Sherman, Russell

Fryderyk Chopin: The Mazurkas / Russell Sherman, piano

2 CD / Avie Records / 2012-09-11

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 60/Op. 6; Mazurkas (5) for Piano, B 61/Op. 7; Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 77/Op. 17; Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 89/Op. 24; Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B ...
Performers: Sherman, Russell

Combining elegance and virtuosity, pianist Russell Sherman returns to Avie with a traversal of Chopin's Mazurkas, a popular 19th-century genre among Polish composers, but one...continue...
Recording information: Jordan Hall, Boston (06/23/2007-06/25/2007)....continue...

Debussy: Estampes, Images Book 2, Préludes Book 2 / Russell Sherman

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Estampes (3) for Piano; Images for Piano, Set 2; Préludes, Book 2
Performers: Sherman, Russell

Liszt: Transcendental Studies / Russell Sherman [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139
Performers: Sherman, Russell

American pianist Russell Sherman offers a videography of Liszt's great masterpieces, the Transcendental Studies. Written as studies but also following a thematic sequence – bearing...continue...

The Only Chopin Album You Will Ever Need

2 CD / Sheridan Square / 2007-06-26

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for Piano in E flat major, B 62/Op. 18 "Grande valse brillante"; Waltz for piano no 2 in A flat major, Op. 34/1, CT. 208; Waltz for Piano in A flat major, B 131/Op. 4...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred; Capova, Sylvia; Costa, Sequeira; Darre, Jeanne-Marie; Fleisher, Leon; Hungerford, Bruce; Lhevinne, Rosina; Novaes, Guiomar; O'Hora, Ronan [Piano]; Sherman, Russell
Conductors: Barnett, John; Varga, Gilbert
Ensemble: ; Alumni of the National Orchestral Association

The Only Romantic Piano Album You Will Ever Need

2 CD / Sheridan Square / 2007-06-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Work(s); Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Ludwig van Beethoven: B...
Performers: Arpin, John; Blancard, Jacqueline; Capova, Sylvia; Darre, Jeanne-Marie; Entremont, Philippe; Feyer, George; Fleisher, Leon; Gershwin, George; Horszowski, Mieczyslaw; Hungerford, Bruce; Kraus, Lili [P...
Conductors: Strickland, William

John Cage: Music for Keyboard; Morton Feldman: Early Years

2 CD / New World / 2007-06-01

Works: John Cage: Pieces (2) for Piano [ca 1935, rev 1974]; Metamorphosis, for piano; Bacchanale for Prepared Piano; The Perilous Night, for prepared piano; Tossed As It Is Untroubled, for prepared piano; A...
Performers: Barab, Seymour; Feldman, Morton [Composer]; Hymovitz, Edwin; Kirstein, Jeanne Rosenblum; Rabushka, Joseph; Raimondi, Matthew; Sherman, Russell; Trampler, Walter; Tudor, David [Composer/Piano]

Classic Portraits - Complete Beethoven / Sherman

3 CD / Artemis / 2006-10-17

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. ...
Performers: Sherman, Russell
Conductors: Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Pianist Russell Sherman was the first American to record both Beethoven's complete piano sonatas and the five piano concertos. Vanguard Classics now presents his historic...continue...

Bartók: Music for Piano and Orchestra / Sherman, Gielen

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-08-08

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Portraits (2) for violin and orchestra, Op. 5/Sz 37
Performers: Sherman, Russell
Conductors: Gielen, Michael; Peskó, Zoltán; Schneidt, Hanns-Martin
Ensemble: ; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Since its foundation in 1946, the main aim of the SWR Symphony Orchestra has been to increase audience awareness not only of the symphonic repertoire...continue...

Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (Complete) / Russell Sherman

2 CD / Artemis / 2004-04-27

Works: Franz Liszt: 12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante, S139/R2b; Réminiscences de Robert le diable; Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Mephisto Polka for Piano, S 217; Der Tanz in der Dorfsc...
Performers: Sherman, Russell; Wild, Earl [Piano]

Premieres and Commissions / Russell Sherman

1 CD / GM Recordings / 2002-09-03

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Little Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 19; Gunther Schuller: Sonata-Fantasia for piano; Robert Helps: Shall We Dance, for piano; George Perle: Celebratory Inventions (6) for piano; Ralph...
Performers: Sherman, Russell

With the exception of Schoenberg's 'Six Pieces for Piano,' Russell Sherman, who celebrated his 70th birthday in 2000-2001 with critically acclaimed concerts around the world,...continue...

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring; Berg: Concerto / Schuller

1 CD / GM Recordings / 2000-03-15

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Alban Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin and 13 Winds
Performers: Kolisch, Rudolf; Sherman, Russell
Conductors: Schuller, Gunther
Ensemble: New England Conservatory Ensemble; New England Conservatory Orchestra

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol 4 / Russell Sherman

2 CD / GM Recordings / 1999-09-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 10 in G major, Op. 14 no 2; Sonata for Piano no 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 no 1 "Quasi una fantasia"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moon...
Performers: Sherman, Russell

Meditation: The Greatest Hits

2 CD / Compendia / 1999-06-15

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056; L...
Performers: Bamberg Philharmonic Orchestra; Bergerich, Martha; Brezina, Joseph; Bryant, Jeffrey [Horn]; Camerata Academica Salzburg; Capova, Sylvia; Collegium Aureum; Denver Symphony Pops, The; Elias, Feliz; Lel...
Conductors: ; Entremont, Philippe
Ensemble: Camerata Academica Salzburg; Camerata Romana; Collegium Aureum; Mozart Festival Orchestra; Vienna Chamber Orchestra

Personnel: Anna Lelkes (harp); Martha Bergerich, Sylvia Capova, Russell Sherman, Raymond Spasovski, Svetlana Stanceva, Dubravka Tomsic (piano)....continue...

Piano - The Greatest Hits

2 CD / Compendia / 1998-02-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Wolfgang Amadeus Moz...
Performers: Bulva, Josef; Capova, Sylvia; Entremont, Philippe; Kent, Garrison; Lang, Hans; Pivka, Marian; Robilette, John; Serkin, Peter [Piano]; Sherman, Russell; Spasovski, Raymond; Stanceva, Svetlana; Tomsic,...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Gershwin - The Greatest Hits

2 CD / Compendia / 1997-07-15

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Strike up the Band; Girl Crazy; Funny Face; Concerto for Piano in F major; An American in Paris; Porgy and Bess; Swanee, song (for Capital Revue, by various compose...
Performers: Gershwin, George; Sherman, Russell; Zizzo, Alicia
Conductors:
Ensemble: Denver Symphony Orchestra

Form - Arthur Berger, Stefan Wolpe

1 CD / New World / 1996-12-01

Works: Arthur Berger: Pieces (5) for piano, complete; Septet; Stefan Wolpe: Form IV; Piece in Two Parts for Violin Alone, C. 162
Performers: Harbison, Rose Mary; Miller, Robert; Sherman, Russell
Conductors:
Ensemble: University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players

"...As to 'Form': the show-stopper for me, Berger's 'Five Pieces for Piano' of 1969, opens the program...Convinced as I am that all the performances on...continue...

Chopin - The Greatest Hits

2 CD / Compendia / 1993-08-15

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Prelude for piano no 1 in C major, Op. 28/1, CT. 166; Prelude for piano no 3 in G major, Op. 28/3, CT. 168; Prelude for pi...
Performers: Capova, Sylvia; Cernecka, Ida; Lima, Arthur; Sherman, Russell; Tomsic, Dubravka

Schubert: Sonatas D 850 & 960 / Russell Sherman

1 CD / Albany Records / 1993-05-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in A major, D 664/Op. 120; Sonata for Piano in B flat major, D 960
Performers: Sherman, Russell