Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1

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Release Date: 23rd Sep 2022
Catalogue No: ICAC5168
Label: ica classics
Length: 74 minutes

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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor Op. 22

Work length18:21

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Shura Cherkassky
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle

I. Andante sostenuto

Track length4:05

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II. Allegro scherzando

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III. Presto

Track length11:13

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Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124

Work length18:47

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Shura Cherkassky
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Norman Del Mar

I. Allegro maestoso

Track length6:02

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II. Quasi adagio - III. Allegro vivace - Allegro animato

Track length7:35

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IV. Allegro marziale animato

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Beethoven: Eroica Variations, Op. 35

Work length27:26

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Shura Cherkassky

I. Introduction. Allegretto vivace - Theme

Track length8:57

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II. Variation 1

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III. Variation 2

Track length3:30

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IV. Variation 3

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V. Variation 4

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VI. Variation 5

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VII. Variation 6

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VIII. Variation 7

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IX. Variation 8

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X. Variation 9

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XI. Variation 10

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XII. Variation 11

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XIII. Variation 12

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XIV. Variation 13

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XV. Variation 14

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XVI. Variation 15. Largo - Coda

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XVII. Finale. (Alla Fuga). Allegro con brio - Andante con moto

Track length1:13

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Paderewski: 6 humoresques de concert, Op. 14: No. 1, Minuet in G Major

Work length5:06

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Shura Cherkassky

Chopin: Waltz in E Minor, B.56

Work length4:49

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Shura Cherkassky

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Shura Cherkassky was born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1909 and died in London in 1995. He was initially taught by his mother who had played for Tchaikovsky, but when the family moved to the US in 1923, he studied with his long-time teacher and mentor, the legendary Josef Hofmann, before auditioning for Rachmaninov. Prior to World War II, he had made his name in the US but from 1945 he extensively toured Europe and settled in London in 1961. The last of the great Romantic tradition of pianists, Cherkassky was described by Bryce Morrison as a ‘mercurial genius’, a unique personality, blessed with an incredible technique, who delighted in defying convention as no performance was identical. For a musician reluctant to visit the studio, live performances were the showcase for his stunning virtuosity and creativity caught on the wing.

The Saint-Saëns Concerto no.2 was never recorded by Cherkassky and here, accompanied by Sir Simon Rattle and the CBSO, this live 1983 performance from the Edinburgh Festival is mesmerising.

The Liszt Concerto no.1, recorded live in 1983 at the Royal Festival Hall, shows Cherkassky in dazzling virtuoso form with the BBCSO and Del Mar.

The three solo additions from a recital in the Queen Elizabeth Hall in 1979 reveal Cherkassky’s more serious side in Beethoven as well as his magical playing of Paderewski and Chopin.

Superb stereo recordings with a detailed accompanying essay from Bryce Morrison.

Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1

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