COMPANY: Membran
ARTIST: Shura Cherkassky
CATEGORY: CD
COMPOSER: Various Composers

Product: 4053796005274

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Shura Cherkassky - Milestones of a Piano Legend

Shura Cherkassky, Harold Jackson, Marcel Hubert, Berliner Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Ludwig, Richard Kraus, Anatole Fistoulari, Herbert Menges, Herbert von Karajan, Malcolm Sargent

"Life without Cherkassky is not the same but the memories remain", wrote the
renowned British music magazine "Gramophone" about Shura Cherkassky, one of
the last of the great romantics among pianists and one of the most important
interpreters of Chopin and Liszt of all time. This set of 12 original albums + bonus
tracks from the years 1950 to 1961 commemorates this great musician and last
representative of the legendary Russian school. Cherkassky was born in Odessa in
1909 and after the emigration of the family to the USA in 1922 studied at the Curtis
Institute with the famous pianist and teacher Josef Hofman; debut at eleven years of
age, concert tours across all continents – these are the first milestones of a brilliant
career, which is documented here with select pearls from his repertoire, including
solo literature by Chopin (the complete etudes et al.), piano concertos by Liszt,
Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, as well as chamber music by Brahms,
Schubert, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Lietolf, or Rachmaninov.
Among his congenial “colleagues” here are Herbert von Karajan, Anatole Fistoulari,
Sir Malcolm Sargent, the Berlin Philharmonics, the Philharmonia Orchestra and
many more.

Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893) , Franz Liszt (1811-1886) , Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906-1975) , Serge Prokofieff (1891-1953) , Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) , Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) , Franz Schubert (1797-1828) , Robert Schumann (1810-1856) , Sergej Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) , Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) , Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) , Henry Litolff (1818-1891) a.o.

Tschaikowsky: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2
+Liszt: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2; Grand Galop Chromatique; Liebesträume Nr. 3; Ungarische Rhapsodien Nr. 4, 5, 6, 13, 15; Mazeppa; Ungarische Fantasie für Klavier & Orchester; Walzer aus "Faust" (Gounod)
+Schostakowitsch: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1
+Prokofieff: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2
+Brahms: Paganini-Variationen op. 35
+Chopin: Etüden Nr. 1-26; Fantaisie-Impromptu; Scherzo Nr. 4; Polonaise Nr. 5; Ballade Nr. 4
+Schubert: Klaviersonate D. 959
+Schumann: Fantasiestücke op. 111
+Rachmaninoff: Cellosonate op. 19
+Mendelssohn: Jägerlied A-Dur op. 19 Nr. 3; Scherzo e-moll; Prelude op. 35 Nr. 1; Capriccio op. 16 Nr. 2
+Rameau / Godowsky: Tambourin
+Litolff: Scherzo
+Beethoven: Eccosaise Es-Dur; Prelude Pathetique; Bagatelle op. 119 Nr. 1
+Saint-Saens: Der Schwan
+Liadow: Musical Box op. 32
+Chasins: 3 Chinese Pictures
+Poulenc: Toccata aus "Trois Pieces"
+Strawinsky: Circus Polka (nach Schubert)