. Ashkenazy has a special affinity with French music and won a Grammy® Award for his recording of Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit. He brings an innate understanding of and affection for the French repertoire to this new album. Vovka Ashkenazy is himself a renowned pianist and teacher who has made critically-acclaimed recordings for several labels including Decca and DG. Father and son have recorded together previously on Rachmaninov Piano Transcriptions and Chopin Piano Music (on Decca).