Vladimir Ashkenazy: Complete Chamber Music & Lieder Recordings
Vladimir Ashkenazy
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Release Date: 15/09/2023
Complementing Decca's sets devoted to Vladimir Ashkenazy's concerto recordings and solo piano repertoire, this 51-CD limited edition set documents his chamber music and lieder recordings, ranging from his earliest (1966) - and one of his most eclectic single-disc collections, with pianist Malcolm Frager in the company of Barry Tuckwell and others - to his last, with principal cellist of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Catherine Hewgill in 2016, neatly bookending half a century of music - making with collaborators. Accompanied by a note of great authenticity by his friend and producer Jeremy Hayes, this is a collection born of the deepest involvement with the music and musicians, and as one of Brahms's friends once remarked in another context 'as if all the instruments were in love with each other'. Fast-forwarding nearly two centuries, Time magazine heralded the first of these chamber music records, the Mozart and Schumann with Frager and friends as 'the proof of such harmony in friendship' - which just about sums up the Ashkenazy ethos.
Disc 1
1: 1. Allegro con spirito
2: 2. Andante
3: 3. Allegro molto
4: Andante & Variations For 2 Pianos, 2 Cellos & Horn
5: Study in Canon form in A flat, Op.56, No.4
Disc 2
1: 1. Largo - Allegro moderato
2: 2. Larghetto
3: 3. Allegretto
4: 1. Grave - Allegro ma non troppo
5: 2. Andante cantabile
6: 3. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo)
Disc 3
1: 1. Allegro con brio
2: 2. Tema con variazioni (Andante con moto)
3: 3. Rondo (Allegro)
4: 1. Allegro moderato
5: 2. Adagio espressivo
6: 3. Scherzo (Allegro)
7: 4. Poco allegretto
Disc 4
1: 1. Allegro vivace
2: 2. Andante più tosto allegretto
3: 3. Allegro piacevole
4: 1. Adagio sostenuto - Presto
5: 2. Andante con variazioni
6: 3. Finale (Presto)
Disc 5
1: 1. Allegro con spirito
2: 2. Adagio con molt' espressione
3: 3. Rondo (Allegro molto)
4: 1. Allegro assai
5: 2. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
6: 3. Allegro vivace
Disc 6
1: 1. Presto
2: 2. Andante scherzoso, più allegretto
3: 3. Allegro molto
4: 1. Allegro
5: 2. Adagio molto espressivo
6: 3. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
7: 4. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo)
Disc 7
1: 1. Allegro
2: 2. Adagio
3: 3. Allegretto con variazioni
4: 1. Allegro con brio
5: 2. Adagio cantabile
6: 3. Scherzo (Allegro)
7: 4. Finale (Allegro)
Disc 8
1: 1a. Adagio sostenuto
2: 1b. Allegro
3: 2. Rondo (Allegro vivace)
4: 1. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo
5: 2. Allegro molto più tosto presto
6: 3. Rondo (Allegro)
Disc 9
1: 1. Allegro ma non tanto
2: 2. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
3: 3a. Adagio cantabile
4: 3b. Allegro vivace
5: 1a. Andante
6: 1b. Allegro vivace
7: 2a. Adagio
8: 2b. Tempo d'andante
9: 2c. Allegro vivace
10: 1. Allegro con brio
11: 2. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto
12: 3. Allegro - Allegro fugato
Disc 10
1: I. Allegro
2: II. Adagio cantabile
3: III. Scherzo. Allegro assai
4: IV. Finale. Presto
5: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
6: II. Largo con espressione
7: III. Scherzo. Allegro
8: IV. Finale. Presto
Disc 11
1: I. Allegro con brio
2: II. Andante cantabile con variazioni
3: III. Menuetto. Quasi allegro
4: IV. Finale. Prestissimo
5: Allegretto in B Flat Major, WoO39
6: Introduction. Adagio assai
7: Theme. Allegretto
8: Var. 1
9: Var. 2
10: Var. 3
11: Var. 4
12: Var. 5
13: Var. 6
14: Var. 7
15: Var. 8
16: Var. 9. Adagio espressivo
17: Var. 10. Presto
18: I. Allegro con brio
19: II. Adagio
20: III. Tema con variazioni
Disc 12
1: I. Allegro vivace e con brio
2: II. Largo assai ed espressivo
3: III. Presto
4: Theme. Andante
5: Var. 1
6: Var. 2
7: Var. 3
8: Var. 4
9: Var. 5
