Artist in Focus: Vladimir Ashkenazy
This week Morning Performance celebrates the 65th birthday of Russian pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy. Today's programme concentrates on his early career as a concert pianist and includes a from the 1960s of Prokofiev's Sixth Sonata and some recordings made during the 1955 Warsaw Chopin Competition, in which he finished second. Presented by Humphrey Burton in conversation with Vladimir Ashkenazy. Chopin Ballade No 2 in F, Op 38;
Mazurkas: No 21 in C sharp minor, Op 30 No 4; No 29 in A flat, Op 41 No 4 Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 1
Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 6
Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor
With the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under ZdzislawGorzynski