Ashkenazy, Vladimir performance comparisons


Mazurka, Op. 17, No. 4


full tempo curve
 Ashkenazy 1981

66.4%  Average
15.4%  Osinska 1989
  3.2%  Fou 1978
  2.2%  Ohlsson 1999
  1.1%  Rubinstein 1966
0.69Osinska 1989
0.61Ohlsson 1999
0.61Average
smoothed tempo curve (0.5)
 Ashkenazy 1981

29.2%  Osinska 1989
29.1%  Average
13.5%  Czerny 1949b
  3.3%  Magin 1975
  2.3%  Ohlsson 1999
  2.1%  Fou 1978
  2.0%  Perlemuter 1986
  1.2%  Uninsky 1971
  1.2%  Kushner 1990
  1.2%  Kapell 1951
  1.1%  Kissin 1993
0.58Osinska 1989
desmoothed tempo curve (0.5)
 Ashkenazy 1981

56.0%  Average
10.2%  Blet 2003
  5.8%  Rubinstein 1939
  4.0%  Rubinstein 1966
  3.7%  Fou 1978
  2.4%  Rosen 1989
  1.7%  Rubinstein 1952
  1.7%  Perlemuter 1986
  1.6%  Rangell 2001
  1.5%  Mohovich 1999
  1.4%  Indjic 2001
0.69Indjic 2001
0.69Milkina 1970
0.66Hatto 1997
0.66Ohlsson 1999
0.63Rubinstein 1939
0.59Rangell 2001
0.58Fliere 1977
0.57Rubinstein 1952
0.56Coop 1987
global beat dynamics
 Ashkenazy 1981

75.7%  Average
  6.0%  Biret 1990
  1.8%  Rubinstein 1952
  1.6%  Lushtak 2004
  1.4%  Czerny 1949b
  1.0%  Luisada 1990
0.76Average
0.69Luisada 1990
0.68Fou 1978
0.66Biret 1990
0.64Poblocka 1999
0.63Czerny 1949b
0.62Kilenyi 1937
0.61Osinska 1989
0.61Magin 1975
0.60Wasowski 1980
0.60Magaloff 1977b
0.56Weissenberg 1971
0.56Magaloff 1977
joint tempo / global dynamics
 Ashkenazy 1981

86.7%  Average
  1.7%  Osinska 1989
  1.5%  Afanassiev 2001
  1.1%  Rubinstein 1952
0.75Osinska 1989
0.68Magin 1975
0.68Fou 1978
0.68Rubinstein 1952
0.66Average
0.64Indjic 2001
0.62Biret 1990
0.60Fliere 1977
0.59Kilenyi 1937
0.59Hatto 1997
0.57Czerny 1949b
0.56Rangell 2001
0.55Ezaki 2006

Mazurka, Op. 24, No. 2


full tempo curve
 Ashkenazy 1981

73.5%  Average
  4.7%  Uninsky 1959
  2.8%  Fliere 1977
  2.5%  Clidat 1994
  1.8%  Meguri 1997
  1.1%  Tsujii 2005
  1.1%  Fou 1978
  1.0%  Ohlsson 1999
0.75Tsujii 2005
0.74Clidat 1994
0.73Average
0.64Fliere 1977
0.63Shebanova 2002
0.55Milkina 1970
0.55Zimerman 1975
smoothed tempo curve (0.5)
 Ashkenazy 1981

53.9%  Average
  6.9%  Clidat 1994
  5.9%  Uninsky 1959
  5.0%  Milkina 1970
  3.5%  Meguri 1997
  2.2%  Ezaki 2006
  2.1%  Vardi 1988
  1.7%  Fiorentino 1962
  1.6%  Richter 1960
  1.2%  Francois 1956
  1.1%  Lushtak 2004
  1.0%  Wasowski 1980
0.72Average
0.69Tsujii 2005
0.65Clidat 1994
0.64Fliere 1977
0.61Poblocka 1999
0.59Ezaki 2006
0.57Malcuzynski 1951
0.55Osinska 1989
0.55Shebanova 2002
desmoothed tempo curve (0.5)
 Ashkenazy 1981