10: Var. 6
11: Var. 7
12: Var. 8
13: Var. 9
14: Var. 10
15: Var. 11
16: Var. 12. Tempo primo
17: Var. 13. Adagio
18: Var. 14. Allegro - Andante - Presto
19: I. Poco sostenuto - Allegro ma non troppo
20: II. Allegretto
21: III. Allegro ma non troppo
22: IV. Finale. Allegro
23: Allegretto in E flat major, Hess 48
Disc 13
1: I. Allegro moderato
2: II. Scherzo. Allegro
3: III. Andante cantabile, ma però con moto - Poco più adagio
4: IV. Allegro moderato
5: 1. Allegro moderato
6: 2. Scherzo (Allegro ma non troppo)
7: 3. Rondo (Allegretto)
Disc 14
1: 1. Allegro moderato
2: 2. Poco adagio, quasi andante
3: 3. Rondo (Allegro moderato)
4: Adagio and Allegro in A flat, Op.70
5: 1. Adagio
6: 2. Larghetto
7: 3. Allegretto
8: Romance for Horn & Piano, Op.67
9: Andante for Horn & Piano, Op. Posth.
10: "Alphorn" for Soprano, Horn & Piano, Op. 15, No. 3
11: Introduction, Theme & Variations
Disc 15
1: The Wish, Op.74, No.1
2: Spring, Op.74, No.2
3: The Sad River, Op.74, No.3
4: Hulanka (Merrymaking), Op.74, No.4
5: What she likes, Op.74, No.5
6: Out of my sight!, Op.74, No.6
7: The Messenger, Op.74, No.7
8: S'liczny chìopiec, Op.74, No.8
9: Melody, Op.74, No.9
10: The Warrior, Op.74, No.10
11: The Double End, Op.74, No.11
12: My Darling, Op.74, No.12
13: I want what I have not, Op.74, No.13
14: The Ring, Op.74, No.14
15: The Bridegroom, Op.74, No.15
16: Lithuanian Song, Op.74, No.16
17: Leaves are falling (Hymn from the Tomb), Op.74, No.17
18: Enchantment, Op.74, No.18
19: Reverie, Op.74, No.19
Disc 16
1: 1. Allegro moderato
2: 2. Andante un poco mosso
3: 3. Scherzo (Allegro)
4: 4. Rondo (Allegro vivace)
Disc 17
1: 1. Allegro
2: 2. Andante con moto
3: 3. Scherzo. (Allegro moderato - Trio)
4: 4. Allegro moderato
Disc 18
1: 1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
2: 2. Aus meinen Tränen sprießen
3: 3. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne
4: 4. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'
5: 5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen
6: 6. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome
7: 7. Ich grolle nicht
8: 8. Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen
9: 9. Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen
10: 10. Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen
11: 11. Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen
12: 12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
13: 13. Ich hab' im Traum geweinet
14: 14. Allnächtlich im Traume seh' ich dich
15: 15. Aus alten Märchen winkt es
16: 16 Die alten, bösen Lieder
17: 1. Morgens steh' ich auf und frage
18: 2. Es treibt mich hin, es treibt mich her
19: 3. Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen
20: 4. Lieb' Liebchen, leg's Händchen auf Herze mein
21: 5. Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden
22: 6. Warte, warte, wilder Schiffsmann
23: 7. Berg' und Burgen schaun herunter
24: 8. Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen
25: 9. Mit Myrten und Rosen, lieblich und hold
Disc 19
1: 1. Widmung
2: 3. Der Nussbaum
3: 7. Die Lotosblume
4: 9. Lied der Suleika
5: 1. Er is gekommen in Sturm und Regen
6: 2. Liebst du um Schonheit
7: Das Veilchen
8: Loreley
9: Mein Stern
10: 1. Seit ich ihn gesehen
11: 2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen
12: 3. Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben
13: 4. Du Ring an meinem Finger
14: 5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
15: 6. Süsser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an
16: 7. An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
17: 8. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
18: 1. Ich stand in dunklen Träumen
19: 2. Sie liebten sich beide
20: 3. Liebeszauber
21: 4. Der Mond kommt still gegangen
22: 5. Ich hab 'in deinem Auge
23: 6. Die stille Lotosblume
24: 3. Waldesgespräch
25: 5. Mondnacht
26: 23. Er ist's
27: 1. Sehnsucht
28: 4. Mein schöner Stern!
