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    Barber / Cherkassky / Berliner Philharmoniker - Piano Masterpieces [10 CD]

    Barber / Cherkassky / Berliner Philharmoniker - Piano Masterpieces [10 CD]

    Release Date: /// Profil - G Haenssler

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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.

    Tracklist:

    1. Fantasia On Hungarian Folk Themes, S. 123 "Hungarian Fantasy": Fantasia On Hungarian Folk Themes, S. 123/R. 458, &quot
    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
    4. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E-Flat Major, S. 124: Allegro Maestoso
    5. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E-Flat Major, S. 124: Quasi Adagio
    6. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E-Flat Major, S. 124: Allegretto Vivace - Allegro Animato
    7. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E-Flat Major, S. 124: Allegro Marziale Animato
    8. 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244/R. 106: No. 13 In A Minor
    9. Liebesträume, S. 541: Liebesträume, S. 541/R. 211: No. 3, Nocturne In A-Flat Major
    10. Grand Galop Chromatique, S. 219/R. 41
    11. Grandes Études De Paganini, S. 141: Grandes Études De Paganini, S. 141/R. 3b: No. 3 In G-Sharp Minor, "La Cam
    12. 3 Pieces, Fp 48: No. 3, Toccata
    13. Carnival Of The Animals: XIII. Le Cygne (The Swan) [Arr. L. Godowsky For Piano]
    14. 3 Chinese Pieces, Op. 5
    15. Muzikal'naya Tabakerka (A Musical Snuffbox), Op. 32
    16. Piano Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, Th 55: I. Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso - Allegro Con Spirito
    17. Piano Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, Th 55: II. Andantino Semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I
    18. Piano Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, Th 55: III. Allegro Con Fuoco
    19. Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Major, Op. 44: I. Allegro Brillante
    20. Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Major, Op. 44: II. Andante Non Troppo
    21. Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Major, Op. 44: III. Allegro Con Fuoco
    22. Polonaise No. 5 In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 44
    23. Ballade No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 52
    24. Scherzo No. 4 In E Major, Op. 54
    25. Nocturne In F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1: Nocturne No. 15 In F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1
    26. Andante Spianato Et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22: Andante Spianato And Grande Polonaise Brillante In E-Flat Major, Op. 22
    27. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade - I. Gnomus
    28. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade - II. Old Castle
    29. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade - III. Tuileries
    30. Pictures At An Exhibition: IV. Bydlo - Promenade
    31. Pictures At An Exhibition: V. Ballet Of The Chickens In Their Shells
    32. Pictures At An Exhibition: VI. Samuel Goldenberg And Schmuyle
    33. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade - VII. The Market-Place At Limoges
    34. Pictures At An Exhibition: VIII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum Romanum) - Con Mortuis In Lingua Mortua
    35. Pictures At An Exhibition: IX. The Hut On Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
    36. Pictures At An Exhibition: X. The Great Gate At Kiev
    37. Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 16: I. Andantino - Allegretto (1923 Version)
    38. Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 16: II. Scherzo. Vivace (1923 Version)
    39. Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 16: III. Intermezzo. Allegro Moderato (1923 Version)
    40. Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 16: IV. Finale. Allegro Tempestoso (1923 Version)
    41. Piano Concerto No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 35: I. Allegro Moderato
    42. Piano Concerto No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 35: II. Lento
    43. Piano Concerto No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 35: III. Moderato
    44. Piano Concerto No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 35: IV. Allegro Con Brio
    45. Excursions, Op. 20: I. Un Poco Allegro
    46. Excursions, Op. 20: II. In Slow Blues Tempo
    47. Excursions, Op. 20: III. Allegretto
    48. Excursions, Op. 20: IV. Allegro Molto
    49. Piano Sonata, Op. 1
    50. 3 Movements From Petrushka: No. 1, Danse Russe (Russian Dance)
    51. 3 Movements From Petrushka: No. 2, Chez Petrouchka (Petrushka's Cell)
    52. 3 Movements From Petrushka: No. 3, La Semaine Grasse (The Shrove-Tide Fair)
    53. Circus Polka
    54. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro Molto Moderato
    55. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio
    56. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 16: III. Allegro Moderato Molto E Marcato
    57. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54: I. Allegro Affettuoso
    58. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54: II. Intermezzo. Andantino Grazioso
    59. Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 54: III. Allegro Vivace
    60. Fantasie In C Major, Op. 17: I. Durchaus Phantastisch Und Leidenschaftlich Vorzutragen - Im Legendenton - Erstes Tempo
    61. Fantasie In C Major, Op. 17: II. Mäßig
    62. Fantasie In C Major, Op. 17: III. Langsam Getragen
    63. Piano Sonata No. 1 In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 11: I. Introduzione. Un Poco Adagio - Allegro Vivace
    64. Piano Sonata No. 1 In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 11: II. Aria
    65. Piano Sonata No. 1 In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 11: III. Scherzo. Allegrissimo - Intermezzo - Lento
    66. Piano Sonata No. 1 In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 11: IV. Finale. Allegro Un Poco Maestoso
    67. 28 Variations On A Theme By Paganini, Op. 35: Book 1
    68. 28 Variations On A Theme By Paganini, Op. 35: Book 2
    69. 3 Fantaisies Ou Caprices, Op. 16: No. 2, Scherzo In E Minor, Mwv U71 (1953 Recording)
    70. Rondo Capriccioso In E Major, Op. 14, Mwv U67
    71. Piano Sonata No. 10 In C Major, K. 330: I. Allegro Moderato
    72. Piano Sonata No. 10 In C Major, K. 330: II. Andante Cantabile
    73. Piano Sonata No. 10 In C Major, K. 330: III. Allegretto
    74. Waltz No. 14 In E Minor, Op. Posth. (Performance 1)
    75. 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,
    76. 3 Fantaisies Ou Caprices, Op. 16: No. 2, Scherzo In E Minor, Mwv U71 (1928 Recording)
    77. 6 Preludes And Fugues, Op. 35: Prelude No. 1 In E Minor, Mwv U116
    78. Waltz No. 14 In E Minor, Op. Posth. (Performance 2)
    79. Prelude Pathétique: Prélude Pathétique
    80. Renaissance, Book 1: No. 6, Tambourin In E Minor (Rameau)
    81. 6 Ecossaises In E-Flat Major, Woo 83
    82. Cello Sonata In G Minor, Op. 19: I. Lento - Allegro Moderato
    83. Cello Sonata In G Minor, Op. 19: II. Allegro Scherzando
    84. Cello Sonata In G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante
    85. Cello Sonata In G Minor, Op. 19: IV. Allegro Mosso

    UPC: 881488180374
    Label: PROFIL - G HAENSSLER
    Release Date: 10.5.18
    Format: CD

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