59.7%  Average
  4.9%  Clidat 1994
  4.4%  Tsujii 2005
  4.1%  Ezaki 2006
  4.0%  Wasowski 1980
  3.0%  Francois 1956
  2.8%  Fliere 1977
  2.7%  Uninsky 1959
  2.6%  Fou 1978
  1.0%  Perlemuter 1992
  1.0%  Barbosa 1983
  1.0%  Milkina 1970
0.60Ohlsson 1999
0.57Clidat 1994
global beat dynamics
 Ashkenazy 1981

68.0%  Average
  4.6%  Luisada 1990
  2.9%  Fou 1978
  2.4%  Rubinstein 1939
  1.7%  Clidat 1994
  1.3%  Ax 1995
  1.3%  Csalog 1996
  1.3%  Uninsky 1959
  1.2%  Indjic 2001
  1.2%  Richter 1960
  1.1%  Rubinstein 1966
  1.0%  Wasowski 1980
0.70Wasowski 1980
0.65Average
0.63Luisada 1990
0.58Rubinstein 1939
0.55Uninsky 1959
smoothed beat dynamics
 Ashkenazy 1981

48.1%  Average
14.8%  Wasowski 1980
  3.8%  Falvay 1989
  2.7%  Rubinstein 1939
  2.5%  Fou 1978
  2.4%  Uninsky 1959
  2.0%  Richter 1960
  1.8%  Biret 1990
  1.6%  Luisada 1990
  1.4%  Czerny 1989
  1.4%  Nezu 2005
  1.1%  Fliere 1977
  1.1%  Korecka 1992
  1.0%  Rosen 1989
0.65Wasowski 1980
0.65Average
desmoothed beat dynamics
 Ashkenazy 1981

47.3%  Average
19.5%  Ax 1995
  8.6%  Luisada 1990
  3.6%  Ezaki 2006
  2.4%  Fiorentino 1962
  1.8%  Fou 1978
  1.4%  Tsujii 2005
  1.2%  Indjic 2001
  1.1%  Falvay 1989
0.77Ax 1995
0.68Luisada 1990
0.63Tsujii 2005
0.59Ezaki 2006
0.58Tanyel 1992
0.58Hatto 1997
0.57Rubinstein 1939
0.56Hatto 1993
0.55Rangell 2001
0.55Zimerman 1975
0.55Indjic 2001
joint tempo / global dynamics
 Ashkenazy 1981

85.2%  Average
  2.6%  Clidat 1994
  1.7%  Fliere 1977
  1.6%  Zimerman 1975
  1.3%  Tsujii 2005
0.78Average
0.74Tsujii 2005
0.68Clidat 1994
0.66Fliere 1977
0.62Rubinstein 1966
0.62Uninsky 1959
0.61Ohlsson 1999
0.60Zimerman 1975
0.56Rubinstein 1939
smoothed joint features
 Ashkenazy 1981

72.7%  Average
  8.0%  Fiorentino 1962
  1.7%  Fliere 1977
  1.6%  Zimerman 1975
  1.5%  Milkina 1970
  1.5%  Tsujii 2005
0.82Average
0.69Tsujii 2005
0.68Fliere 1977
0.68Clidat 1994
0.63Osinska 1989
0.62Poblocka 1999
0.61Fiorentino 1962
0.59Shebanova 2002
0.58Rubinstein 1966
0.58Milkina 1970
desmoothed joint features
 Ashkenazy 1981

63.1%  Average
  8.3%  Ax 1995
  5.7%  Ezaki 2006
  4.2%  Clidat 1994
  3.8%  Tsujii 2005
  1.8%  Fliere 1977
  1.6%  Fou 1978
  1.2%  Tanyel 1992
  1.2%  Ohlsson 1999
0.64Tsujii 2005
0.62Ax 1995
0.60Tanyel 1992
0.57Zimerman 1975
0.57Ohlsson 1999