29: 28. Mignon
Disc 20
1: 1. Vivace ma non troppo
2: 2. Adagio
3: 3. Allegro molto moderato
4: 1. Allegro amabile
5: 2. Andante tranquillo - Vivace - Andante - Vivace di più - Andante vivace
6: 3. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andante)
7: 1. Allegro
8: 2. Adagio
9: 3. Un poco presto e con sentimento
10: 4. Presto agitato
11: Violin Sonata In C Minor "F.A.E": Scherzo (Allegro)
12: No. 1 in G Minor
13: No. 2 in D minor
14: No. 7 in A Major
15: No. 9 in E Minor
Disc 21
1: 1. Allegro non troppo
2: 2. Allegretto quasi minuetto
3: 3. Allegro - Più presto
4: 1. Allegro vivace
5: 2. Adagio affettuoso
6: 3. Allegro appassionata
7: 4. Allegro molto
Disc 22
1: 1. Allegro appassionato
2: 2. Andante un poco adagio
3: 3. Allegretto grazioso
4: 4. Vivace
5: 1. Allegro amabile
6: 2. Appassionato, ma non troppo allegro
7: 3. Andante con moto
8: 1. Zart und mit Ausdruck
9: 2. Lebhaft, leicht
10: 3. Rasch und mit Feuer
Disc 23
1: 1. Allegretto ben moderato
2: 2. Allegro- Quasi lento- Tempo 1 (Allegro)
3: 3. Recitativo - Fantasia (Ben moderato - Largamente - Molto vivace)
4: 4. Allegretto poco mosso
5: 1. Andante - Poco più animato
6: 2. Scherzo (Allegro)
7: 3. Adagio mesto
8: 4. Finale (Allegro con brio)
Disc 24
1: 1. Andante - Poco più animato
2: 2. Scherzo (Allegro)
3: 3. Adagio mesto
4: 4. Finale (Allegro con brio)
5: Andante & Variations, Op.46
6: 1. Langsam, mit innigem Ausdruck
7: 2. Rasch und feurig
Disc 25
1: 1. Allegro
2: 2. Adagio
3: 3. Andante grazioso
4: 4. Allegro
5: 1. Allegro non troppo
6: 2. Andante, un poco adagio
7: 3. Scherzo (Allegro)
8: 4. Finale (poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo)
Disc 26
1: 8. Kukushka
2: 4. Vyecher
3: 4. Solovyei
4: 1. Vcherashnyaya noch
5: 6. Nyet, tolko tot, kto znal
6: 1. Kolybelnaya pyesyen
7: 5. Otchevo?
8: 6. Strashnaya minuta
9: 6. Dyen li tsarit
10: 9. Vyesna
11: 5. Prostiye slova
12: Mezza notte
13: 1. Sérénade
14: 2. Décéption
15: 4. Poème d'Octobre
16: 5. Les larmes
17: 4. Zakatilas solntse
18: 2. Kak nad goryachyeyio zoloi
Disc 27
1: Moy geni, moy angel, moy drug
2: Pyesen Zemfiri
3: 1. Nye vyer, moy drug
4: Zabyt tak skoro
5: 4. O spoi zhe tu pyesniu, rodnaya
6: Unasi moyo serdtse
7: 3. Zachem zhe ti prisnilasa?
8: 2. To bylo ranneyu vesnoy
9: 3. Sryed shumnovo bala
10: 1. Kabi znala ya
11: 7. Ya li v polye da nye travushka bila?
