Shura Cherkassky
At his death, Cherkassky was almost universally remembered as the last great Romantic pianist. Cherkassky combined Romantic sensitivity of touch with the power of a modern player, and he traveled easily between works by the Romantics and those by Ives, Hindemith, Boulez, and Ligeti. This blend of talents served him well, particularly in works such as Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. His parents brought him to the United States in 1923, and within a few years he began studies with Josef Hofmann at the newly founded Curtis Institute. Among his early performances were one with Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra, a performance at the White House, and a tour in 1928 that included Australia and South Africa. Although he also made a few recordings during the 1920s and 1930s, his career did not really take off until after World War II and his move to London. By that time, the pianists, like Hofmann, who had learned from the nineteenth century greats Liszt, Moszkowski, and others, were no longer around. Cherkassky was acknowledged as the heir of that particular school of performance, and just as Liszt and the others had had their own idiosyncrasies, he had his own individual style that seemed to give fresh meaning to everything he played. He toured almost continually around the world during his career, making some time nearly every year to take a holiday in Thailand. He made a successful debut in Russia in 1976 and returned for subsequent tours in 1977 and 1987. In 1986, New York's 92nd Street Y began annually presenting the Shura Cherkassky Recital Award to young artists, in honor of the many recitals Cherkassky had given there. Most of his recordings were made later in his life and cover most of his Romantic repertoire. The best representations of his work can be found on the Decca and Nimbus labels.
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Shura Cherkassky Performs Original Piano Works
Classical - Released by Torill Music on Aug. 30, 2019
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Wigmore Hall Live: Shura Cherkassky
Classical - Released by Wigmore Hall on Apr. 24, 2007
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Sir Malcolm Sargent - An Evening at the Proms
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Joan Hammond, Shura Cherkassky
Classical - Released by Guild Music on Sep. 15, 2012
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Chopin, Brahms, Liszt & Mendelssohn: Piano Works
Classical - Released by Orfeo on Apr. 19, 2007
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Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1 pour piano, trompette et orchestre à cordes - Prokofiev: Concerto pour piano No. 2 (Mono Version)
Shura Cherkassky, Harold Jackson, Herbert Menges
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan. 1, 1957
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Tchaikovsky - The Birthday Edition, Vol. 1
Classical - Released by Documents 2 on Dec. 13, 2014
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Tchaikovsky Two
Berliner Philharmoniker, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Shura Cherkassky
Classical - Released by Editions Audiovisuel Beulah on Nov. 27, 2020
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Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178
Classical - Released by First Hand Records on Apr. 7, 2015
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Shura Cherkassky in Concert (Recorded 1971) [Live]
Classical - Released by First Hand Records on Mar. 28, 2013
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Shura Cherkassky (Live Performances)
Classical - Released by Cembal d'amour on Dec. 21, 2010
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Master of Classic Music, Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 2, Italian Capriccio Op. 45
Shura Cherkassky, Richard Kraus, Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical - Released by Oscardigital on Aug. 18, 1990
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An Evening at The Proms (Album of 1959)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Joan Hammond, Shura Cherkassky
Classical - Released by GazzaLadra on Jul. 31, 2023
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The Condon Collection, Vol. 21: Original Piano Roll Recordings
Shura Cherkassky and Leopold Godowsky
Classical - Released by CONDON COLLECTION DIGITAL on Oct. 20, 2017
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The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan (Arr. for Piano)
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Apr. 9, 2021
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The Best of Chopin, Vol. 10
Yves Nat, Arthur Rubinstein, Shura Cherkassky
Classical - Released by ArnebAudio on Jan. 25, 2024
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Shura Cherkassky ● Piano Recital : Mendelssohn-Bartholdy ● Schumann ● Berg ● Debussy ● Stravinsky ● Poulenc
Classical - Released by Ermitage Records on Feb. 27, 2023
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Herbert von Karajan dirige Liszt (Mono Version)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Shura Cherkassky
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan. 1, 1961
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Liszt: Rhapsodies hongroises Nos. 6 & 15 (Mono Version)
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan. 1, 1954
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Piano Masterworks: Shura Cherkassky plays Brahms, Liszt and Chopin
Classical - Released by Jube Classic on Jan. 7, 2014
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Pianistas Famosos, Shura Cherkassky
Shura Cherkassky, Leopold Ludwig, Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical - Released by Hhpvrdigital on Jan. 19, 2000
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Cherkassky / Berlin Philharmonic / Kraus) (1956)
Shura Cherkassky, Berliner Philharmoniker, Richard Kraus
Classical - Released by Naxos Classical Archives on Jan. 1, 2000
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