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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Beethoven, Mendelssohn & Others: Piano Works
Shura Cherkassky, Marcel Hubert, Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Rachmilovich
Classical - Lançado por APR em 06/10/2023
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Chopin: Ballades Nos. 1 & 2 & Other Piano Works
Classical - Lançado por Tudor em 20/01/2023
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Mozart, Schumann, Chopin & Others: Piano Works (Live)
Classical - Lançado por Orfeo em 28/10/2013
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Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4 etc
Shura Cherkassky, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/02/1996
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Shura Cherkassky Piano Masterpieces
Classical - Lançado por Profil em 05/10/2018
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1982 San Francisco Recital
Classical - Lançado por Ivory Classics em 23/03/1999
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Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Live)
Classical - Lançado por Ica Classics em 29/10/2012
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Chopin: Etudes, Opp. 10 and 25 (Cherkassky) (1955)
Classical - Lançado por Naxos Classical Archives em 20/06/2007
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 - Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Classical - Lançado por Ica Classics em 23/09/2022
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Schubert: Piano Sonata No.13 / Chopin: Preludes
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 09/05/1978
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Kaleidoscope: Piano Encores
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1974
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80th Birthday Recital from Carnegie Hall
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 13/12/1992
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Chopin: Etudes, Opus 10, Numbers 1-12
Classical - Lançado por Past Classics em 24/04/2008
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Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 - Stravinsky: Three Scenes from Petrushka
Shura Cherkassky, Zdenek Macal, Kölner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester
Classical - Lançado por Ica Classics em 03/05/2011
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Wigmore Hall Live - Works By Rameau, Haydn, Chopin, Liszt, Hindemith, And Lennox Berkeley
Classical - Lançado por Wigmore Hall Live em 01/01/2007
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Liszt: Mazzepa, Rhapsodies hongroises pour orchestre & Fantaisie hongroise pour piano et orchestre (Stereo Version)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Shura Cherkassky
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1961
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The Historic 1940s Recordings
Classical - Lançado por Ivory Classics em 17/04/2001
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Peter I . Tchaikovsky
Classical - Lançado por Documents em 01/09/2008
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3; Morceaux de Fantaisie
Shura Cherkassky, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 12/10/1996
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Schumann: Etudes Symphoniques etc
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 17/11/1976
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Shura Cherkassky Plays Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn & Liszt
Shura Cherkassky, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind
Classical - Lançado por Vox em 01/01/1999
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