Chasins, Abram

The Complete HMV Stereo Recordings - Shura Cherkassky

2 CD / First Hand / 2009-08-11

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Chaconne, transcription for piano in D minor (after J. S. Bach, BWV 1004), KiV B24; Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in G minor, Op. 119/1; Franz Schubert: Impromptu no 4 i...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Like many other artists, the great Russian pianist Shura Cherkassky fled from what became Soviet Russia and settled in the USA. A student of Josef...continue...

Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Stravinsky / Cherkassky, et al

1 CD / Medici Masters / 2007-10-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 16; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Abram Chasins: Chinese Pieces (3); Francis Poulenc: Work(s); Igor Stravi...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura; Jackson, Harold
Conductors: Menges, Herbert
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Shura Cherkassky was considered to be one of the greatest romantic virtuosos of the 20th Century and he believed in being totally spontaneous, meaning that...continue...

Blake: Rhapsody In Ragtime, etc; Joplin, Gershwin, etc

1 CD / Klavier / 2007-01-01

Works: Scott Joplin: Original Rags; The Entertainer; Magnetic Rag; J. Hubert "Eubie" Blake: Charleston Rag; Bix Beiderbecke: In a mist; George Gershwin: Strike up the Band; Waltzes (2) for Piano in C major;...
Performers: Dowling, Richard

Piano Nocturnes - Chopin, Field, et al / Jungram Kim Khwarg

1 CD / Cambria / 2003-01-01

Works: Kazimierz Henisz: Nocturne in B flat minor, for piano, Op. 9; Mikhail Glinka: Work(s); Adolph Gutmann: Nocturne in A flat major, Op. 8/1; Leopold Godowsky: Night Tangier; Walter Niemann: Singing Foun...
Performers: Khwarg, Jungran Kim

Benno Moiseiwitsch - The Complete Acoustic Recordings

2 CD / Pearl / 2001-06-26

Works: Louis-Claude Daquin: Premier livre de pièces; Claude Debussy: Estampes (3) for Piano; Clair de lune; Préludes, Book 1; Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 1...
Performers: Moiseiwitsch, Benno
Conductors: Ronald, Landon

Chinoiserie / Jenny Lin

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2000-05-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite polka chinoise, for piano in B minor (Péchés de vieillesse, book 7), QR xiv/25; Abram Chasins: Rush Hour in Hong Kong; Percy Grainger: Beautiful Fresh Flower, folk...
Performers: Lin, Jenny [Piano]

William Kapell Edition Vol 6 - Bach, Debussy, Mozart, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2000-03-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Keyboard no 4 in D major, BWV 828; Suite for keyboard in A minor, BWV 818 (BC L25); Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for keyboard in E major, K. 380 (L. 23) "Cortè...
Performers: Kapell, William

Pianists as Composers / Donald Manildi

1 CD / Elan / 1999-11-14

Works: Josef Hofmann: Nocturne for Piano "Mignonettes"; Vladimir Horowitz: Moment exotique "Danse excentrique"; Glenn Gould: Pieces (2) for Piano; Shura Cherkassky: Prelude pathetique; José Iturbi: P...
Performers: Manildi, Donald