Artist in Focus: Vladimir Ashkenazy
This week Vladimir Ashkenazy celebrates his 65th birthday. Humphrey Burton talks to him about his conducting career and about his relationship with the the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The programme includes a performance of Schumann's song cycle Frauenliebe und Leben with soprano Barbara Bonney and ends with a recording made forthe BBC in 1963 of Chopin's 12 Etudes, Op 25. Rimsky-Korsakov Skazka
RPO conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy
Schumann Frauenliebe und Leben, Op 42 With Barbara Bonney (soprano) Chopin 12 Etudes, Op 25