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Formats and Editions
1. Fantasia On Hungarian Folk Themes, S. 123 "Hungarian Fantasy": Fantasia On Hungarian Folk Themes, S. 123/R. 458, "
2. Réminiscences De Don Juan, S. 418: Mozart - Réminiscences De Don Juan, S. 418/R. 228 (After W. Mozart)
3. Valse De L'opera Faust De Gounod, S. 407/R. 166
1. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E-Flat Major, S. 124: Allegro Maestoso
2. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E-Flat Major, S. 124: Quasi Adagio
3. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E-Flat Major, S. 124: Allegretto Vivace - Allegro Animato
4. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E-Flat Major, S. 124: Allegro Marziale Animato
5. 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244/R. 106: No. 13 In A Minor
6. Liebesträume, S. 541: Liebesträume, S. 541/R. 211: No. 3, Nocturne In A-Flat Major
7. Grand Galop Chromatique, S. 219/R. 41
8. Grandes Études De Paganini, S. 141: Grandes Études De Paganini, S. 141/R. 3b: No. 3 In G-Sharp Minor, "La Cam
9. 3 Pieces, Fp 48: No. 3, Toccata
10. Carnival Of The Animals: XIII. Le Cygne (The Swan) [Arr. L. Godowsky For Piano]
11. 3 Chinese Pieces, Op. 5
12. Muzikal'naya Tabakerka (A Musical Snuffbox), Op. 32
1. Piano Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, Th 55: I. Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso - Allegro Con Spirito
2. Piano Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, Th 55: II. Andantino Semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I
3. Piano Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, Th 55: III. Allegro Con Fuoco
4. Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Major, Op. 44: I. Allegro Brillante
5. Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Major, Op. 44: II. Andante Non Troppo
6. Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Major, Op. 44: III. Allegro Con Fuoco
1. Polonaise No. 5 In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 44
2. Ballade No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 52
3. Scherzo No. 4 In E Major, Op. 54
4. Nocturne In F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1: Nocturne No. 15 In F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1
5. Andante Spianato Et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22: Andante Spianato And Grande Polonaise Brillante In E-Flat Major, Op. 22
1. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade - I. Gnomus
2. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade - II. Old Castle
3. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade - III. Tuileries
4. Pictures At An Exhibition: IV. Bydlo - Promenade
5. Pictures At An Exhibition: V. Ballet Of The Chickens In Their Shells
6. Pictures At An Exhibition: VI. Samuel Goldenberg And Schmuyle
7. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade - VII. The Market-Place At Limoges
8. Pictures At An Exhibition: VIII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum Romanum) - Con Mortuis In Lingua Mortua
9. Pictures At An Exhibition: IX. The Hut On Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
10. Pictures At An Exhibition: X. The Great Gate At Kiev
11. Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 16: I. Andantino - Allegretto (1923 Version)
12. Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 16: II. Scherzo. Vivace (1923 Version)
13. Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 16: III. Intermezzo. Allegro Moderato (1923 Version)
14. Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 16: IV. Finale. Allegro Tempestoso (1923 Version)
1. Piano Concerto No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 35: I. Allegro Moderato
2. Piano Concerto No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 35: II. Lento
3. Piano Concerto No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 35: III. Moderato
4. Piano Concerto No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 35: IV. Allegro Con Brio
5. Excursions, Op. 20: I. Un Poco Allegro
6. Excursions, Op. 20: II. In Slow Blues Tempo
7. Excursions, Op. 20: III. Allegretto
8. Excursions, Op. 20: IV. Allegro Molto
9. Piano Sonata, Op. 1
10. 3 Movements From Petrushka: No. 1, Danse Russe (Russian Dance)
11. 3 Movements From Petrushka: No. 2, Chez Petrouchka (Petrushka's Cell)
12. 3 Movements From Petrushka: No. 3, La Semaine Grasse (The Shrove-Tide Fair)
13. Circus Polka
1. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro Molto Moderato
2. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio
3. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16: III. Allegro Moderato Molto E Marcato
4. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54: I. Allegro Affettuoso
5. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54: II. Intermezzo. Andantino Grazioso
6. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54: III. Allegro Vivace
1. Fantasie In C Major, Op. 17: I. Durchaus Phantastisch Und Leidenschaftlich Vorzutragen - Im Legendenton - Erstes Tempo
2. Fantasie In C Major, Op. 17: II. Mäßig
3. Fantasie In C Major, Op. 17: III. Langsam Getragen
4. Piano Sonata No. 1 In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 11: I. Introduzione. Un Poco Adagio - Allegro Vivace
5. Piano Sonata No. 1 In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 11: II. Aria
6. Piano Sonata No. 1 In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 11: III. Scherzo. Allegrissimo - Intermezzo - Lento
7. Piano Sonata No. 1 In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 11: IV. Finale. Allegro Un Poco Maestoso
1. 28 Variations On A Theme By Paganini, Op. 35: Book 1
2. 28 Variations On A Theme By Paganini, Op. 35: Book 2
3. 3 Fantaisies Ou Caprices, Op. 16: No. 2, Scherzo In E Minor, Mwv U71 (1953 Recording)
4. Rondo Capriccioso In E Major, Op. 14, Mwv U67
5. Piano Sonata No. 10 In C Major, K. 330: I. Allegro Moderato
6. Piano Sonata No. 10 In C Major, K. 330: II. Andante Cantabile
7. Piano Sonata No. 10 In C Major, K. 330: III. Allegretto
1. Waltz No. 14 In E Minor, Op. Posth. (Performance 1)
2. Lieder Ohne Worte, Op. 19b: Lieder Ohne Worte (Songs Without Words), Book 1, Op. 19b: No. 3 In A Major, Op. 19b, No. 3, Mwv U89,
3. 3 Fantaisies Ou Caprices, Op. 16: No. 2, Scherzo In E Minor, Mwv U71 (1928 Recording)
4. 6 Preludes And Fugues, Op. 35: Prelude No. 1 In E Minor, Mwv U116
5. Waltz No. 14 In E Minor, Op. Posth. (Performance 2)
6. Prelude Pathétique: Prélude Pathétique
7. Renaissance, Book 1: No. 6, Tambourin In E Minor (Rameau)
8. 6 Ecossaises In E-Flat Major, Woo 83
9. Cello Sonata In G Minor, Op. 19: I. Lento - Allegro Moderato
10. Cello Sonata In G Minor, Op. 19: II. Allegro Scherzando
11. Cello Sonata In G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante
12. Cello Sonata In G Minor, Op. 19: IV. Allegro Mosso
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Shura Cherkassky, born in 1909 in the Crimean port of Odessa, was noted among 20th century pianists for his wayward temperament. Even in old age, he still showed himself in full possession of seemingly effortless power. His extensive repertoire ranged the styles and the centuries. He loved the concert life, and he was a lifelong traveller. From 1928 to the start of the Second World War he was at home in the musical capitals of countries around the world; after the war was over, he developed a predilection for Europe. He was often dubbed a musician of the piano or of the keys, on account of the sounds he conjured up in his virtuosic and spontaneous playing of Liszt and Chopin or other Romantic composers. "Fidelity to the original" never was his sole preoccupation. In this respect he resembled his teacher, the great Josef C. Hofmann, at whose Curtis Institute in Philadelphia he studied once his family had found a new home in the USA in 1923. Before that he had been taught by his mother, who had studied the piano at the St Petersburg Conservatory and gained her diploma there. At the age of nine, Shura Cherkassky gave his first public concert. His childlike delight in playing certainly stayed with him all his life, audible today in the recordings he has left us.