12: 4. Moy sadik
13: 3. Ne sprashivai
14: 4. Pyervoye svidaniye
15: 6. Serenada
16: 6. Rondel
17: 1. Mi sidyeli s toboy
18: 10. Za oknom v tyeni myelkayet
Disc 28
1: 1. Pezzo elegiaco (Moderato assai - Allegro giusto). 2. Tema con variazione
2: Tema: Andante con moto
3: Var. I: Cantabile
4: Var. II: Più mosso
5: Var. III: Allegro moderato
6: Var. IV: L'istesso tempo
7: Var. V: L'istesso tempo
8: Var. VI: Tempo di valse
9: Var. VII: Allegro moderato
10: Var. VIII: Fuga (Allegro moderato)
11: Var. IX: Andante flebile, ma non tanto
12: Var. X: Tempo di mazurka
13: Var. XI: Moderato
14: Variazione finale e Coda (Allegretto risoluto e con fuoco)
Disc 29
1: 4. Ne poy, krasavitsa
2: 5. Uzh ty niva moya
3: 7. Zdes khorosho
4: 1. Nochyu v sadu u menya
5: 2. K ney
6: 3. Margaritki
7: 4. Krysolov
8: 5. Son
9: 6. Au!
10: 1. Muza
11: 3. Burya
12: 9. Ty znal yevo
13: 10. Sey den ya pomnyu
14: 12. Kakoye schastye
15: 13. Dissonans
16: 14. Vocalise
Disc 30
1: 3. V molchan'i nochi taynoy
2: 6. Davno l, moy drug
3: 4. Polyubila ya na pechal svoyu
4: 5. Son
5: 1. Ya zhdu tebya
6: 2. Ostrovok
7: 5. Eti letniye nochi
8: 6. Tebya tak lyubyat vse
9: 7. Ne ver mne, drug!
10: 11. Vesenniye vody
11: 1. Sudba
12: 4. Veter perelyotny
13: 5. Arion
14: 6. Voskresheniye Lazarya
15: 7. Ne mozhet byt!
16: 8. Muzyka
Disc 31
1: 2. Nad svezhey mogiloy
2: 3. Sumerki
3: 4. Oni otvechali
4: 5. Siren
5: 6. Odinochestvo
6: 8. Na smert chizhika
7: 9. Melodiya
8: 10. Pred ikonoy
9: 11. Ya ne prorok
10: 12. Kak mne bolno
11: 7. K detyam
12: 10. U moyevo okna
13: 11. Fontan
14: 12. Noch pechalna
15: 14. Koltso
16: Belilitsy, rumyanitsy, vy moi!
Disc 32
1: Ya tebe nichevo ne skazu
2: Opyat vstrepenulos ti, serdtse
3: April! A Festive Spring Day (C'était en avril)
4: Smerkalos
5: 1. O net, molyu, ne ukhodil!
6: 2. Utro
7: 1. Rechnaya lilya
8: 2. Ditya! Kak tsvetok ty prekrasna
9: 3. Duma
10: 6. Molitva
11: 3. Davno v lyubvi
12: 4. Ya byl u ney
13: 1. Yest mnogo zvukov
14: 2. Vsyo otnyal u menya
15: 3. Mi otdokhnyom
16: 4. Dva proshchaniya
17: 5. Pokinem, milaya
18: 6. Khristos voskres
19: 3. Margaritki
Disc 33
1: 8. O, ne grusti!
2: 9. Ona, kak pol'den khorosha
3: 10. V moyey dushe
4: 12. Pora!
5: 8. Poshchady ya molyu!
6: 9. Ya opyat odinok!
7: 13. Vchera my vstretilis
8: 15. Prokhodit vsyo
9: 2. V dushe u kazhdovo iz nas
10: 11. Khorugv svyashchennuyu
11: U vrat obiteli svyatoy
12: Pesnya razocharovannova
13: Uvyal tsvetok
14: Ti pomnish' li vecher?
15: Ikalos' li tebe?
