LISZT - S.139 Transcendental Etudes / Complete (Vladimir Ovchinnikov) 1988

Franz Liszt (1811~1886)

S.139 _ Études d'exécution transcendante (1851)

00:01 I. Preludio : Presto
00:57 II. Molto vivace
03:06 III. Paysage : Poco adagio
08:38 IV. Mazeppa : Allegro
16:10 V. Feux follets : Allegretto
20:18 VI. Vision : Lento
25:53 VII. Eroica : Allegro
31:08 VIII. Wilde Jagd : Presto furioso
36:04 IX. Ricordanza : Andantino
45:22 X. Allegro agitato molto
49:51 XI. Harmonies du soir : Andantino
58:47 XII. Chasse-neige : Andante con moto


Piano : Vladimir Ovchinnikov

Rec : 1988 EMI Studio


■ Biography

Vladimir Pavlovich Ovchinnikov (Russian: Владимир Павлович Овчинников; born January 2, 1958) is a Russian pianist from Belebey, Bashkir ASSR. He is the only pianist ever to win the top prizes at both the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1982, first prize not awarded, received a joint 2nd prize with Peter Donohoe) and the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (1987). Artistic Director of the Association of Tchaikovsky Competition Stars since 2000.

A graduate of the Moscow Conservatory where he studied with Aleksey Nasedkin, Vladimir Ovchinnikov is resident professor of piano at the Moscow Conservatory and guest professor of piano at Sakuyo University in Japan. He was awarded second place in the Montreal International Music Competition in 1980. In 1982, he was awarded joint second prize with Peter Donohoe in the International Tchaikovsky Competition (no first prize was awarded that year). In 1987, he was awarded first prize at the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition. In 2005, he received Russia's highest award and honor for musicians - the title "People's Artist of Russia", awarded by the Russian president.

Served as a chairman and a member of the jury at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, the International Russian Rotary Children Music Competition and many others. Was appointed as a headmaster of the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory in 2011.

Ovchinnikov appears regularly with such leading Russian orchestras as the Moscow Philharmonic; Moscow Radio Symphony and the St Petersburg Philharmonic; he also has a long-standing relationship with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra, and was a special favorite of Yevgeny Svetlanov, with whom he toured France, the Netherlands, North and South America.