FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Shura Cherkassy I Shura Cherkassy (piano) [ Philips / EMI / Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] Shura Cherkassky was a Ukrainian-American concert pianist known for his performances of the romantic repertoire. His playing was characterised by a virtuoso technique and singing piano tone. For much of his later life, Cherkassky resided in London. |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shura Cherkassky plays Liszt (with works by Liadov & Saint-Saens) Shura Cherkassky (piano) [ Testament / CD ] Shura Cherkassky (7 October 1909 - 27 December 1995) was a Ukrainian-American concert pianist known for his performances of the romantic repertoire. His playing was characterized by a virtuoso technique and singing piano tone. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Polonaises Shura Cherkassky (piano) [ Deusche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Apr/2007 ] Most of Frédéric Chopin's polonaises were written for solo piano. He wrote his first polonaise in 1817, when he was 7; his last was the Polonaise-Fantaisie of 1846, three years before his death. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Fair Maid of the Mill Shura Gehrman (bass) Nacy Walker (piano) [ Nimbus / CD ] Die Shone Mullerin in English No longer available. Currently asking 50pound on Amazon.UK Note: Cover may differ from that shown. |
Shura
Forevher [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 16/Aug/2019 ] Written primarily about Shura's relationship with her girlfriend and their long-distance conception, forevher covers everything from the initial pull of desire to recognizing the moment when the connection develops into something scarily meaningful:... |
Shura
Forevher (Blue Vinyl LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 16/Aug/2019 ] Written primarily about Shura's relationship with her girlfriend and their long-distance conception, forevher covers everything from the initial pull of desire to recognizing the moment when the connection develops into something scarily meaningful:... |
Chopin, Fr
Cherkassky Cherkassky, Shura [ ORFEO / CD - released 19/Apr/2007 ] |
TCHAIKOVSKY / GRIEG
Original Piano Rolls Recordings Percy Grainger (piano), Vladimir Horowitz (piano), Shura Cherkassy (piano), O Gabrilowitsch (piano) [ Dal Segno / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] "Insightful and affectionate performances of the rarely-heard Norwegian Folk Song arrangements of Grieg are a particular delight here. Grainger's Tchaikovsky is equally discerning." BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 **** |
Bach, Joha
Partita in e-moll BWV 830; Sonate f-moll op. 5; 24 Préludes op. 28; Fünf Studien f. Klavier; Polonaise Nr. 2 in E-Dur Shura Cherkassky [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 26/Jun/1996 ] |
GODOWSKY / HOFMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY / RUBENSTEIN / CHAMINADE / CHOPIN / etc
Kaleidoscope: Piano Encores Shura Cherkassky (piano) [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 4/Jul/2006 ] 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 Hofmann. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Recital Shura Cherkassky (piano) [ ICA Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] "the pianist's irrepressible spirit shines through in Prokofiev's Seventh Sonata and the Stravinsky pieces." (The Daily Telegraph) |
BERKELEY / CHOPIN / HAYDN / HINDEMITH / LISZT / etc
Recital (Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, 29 October 1993) Shura Cherkassky (piano) [ Wigmore Hall Live / CD - released 21/Feb/2007 ] 'Always an idiosyncratic player, erratic but never dull, he represented a pianistic tradition part of which died with him' Telegraph |
PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor / Concerto for Piano, String Orchestra and Trumpet No.1 in C (rec 1955/56) Shura Cherkassky (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert Menges [ Medici Masters / CD - released 24/Oct/2007 ] Shura Cherkassky (1909-1995) was a pupil of the legendary pianist Josef Hofman at the Curtis Institute, Philadelphia. Cherkassky was considered to be one of the greatest romantic virtuosos of the 20th Century and apart from the playing the major... |