Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich > Cherkassky, Shura

Piano & Cello Masterpieces

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2010-08-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 99; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Conce...
Performers: Casals, Pablo; Cherkassky, Shura; Horowitz, Vladimir; Horszowski, Mieczyslaw
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo; Ludwig, Leopold; Kraus, Richard

Cherkassky Performs Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-06-02

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Andante and Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in A major, D 959; Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9; Der Kontrabandiste ("Ich bin der Kontrabandi...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura

The recital from London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on 1 November 1970 in atmospheric stereo features a number of works which are very rare for this...continue...

Edition Ferenc Fricsay Vol 4 - Tchaikovsky, Liszt: Piano Concerti / Fricsay, Cherkassy, et al

1 CD / Audite / 2008-06-25

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 2 in G major, Op. 44; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura
Conductors: Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra

One line and one studio recording by Shura Cherkassy from the 1950s with Ferenc Fricsay as a congenial partner, presenting the pianist at the height...continue...

The Original Piano Roll Recordings - Tchaikovsky, Grieg / Horowitz, Grainger, et al

1 CD / Dal Segno / 2008-04-10

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Dumka for Piano in C minor, Op. 59 "Russian rustic scene"; Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Les saisons, Op. 37b; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura; Gabrilowitsch, Ossip; Grainger, Percy Aldridge; Horowitz, Vladimir

This is another release in the new composer-led series of the piano roll albums. Obviously this is not a recording of Tchaikovsky or Grieg playing...continue...

Rameau, Haydn, Chopin, etc / Cherkassky

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2007-05-22

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Gavotte et Doubles; Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 53 in E minor, H 16 no 34; Paul Hindemith: Sonatas (3) for Piano; Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no ...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura

"I doubt whether the F sharp minor Nocturne has ever been played as beautifully as here, and not even Hofmann could match Cherkassky's wistful introspection....continue...

Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux - California 1941-52

13 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Consecration of the House, overture Op. 124; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84; Fidelio, overture, Op. 72c; Leo...
Performers: Blinder, Boris; Blinder, Naoum; Cherkassky, Shura; Cutner, Solomon; Kapell, William; Kraus, Lili [Piano]; Warenskjold, Dorothy
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Standard Symphony Orchestra

"Is this ever a generous sampling of Pierre Monteux and the San Francisco Symphony! Music and Arts' Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux collects broadcast performances...continue...

Rameau, Beethoven, Liszt, et al / Cherkassky

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-07-25

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Felix Mendelssohn: Fantasia for Piano in F sharp mino...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura

Shura Cherkassky was like David Oistrakh, born in Odessa. He was pupil of the legendary pianist Joef Hofman at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and...continue...

Kaleidoscope - Piano Encores

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-01

Works: Leopold Godowsky: Symphonic metamorphosis of Johann Strauss's "Wein, Weib und Gesang" Waltzes; Le Cygne (The Swan), transcription for piano after Saint-Saëns; Tambourin in E minor (Book I, no 6)...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura

This Collection Presents, For The First Time In Its Entirety, The 1974 Studio Recordings Of Encores, Entitled Kaleidoscope, After A Piece By Cherkassy's Teacher, Josef...continue...

Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Cherkassky, etc / Cherkassky, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-11-23

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano; Shura Cherkassky: Prelude Pathetique, ...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Shura Cherkassky, was one of the 20th Century's greatest romantic virtuosos, a pupil of the legendary pianist Josef Hofmann at the Curtis institute in Philadelphia....continue...

Shura Charkassky - The Historic 1940s Recordings

2 CD / Ivory Classics / 2001-04-10

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Suite for piano in F major, Op. 90; Sergey Rachmaninov: Lachtäubchen (Behr) "Polka de W.R."; Francis Poulenc: Pieces (3) for Piano; Cécile Chaminade: Pièces H...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura

Shura Cherkassky, as a pupil of the legendary Josef Hofmann, was imbued in the nineteenth-century tradition of Romantic piano-playing. His recordings and performances are testaments...continue...

Tschaikowsky: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Cherkassky, Berlin PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-05-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G major, Op. 44
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"Cherkassky gives an occasionally eccentric but stunningly brilliant and poetic reading of the first piano concerto." -The Record Guide "Cherkassky's playing is superb throughout." -The...continue...

Shura Cherkassky - 1982 San Francisco Recital -Chopin, et al

1 CD / Ivory Classics / 1999-03-23

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Work(s); Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo a capriccio, for piano in F sharp minor; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sonata for Piano in G major, Op. 37 "Grande Sonate"; Frédéric Ch...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura