ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 53 & Variations and Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35Emanuel Ax
ALBUMEmanuel Ax Plays ChopinEmanuel Ax
ALBUMSchubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795Håkan Hagegård & Emanuel Ax
ALBUMSchubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, D.667 - Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"Emanuel Ax
ALBUMBrahms: The Piano TriosYo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Leonidas Kavakos
ALBUMPiano Concerto No. 3 & Mass in CShenyang, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas, Ragnar Bohlin, Kelley O'Connor, San Francisco Symphony, Emanuel Ax, Joélle Harvey & William Burden
ALBUMMozart: Piano Concerto No. 22, Mass in C MinorNew York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, Emanuel Ax, Jennifer Zetlan, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Paul Appleby, Joshua Hopkins & New York Choral Artists
ALBUMRelease 8: Debussy: Pagodes from Estampes, for solo piano - Messiaen: Couleurs de la Cité Céleste - Mahler: Symphony No. 5New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert & Emanuel Ax
ALBUMBeethoven: Symphony No. 5 & Piano Concerto No. 4Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony & Emanuel Ax
ALBUMBeethoven: Symphony No. 9 Op. 125 "Choral" & Choral Fantasy ConclusionZubin Mehta, Dame Margaret Price, Emanuel Ax, Jon Vickers, Marilyn Horne, Matti Salminen, New York Choral Artists & New York Philharmonic
ALBUMMendelssohn: Piano Trios, Op. 49 & Op. 66Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma & Itzhak Perlman
ALBUMMendelssohn: Piano Trios Nos. 1 -2 & Songs Without WordsEmanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma
ALBUMStrauss: Enoch ArdenEmanuel Ax & Patrick Stewart
ALBUMChopin: Ballades & Mazurkas, Scherzos and Other WorksEmanuel Ax
ALBUMBrahms: Sonata for Two Pianos & Variations On a Theme By HaydnEmanuel Ax & Yefim Bronfman
ALBUMBeethoven, Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5Emanuel Ax, André Previn & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMHaydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35, 49Emanuel Ax
ALBUMBeethoven: Klavierkonzerte 1 & 2Emanuel Ax, André Previn & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMHaydn: Piano SonatasEmanuel Ax
ALBUMDvorak: Cello Concerto; Piano Trio "Dumky"Yo-Yo Ma, Berlin Philharmonic, Emanuel Ax, Lorin Maazel & Young Uck Kim
ALBUMChopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2Emanuel Ax, Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra
ALBUMWeber: Grand Duo Concertant, Op. 48 - Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821Emanuel Ax & Richard Stoltzman
ALBUMBeethoven: Symphony No. 9 Op. 125 "Choral" & Choral Fantasy ConclusionZubin Mehta, New York Philharmonic, Emanuel Ax, New York Choral Artists & Joseph Flummerfelt
ALBUMMozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 18Emanuel Ax, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra & Pinchas Zukerman
ALBUMSchumann: Humoreske and FantasiestuckeEmanuel Ax
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 23 & 26Emanuel Ax
ALBUMMozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 22Emanuel Ax, Eduardo Mata & Dallas Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMChopin: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21 & 3 Novuelles Études & Scherzo No. 2, Op. 31Emanuel Ax
ALBUMRavel: Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55 & Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 & Ma mère l'Oye, M. 60Emanuel Ax
ALBUMDvorák: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81Emanuel Ax & Cleveland Quartet
ALBUMChopin: Sonata No. 3 and Works By LisztEmanuel Ax
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American pianist Emanuel Ax is an engagingly warm-hearted musician: an inspiring teacher, generous colleague and enthusiastic music lover. A musicians’ musician, perhaps, but also a stimulating communicator and a great pianist with a rich legacy, not least in chamber music. He was born in 1949 in Lviv, Ukraine (in what was then the Soviet Union), to Polish Jewish Holocaust survivors, before the family moved, eventually settling in New York City in 1961. Ax studied at the Juilliard School, where he now teaches, and became an American citizen in 1970. Since 1973, he has been the main duo partner of cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and they have recorded much of the cello/piano repertoire. Shared music-making—chamber and concerto collaborations—has always been a central part of Ax’s working life and recordings. Although he is a passionate advocate of new music, and has given the first performances of works written for him by John Adams, Christopher Rouse and Krzysztof Penderecki, the bulk of his recordings consist of core repertoire, including Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin and Brahms. His playing leaves daredevil showmanship to others—he is closer in spirit to Rubinstein than to Horowitz—yet his Chopin captures the music’s aristocratic nobility with an all-encompassing rhetorical sweep; his Haydn radiates elegance, drama and wit; while his Brahms is sumptuous and affectionate.
Hometown
Lviv, Ukraine
Genre
Classical
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