Liszt / Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1957: Mephisto Waltz, S.514 (Episode No. 2 From Lenau's "Faust")
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Uploaded by davidhertzberg on Oct 30, 2010
In this 1957 recording, twenty-year old Vladimir Ashkenazy performs the Mephisto Waltz, S.514, by Franz Liszt. I created this music video from the LP shown above, released to the public in the USA in 1959 as Ashkenazy was making his debut tour of the United States. This LP -- with other works by Liszt, as well as Rachmaninov and Prokofiev, was only the second album recorded by the pianist.
So that there is no question in the mind of the listener, I rely principally on images of the the LP and LP jacket in order to document the authenticity of historically important recordings such as these.
More from the young Ashkenazy:
Chopin / Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1960s: Etudes, Op. 10, Nos. 1 through 6 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9sUaCZoy6s
Liszt - Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1971: Gortschakoff Impromptu (Dedicated to Princess Gortschakoff, 1872) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr78CISsU2c
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oh gosh.. ive been here for an hour o.O
mcrettable 1 month ago
The young Ashkenazy was a frightening pianist
Valk72 3 months ago
He nailed it ... no better interpretation than this !
pianist007 4 months ago
The greatest pianist ever...!!
dido93 4 months ago
Dear God.
aahhndrew 5 months ago
Absolutely Incredible performance! Today's show-boating pianists could learn alot from this! now, If only Martha Argerich had recorded it....
Shanefee1770 7 months ago 2
Wow! I heard this in my teens and most others sounded a bit slow after that. Amazingly Askenazy claimed he disliked Liszt,only learnt it for his conservatoire profs,and renounced playing Liszt later on.And there is something a bit hasty-to-get-it-over in this,also delighting in his piano-sportsman abilities!The dreaded leaps are astonishing of energy,rythm&precision.Pity he renounced a lot of his fire&passion later.Truly would have been a legend if he'd continued in this vein.
NOSEhow2LIV 8 months ago
i love later ashkenazy recordings as well, but this is truly something else!
fledgehog 9 months ago
I bought this recording when it first came out, 1957 or so. Not long after this, the young Ashkenazy appeared at the old Ambassador Auditorium in downtown LA. He strode out onto the stage in what looked like a suit from Soviet tailors. But his artistry was amazing. He played Prokofiev Sonata #6, inter alia. I have been an Ashkenazy fan ever since.
rogelio2ify 11 months ago
Excellent recording! In his initial years, Ashkenazy still had fire..
dgaranin 1 year ago