Mazurka, Op. 30, No. 2


full tempo curve
 Ashkenazy 1981

64.4%  Average
  8.8%  Fiorentino 1962
  6.2%  Smith 1975
  3.6%  Magaloff 1977
  3.5%  Clidat 1994
  3.4%  Uninsky 1971
  1.1%  Olejniczac 1990
0.59Smith 1975
0.59Fiorentino 1962
0.57Average
smoothed tempo curve (0.5)
 Ashkenazy 1981

25.1%  Average
13.5%  Fiorentino 1962
13.1%  Mohovich 1999
  9.7%  Poblocka 1999
  9.4%  Fliere 1977
  7.3%  Smith 1975
  5.4%  Clidat 1994
  3.4%  Rangell 2001
  2.6%  Olejniczac 1990
  2.0%  Uninsky 1971
0.60Fliere 1977
0.59Fiorentino 1962
desmoothed tempo curve (0.5)
 Ashkenazy 1981

43.2%  Average
20.3%  Smith 1975
  9.9%  Uninsky 1971
  7.2%  Magaloff 1977
  4.9%  Milkina 1970
  2.9%  Indjic 2001
  2.3%  Yaroshinsky 2005
0.62Uninsky 1971
0.60Smith 1975
global beat dynamics
 Ashkenazy 1981

47.8%  Average
19.9%  Indjic 2001
  8.3%  Chiu 1999
  5.5%  Sofronitsky 1960
  5.4%  Ferenczy 1956
  3.1%  Luisada 1990
  2.4%  Fliere 1977
  1.4%  Rubinstein 1952
  1.1%  Francois 1956
0.60Indjic 2001
joint tempo / global dynamics
 Ashkenazy 1981

78.5%  Average
  4.7%  Indjic 2001
  2.9%  Sofronitsky 1960
  2.5%  Fliere 1977
  1.8%  Shebanova 2002
  1.5%  Uninsky 1971
  1.1%  Luisada 1990

Mazurka, Op. 63, No. 3


full tempo curve
 Ashkenazy 1981

56.4%  Average
  6.2%  Rachmaninoff 1923
  4.7%  Sokolov 2002
  3.6%  Sztompka 1959
  3.5%  Morozova 2008
  3.3%  Magin 1975
  2.2%  Zak 1937
  1.8%  Niedzielski 1931
  1.7%  Richter 1976
  1.4%  Luisada 1991
  1.0%  Fou 1978
0.63Sztompka 1959
0.61Magin 1975
0.60Neighaus 1950
0.57Ohlsson 1999
0.56Rachmaninoff 1923
0.55Morozova 2008
smoothed tempo curve (0.5)
 Ashkenazy 1981

15.2%  Magin 1975
15.2%  Average
11.7%  Duchoud 2007
10.4%  Morozova 2008
  8.2%  Sztompka 1959
  5.4%  Kapell 1951
  4.4%  Rachmaninoff 1923
  3.3%  Fou 1978
  1.6%  Ohlsson 1999
  1.6%  Neighaus 1950
  1.6%  Zak 1937
  1.4%  Poblocka 1999
  1.4%  Sokolov 2002
  1.3%  Zak 1951
  1.3%  Luisada 1991
  1.2%  Michalowski 1933
  1.2%  Richter 1976
0.59Magin 1975
0.55Sztompka 1959
desmoothed tempo curve (0.5)
 Ashkenazy 1981

34.3%  Average
20.3%  Neighaus 1950
  9.8%  Richter 1976
  8.2%  Afanassiev 2001
  3.6%  Rachmaninoff 1923
  3.0%  Bacha 2000
  3.0%  Horowitz 1949
  2.9%  Morozova 2008
  1.8%  Shebanova 2002
0.63Horowitz 1949
0.62Neighaus 1950
global beat dynamics
 Ashkenazy 1981

