This page lists all recordings of Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54, by Frédéric François Chopin (1810-49) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock. |
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Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) “Ashkenazy plays it marvellously well, and seems oblivious of the difficulties [Gaspard]. His soft playing is really soft, and yet always full of atmosphere and tension. He is lazily relaxed in “Ondine”, hushed and mesmeric in “Le Gibet”, and what one might call calmly brilliant in “Scarbo”. It is this combination of brilliance and poetry that is so individual about his playing, and the combination is especially striking in the Chopin Scherzo in E major. This is an extremely difficult piece to bring off, because it is not enough for the pianist to be merely brilliant. Indeed it is all too easy to make it sound a rather feeble work. Ashkenazy makes it sound tremendously good. He takes it at a great speed, but his approach is fundamentally tender and lyrical. I have never enjoyed it so much …Debussy’s L’Isle joyeuse is much more than that. For once it really does sound “joyeuse”, and the exhilaration of it is irresistible. In short, this is a splendid record, and the sound … is all you could wish.”Gramophone January 1966 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Live Recording 1951/1953 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Steinway Legends - Vladimir Ashkenazy
Beethoven: | Piano Sonata No. 30 in E-flat major, Op. 109 | Chopin: | Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 45 Mazurka No. 37 in A flat major, Op. 59 No. 2 Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 | Mozart: | Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K448 | Prokofiev: | Romeo & Juliet before parting Masks from ‘Romeo and Juliet' | Rachmaninov: | Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 1 in C minor Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 2 in A minor Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 5 in E flat minor | Schubert: | Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D850 | Scriabin: | Piano Sonata No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 53 | Taneyev: | Prelude & Fugue Op. 29 | Tchaikovsky: | Dumka (Russian Rustic Scene), Op. 59 |
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Vladimir HorowitzThe Complete European Solo Recordings 1930-36
Bach, J S: | Chorale Prelude BWV734 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein' (arranged Busoni) | Beethoven: | 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80 | Chopin: | Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Étude Op. 10 No. 8 in F major Étude Op. 25 No. 3 in F major Mazurka No. 7 in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3 Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2 Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3 Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' First movement | Haydn: | Piano Sonata No. 62 in E flat major, Hob. XVI/52 | Liszt: | Funérailles Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses, S173, No. 7 Piano Sonata in B minor, S178 | Prokofiev: | Toccata in C major, Op. 11 | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor | Rimsky Korsakov: | Flight of the Bumble Bee (arranged Rachmaninov) | Scarlatti, D: | Keyboard Sonata K87 in B minor Keyboard Sonata K125 in G major | Schumann: | Presto passionato in G minor op.22 Arabesque in C major, Op. 18 Traumes Wirren (Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 No. 7) Toccata in C major, Op. 7 | Stravinsky: | Danse Russe (from Pétrouchka) |
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) (2 CDs for the price of 1) "Self-respecting pianophiles will already have most of these seminal recordings. But, compared with earlier issues, APR reveal a fuller, richer piano sound where every nuance is crystal clear and in a judiciously-enhanced ambience…APR's presentation,as usual, leaves its peers standing, fully worthy of the great artist enshrined in these magical recordings." Classic CD | APR - APR6004 (CD - 2 discs) £12.99 (£11.06 ex. VAT) |
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| |  | Chopin - The Four Scherzi
Nikolai Demidenko (piano) 'Awesomely gifted' (The Times) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Vladimir HorowitzThe London recordings 1932-1936
Bach, J S: | Chorale Prelude BWV734 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein' (arr. Busoni) | Beethoven: | 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80 | Chopin: | Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Étude Op. 10 No. 8 in F major Étude Op. 25 No. 3 in F major Mazurka No. 7 in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3 Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2 Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3 Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1 | Debussy: | Études pour piano No. 11 - Pour les arpeges composes | Haydn: | Piano Sonata No. 52 in G major, Hob. XVI/39 | Liszt: | Piano Sonata in B minor, S178 Funérailles Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses, S173, No. 7 | Scarlatti, D: | Keyboard Sonata K87 in B minor Keyboard Sonata K125 in G major | Schumann: | Arabesque in C major, Op. 18 Toccata in C major, Op. 7 Traumes Wirren (Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 No. 7) Presto passionato in G minor op.22 |
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Vlado Perlemuter
Recorded 1964-72. Some tracks mono. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Roland Pöntinen plays Chopin
Chopin: | Boléro, Op. 19 Mazurka No. 20 in D flat major, Op. 30 No. 3 Mazurka No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33 No. 4 Mazurka No. 33 in B major, Op. 56 No. 1 Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38 Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1 Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 Mazurka No. 34 in C major, Op. 56 No. 2 Mazurka No. 35 in C minor, Op. 56 No. 3 Mazurka No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4 |
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| |  | Richter Rediscovered
Sviatoslav Richter (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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