16: Noch'
17: Pis'mo K.S. Stanislavkomu
18: Iz Evangeliya ot Ioanna
19: 5. Siren (Arr. Piano)
Disc 34
1: 1. Barcarolle
2: 2. A Night For Love
3: 3. Tears
4: 4. Russian Easter
5: 1. Introduction (Alla marcia)
6: 2. Waltz (Presto)
7: 3. Romance (Andantino)
8: 4.Tarantella (Presto)
Disc 35
1: 1. Non allegro
2: 2. Andante con moto (Tempo di Valse)
3: 3. Lento assai - allegro vivace
4: Russian Rhapsody for Two Pianos
Disc 36
1: 1. Lento - Allegro moderato
2: 2. Allegro scherzando
3: 3. Andante
4: 4. Allegro mosso
5: Prelude, Op.2, No.1
6: Oriental Dance, Op.2, No.2
7: Melodie On A Theme By Rachmaninov
8: Lied in F Minor
9: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (Arr. for Cello and Piano)
Disc 37
1: Trio Elégiaque No.1 in G Minor
2: 1. Moderato - Allegro vivace
3: 2. Quasi variazione
4: 3. Allegro risoluto
5: Vocalise, Op.34, No.14 (Arr. Piano & Violin)
6: Son, Op.38, No.5 (Arr. Piano & Cello)
Disc 38
1: Night on the Bald Mountain
2: 1. Barcarole
3: 2. A Night for Love
4: 3. Tears
5: 4. Russian Easter
6: Waltz Fantasy
7: Fantasy in A Minor, WoO 18
8: Introduction: Andantino
9: Allegro vivo
10: Allegro
11: Presto
12: Moderato alla breve
13: Presto
14: Allegro con spirito
Disc 39
1: 1. Avec emportement
2: 2. Lent. Sombre
3: 3. Scherzando
4: Jeux (arr. 2 pianos)
5: Lindara (arr. 2 pianos)
6: Entre cloches
7: 1. Prélude à la nuit
8: 2. Malagueña
9: 3. Habanera
10: 4. Feria
11: La Valse
Disc 40
1: 1. Modéré
2: 2. Pantoum (Assez vif)
3: 3. Passacaille (Très large)
4: 4. Final (Animé)
5: 1. Allegro vivo
6: 2. Intermède (Fantasque et léger)
7: 3. Finale (Très animé)
8: 1. Prologue (lent)
9: 2. Sérénade (Modérément animé)
10: 3. Finale (Animé)
Disc 41
1: 1. S Nyaney
2: 2. V uglu
3: 3. Zhuk
4: 4. S Kukloy
5: 5. Na Son Gryadushchiy
6: 6. Poyekhal Na Palochke
7: 7. Kot Matros
8: Gadkiy utenok, Op.18
9: 1. Doktor Kozyava
10: 2. Perviy Sneg
11: 3. Tropinka
12: 4. Kot
13: 5. Kolibelnaya Vetrovaya
14: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op.34
Disc 42
1: 1. Andante assai
2: 2. Allegro brusco
3: 3. Andante
4: 4. Allegrissimo
5: 1. Moderato
6: 2. Presto
7: 3. Andante
8: 4. Allegro con brio
Disc 43
1: 1. Allegro non troppo
2: 2. Allegro
3: 3. Largo
4: 4. Allegro
5: 1. Andante grave
6: 2. Moderato
7: 3. Allegro ma non troppo
8: Moderato for Cello & Piano
Disc 44
1: 1. Andante grave
2: 2. Moderato
3: 3. Allegro ma non troppo
4: 1. Allegro non troppo
5: 2. Allegro
6: 3. Largo
7: 4. Allegro
8: Arr. L. Rose
Disc 45
1: 1. Truth (Sonnet 3)
2: 2. Morning (Sonnet 20)
3: 3. Love (Sonnet 25)
4: 4. Separation (madrigal)
5: 5. Anger (Sonnet 4)
6: 6. Dante (Sonnet 1)
7: 7. To the Exile (Sonnet 2)
8: 8. Creativity (Sonnet 61)
9: 9. Night (dialogue)
10: 10. Death (Sonnet 69)
11: 11. Immortality
Disc 46
1: Piano Trio No.1 in C Minor, Op.8