55.0%  Average
11.6%  Kissin 1993
  5.1%  Indjic 1988
  4.0%  Magin 1975
  3.7%  Kushner 1989
  3.2%  Hatto 1993
  2.2%  Shebanova 2002
  1.5%  Sztompka 1959
  1.4%  Cohen 1997
0.77Average
0.74Hatto 1993
0.73Indjic 1988
0.71Kushner 1989
0.66Shebanova 2002
0.65Luisada 1991
0.62Ohlsson 1999
0.62Magin 1975
0.60Kissin 1993
0.59Hatto 1997
0.57Czerny 1990
0.55Gierzod 1998
smoothed dynamics (0.5)
 Ashkenazy 1981

25.3%  Average
15.3%  Gierzod 1998
  5.5%  Poblocka 1999
  4.2%  Magin 1975
  4.1%  Cohen 1997
  3.9%  Indjic 1988
  3.6%  Anderszewski 2003
  3.5%  Smith 1975
  3.1%  Kushner 1989
  3.1%  Magaloff 1978
  2.7%  Kissin 1993
  2.5%  Duchoud 2007
  2.2%  Luisada 1991
  1.8%  Malcuzynski 1961
  1.7%  Ohlsson 1999
  1.7%  Harasiewicz 1955
  1.6%  Hatto 1993
  1.2%  Michalowski 1933
  1.1%  Fou 1978
0.64Average
0.61Hatto 1993
0.61Indjic 1988
0.59Gierzod 1998
0.56Ohlsson 1999
desmoothed dynamics (0.5)
 Ashkenazy 1981

35.9%  Average
31.6%  Shebanova 2002
  7.8%  Indjic 1988
  4.1%  Kissin 1993
  4.1%  Hatto 1993
  2.3%  Kushner 1989
  1.6%  Magin 1975
  1.6%  Chiu 1999
  1.5%  Czerny 1990
0.90Shebanova 2002
0.89Kissin 1993
0.87Indjic 1988
0.87Hatto 1993
0.84Uninsky 1932
0.83Czerny 1990
0.83Average
0.82Kushner 1989
0.82Luisada 1991
0.81Richter 1976
0.80Niedzielski 1931
0.80Magin 1975
0.79Groot 1988
0.76Fliere 1977
0.76Fou 1978
0.75Garcia 2007b
0.75Sztompka 1959
0.73Chiu 1999
0.72Friedman 1930
0.69Michalowski 1933
0.69Morozova 2008
0.67Friedman 1923b
0.66Moravec 1969
0.65Friedman 1923
0.65Paderewski 1930
0.64Malcuzynski 1961
0.64Blumental 1952
0.60Kapell 1951
0.57Block 1995
0.57Ohlsson 1999
joint tempo / global dynamics
 Ashkenazy 1981

76.3%  Average
  2.6%  Hatto 1993
  2.4%  Kissin 1993
  1.6%  Rachmaninoff 1923
  1.4%  Falvay 1989
  1.3%  Malcuzynski 1961
  1.3%  Fou 1978
  1.1%  Niedzielski 1931
  1.0%  Sztompka 1959
0.71Average
0.69Shebanova 2002
0.68Magin 1975
0.65Indjic 1988
0.64Hatto 1993
0.63Ohlsson 1999
0.60Kissin 1993
0.60Kushner 1989
0.59Luisada 1991
0.55Duchoud 2007
0.55Sztompka 1959
smoothed joint tempo / global dynamics
 Ashkenazy 1981

46.0%  Average
  7.5%  Fou 1978
  6.6%  Smith 1975
  4.8%  Neighaus 1950
  3.9%  Ohlsson 1999
  3.2%  Poblocka 1999
  2.8%  Kapell 1951
  2.1%  Morozova 2008
  2.0%  Falvay 1989
  1.5%  Rachmaninoff 1923
  1.4%  Sztompka 1959
  1.3%  Magin 1975
0.62Average
0.58Indjic 1988
0.58Duchoud 2007
0.58Ohlsson 1999
0.57Hatto 1993
0.56Magin 1975
0.55Hatto 1997
desmoothed joint tempo / global dynamics
 Ashkenazy 1981

