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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Shura Cherkassky
Chabrier: | Bourrée Fantasque | Prokofiev: | Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83 Saal 2, Funkhaus, Cologne, 21 January 1951 | Rachmaninov: | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne, 17 April 1970 Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Zdenek Macal Polka de V.R. | Rameau: | Tambourin (arr. Godowsky) | Stravinsky: | Three Movements from Petrushka Saal 2, Funkhaus, Cologne, 21 January 1951 |
Shura Cherkassky (1909–1995) was one of the greatest piano virtuosos of his time having studied under the legendary Josef Hofmann. This WDR studio broadcast sourced from the original master tapes has Cherkassky playing Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini from 1970 in superb stereo. He recorded the Rhapsody only once in 1953 for EMI in mono but it has never been issued on CD so this taping is exceptionally important and adds a major work to Cherkassky’s large discography. Prokofiev’s wartime Piano Sonata No.7 was never recorded commercially by Cherkassky so this is another addition to his discography sourced from WDR’s original master tapes. It was recorded in 1951 when Cherkassky was fast becoming a star in Germany. The three scenes from Stravinsky’s Petruschka was a favourite virtuoso work for Cherkassky and this 1951 recording shows him at his most brilliant, sourced from WDR’s original master tapes. Three encores have been added from 1951 and 1953 (not sourced from WDR) which again showcase Cherkassky’s incredible technique during the early period of his career in Germany. Note that Cherkassky never recorded Chabrier’s Bourrée Fantasque commercially. “the pianist’s irrepressible spirit shines through in Prokofiev’s Seventh Sonata and the Stravinsky pieces.” The Telegraph, 12th May 2011 *** | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Kaleidoscope - Piano Encores
Albéniz: | Tango (No. 2 from Espana, Op. 165) (arr. Godowsky) | Chaminade: | Autrefois, Op. 87 No. 4 | Chopin: | Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 | Glazunov: | Waltz in D major Op. 42 No. 3 | Godowsky: | Waltz-Poem IV for the left hand alone Triakontameron No. 11 'Alt Wien' | Hofmann, J: | Kaleidoscope, Op. 40 No. 4 | Moszkowski: | Spanish Caprice | Rachmaninov: | Polka de V.R. | Rameau: | Tambourin (arr. Godowsky) | Rubinstein: | Melody in F major, Op. 3 No. 1 | Saint-Saëns: | Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne (arr. Godowsky) | Schubert: | Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor (arr. Godowsky) | Scriabin: | Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5 in D major | Strauss, J, II: | Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 (arr. Godowsky) | Tchaikovsky: | Nocturne in C sharp minor (No. 4 from Morceaux (6), Op. 19) |
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| |  | Piano Passion
Albéniz: | Tango | Bach, J S: | Siciliano in G minor from Flute Sonata No. 2, BWV1031 Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben': Jesu, bleibet meine Freude | Beethoven: | Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59) Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight': Adagio sostenuto | Chopin: | Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse' Waltz No. 4 in F major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 3 Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' | Daquin: | Le Coucou | Debussy: | Préludes - Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin Golliwog's Cakewalk (from Children's Corner) | Falla: | Ritual Fire Dance (from El amor brujo) | Fauré: | Berceuse from Dolly Suite, Op. 56 | Granados: | Danza española, Op. 37 No. 5 'Andaluza' | Grieg: | Lyric Pieces Op. 43: No. 6 - To Spring | Joplin: | The Entertainer | Milhaud: | Brazileira from Scaramouche | Mozart: | Turkish March | Mussorgsky: | Pictures at an Exhibition: Great Gate of Kiev | Poulenc: | Trois Mouvements perpétuels | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor | Rameau: | Tambourin | Ravel: | Pavane pour une infante défunte Gaspard de la Nuit: Scarbo | Satie: | Gymnopédie No. 1 Gnossienne No. 3 | Schubert: | Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor | Schumann: | Album for the Young (No. 10: Merry Peasant) Intermezzo from Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 |
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| |  | The Baroque Harpsichord
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| |  | Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 47 & 53
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