2: 1. Andante - Moderato - Poco più mosso
3: 2. Allegro con brio
4: 3. Largo
5: 4. Allegretto - Adagio
6: 1. Moderato
7: 2. Allegretto
8: 3. Adagio
Disc 47
1: 1. Elegy
2: 2. Polka
3: 1. Pesnya Ofelii
4: 2. Gamayun, ptitsa veshchaya
5: 3. My byli vmeste
6: 4. Gorod spit
7: 5. Burya
8: 6. Tayniye znaki
9: 7. Muzyka
10: 1. Prelude (Lento - Poco piu mosso - lento)
11: 2. Fugue (Adagio)
12: 3. Scherzo (Allegretto)
13: 4. Intermezzo (Lento - Appassionato)
14: 5. Finale (Allegretto)
Disc 48
1: Se'n har jag ej frågat mera, Op.17, No.1 (Since Then I Have Stopped Asking)
2: En slända, Op.17, No.5 (A Dragonfly)
3: Jubal, Op.35, No.1
4: Men min fågel märks dock icke, Op.36, No.2 (But My Bird Is Nowhere To Be Seen)
5: Bollspelet vid Trianon, Op.36, No.3 (Ball-Game At The Trianon)
6: Rosenlied, Op.50, No.6 (The Roses' Song)
7: Maj, Op.57, No.4 (May)
8: Vartagen, Op.61, No.8 (Spring's Spell)
9: Hundra vägar har min tanke, Op.72, No.6 (My Thoughts Have A Hundred Ways)
10: I systrar, I bröder, I älskande par, Op.86, No.6 (O Sisters, O Brothers, O Loving Couples!)
11: Vem stryde hit din väg?, Op.90, No.6 (Who Guided You Here?)
12: Små flickorna (Young Girls)
13: 1. The Love of Captain Lebyadkin
14: 2. The Cockroach
15: 3. The Ball for the Benefit of Governesses
16: 4. A Radiant Personality
17: 1. Assai lento
18: 2. Lento, ma non troppo
19: 3. Allegro non troppo
Disc 49
1: 1. La fontaine d'Arethuse
2: 2. Narcisse
3: 3. Dryades et Pan
4: 1. Moderato malinconico
5: 2. Andante sostenuto e misterioso
6: 3. Allegro con brio, ma non troppo mosso
7: 1. Moderato
8: 2. Allegretto moderato
9: 1. Joc cu báta (Stick Dance)
10: 2. Braul (Sash Dance)
11: 3. Pe loc (In One Spot)
12: 4. Buciumeana (Dance of Buchumi)
13: 5. Poarga romanesca (Romanian Dance)
14: 6. Maruntel (Fast Dance)
Disc 50
1: Scherzo à la Russe for Jazz Orchestra - Version for 2 pianos
2: 1. Con moto
3: 2. Notturno
4: 3. Quattro variazioni
5: 4. Preludio e Fuga
6: 1. Moderato
7: 2. Theme with Variations: Largo
8: 3. Allegretto
9: 1. Introduction
10: 2. The Harbingers of Spring, Dance of the Adolescents
11: 3. Mock Abduction
12: 4. Spring Rounds
13: 5. Games of the Rival Tribes
14: 6. Procession of the Sage - The Sage
15: 7b. Dance of the Earth
16: 1. Introduction
17: 2. Mystical Circle of the Adolescents
18: 3. Glorification of the Chosen One
19: 4. Evocation of the Ancestors
20: 5. Ritual of the Ancestors
21: 6. Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)
Disc 51
1: Ragtime
2: 1. Sinfonia (Lento - Allegro moderato)
3: 2. Tema con variazioni
4: 3. Finale
5: 1.
6: 2.
7: 3.
8: 1. Marche du soldat
9: 2. Le violon du soldat
10: 3. Petit Concert
11: 4. Tango - valse - rag
12: 5. La danse du diable
13: Pastorale
14: Concertino
15: 1. I
16: 2. Passacaglia
17: 3. Gigue
18: Epitaphium