61.2%  Average
  9.8%  Shebanova 2002
  7.4%  Niedzielski 1931
  3.5%  Richter 1976
  2.9%  Kissin 1993
  1.8%  Horowitz 1949
  1.2%  Indjic 1988
  1.0%  Malcuzynski 1961
0.81Kissin 1993
0.81Shebanova 2002
0.69Fou 1978
0.68Niedzielski 1931
0.66Luisada 1991
0.65Uninsky 1932
0.65Hatto 1993
0.65Indjic 1988
0.65Magin 1975
0.64Richter 1976
0.63Friedman 1923b
0.61Sztompka 1959
0.60Kushner 1989
0.60Horowitz 1949
0.60Friedman 1923
0.58Friedman 1930
0.58Bacha 2000
0.57Groot 1988

Mazurka, Op. 68, No. 3


full tempo curve
 Ashkenazy 1981

39.4%  Average Tempo
16.2%  Hatto 1997
  7.3%  Sofronitsky 1949
  5.2%  Jonas 1947
  4.8%  Brailowsky 1960
  4.7%  Barbosa 1983
  2.6%  Indjic 2001
  2.5%  Shebanova 2002
  2.2%  Kapell 1951
  2.2%  Fliere 1977
  1.9%  Magaloff 1978
  1.6%  Ohlsson 1999
  1.3%  Biret 1990
  1.3%  Bacha 1997
  1.1%  Chiu 1999
0.69Sofronitsky 1949
0.65Barbosa 1983
0.60Hatto 1997
0.58Hatto 1993
smoothed tempo curve (0.5)
 Ashkenazy 1981

32.8%  Average Tempo
  7.1%  Uninsky 1971
  6.6%  Kapell 1951
  6.0%  Barbosa 1983
  5.4%  Indjic 2001
  4.8%  Cohen 1997
  4.7%  Smidowicz 1948
  3.9%  Shebanova 2002
  3.6%  Clidat 1994
  2.8%  Osinska 1989
  1.9%  Smidowicz 1948b
  1.8%  Ohlsson 1999
  1.8%  Chiu 1999
  1.5%  Mohovich 1999
  1.4%  Biret 1990
  1.1%  Olejniczak 1990
  1.0%  Brailowsky 1960
  1.0%  Jonas 1947
  1.0%  Bacha 1997
0.57Hatto 1993
0.56Hatto 1997
0.56Indjic 2001
desmoothed tempo curve (0.5)
 Ashkenazy 1981

41.2%  Sofronitsky 1949
22.0%  Brailowsky 1960
  7.1%  Hatto 1997
  4.2%  Ohlsson 1999
  4.1%  Clidat 1994
  3.4%  Shebanova 2002
  3.0%  Chiu 1999
  2.5%  Fliere 1977
  1.5%  Jonas 1947
  1.2%  Kapell 1951
  1.0%  Czerny 1990
0.79Brailowsky 1960
0.77Sofronitsky 1949
0.61Smith 1975
global beat dynamics
 Ashkenazy 1981

26.1%  Average Tempo
12.7%  Bacha 1997
10.6%  Olejniczak 1990
10.1%  Luisada 1991
  8.0%  Lushtak 2004
  4.6%  Magaloff 1978
  4.1%  Csalog 1996
  3.4%  Clidat 1994
  2.9%  Ohlsson 1999
  1.7%  Richter 1976
  1.5%  Sztompka 1959
  1.4%  Kiepura 1999
  1.3%  Hatto 1997
  1.3%  Biret 1990
  1.2%  Chiu 1999
  1.2%  Niedzielski 1931
  1.0%  Smith 1975
joint tempo / global dynamics
 Ashkenazy 1981

53.8%  Average
14.5%  Bacha 1997
  4.1%  Clidat 1994
  3.8%  Hatto 1997
  2.7%  Csalog 1996
  1.7%  Chiu 1999
  1.5%  Ohlsson 1999
  1.3%  Lushtak 2004
  1.1%  Czerny 1990
  1.1%  Biret 1990
  1.0%  Smith 1975
  1.0%  Sofronitsky 1949