Shura Cherkassky (1909-1995)
Solo piano works by Chopin, Mussorgsky, Berg, Bernstein, Brahms, Schumann, Beethoven, Liszt, Stravinsky, Grieg and Rakhmaninov









Disc One
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
1Sonata in E flat, Op. 27, No. 1 'quasi una Fantasia'Andante - Allegro6.00
2Allegro molto e vivace2.09
3Adagio con espressione3.09
4Allegro vivace5.55
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
5Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13Theme Andante1.41
6Var I Un poco più vivo1.24
7Var II ‘marcato il canto espressivo’3.06
8Etude III Vivace1.23
9Var III0.56
10Var IV ‘scherzando’1.25
11Var V Agitato, con gran bravura0.55
12Var VI Allegro molto, sempre brillante1.19
13Var VII ‘sempre marcatissimo’1.58
14Etude IX Presto possible 0.420.42
15Var VIII ‘sempre con energia’1.20
16Var IX Con espressione3.03
17Finale Allegro brillante7.23
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
18Variations on a theme of Paganini, Op. 35Book 114.05
19Book 211.43
Josef Hofmann (1876-1957)
20Kaleidoscope, Op. 404.46
Abram Chasins (1903-1981)
21Rush Hour in Hong Kong from Three Chinese Pieces1.37
Disc Two
J S Bach (1685-1750) (arr. by Ferruccio Busoni)
1Chaconne from Parita in D minor for violin16.28
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
2Impromptu No. 2 in E flat, Op. 904.23
3Impromptu No. 3 in G flat, Op. 905.05
Robert Schumann
4Kreisleriana, Op. 161 Äusserst bewegt2.37
52 Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch2.18
6Intermezzo I - Sehr lebhaft2.39
7Intermezzo II - Etwas bewegter4.37
83 Sehr aufgeregt4.48
94 Sehr langsam3.37
105 Sehr lebhaft3.02
116 Sehr langsam3.42
127 Sehr rasch2.04
138 Schnell und spielend3.41
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
14Sonata, Op. 19.52
Johann Strauss (1825-1899) / Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938)
15Wine, Women and Song9.36
Disc Three
Frederic Chopin
1Scherzo in B Minor, Op. 209.39
2Andante Spianato & Grand Polonaise in E flat, Op. 22Andante Spianato5.48
3Grand Polonaise9.31
4Nocturne in D flat, Op. 27, No. 26.28
5Mazurka in B minor, Op. 33, No. 44.11
6Sonata in B minor, Op. 58I Allegro maestoso9.32
7II Scherzo-molto vivace2.29
8III Largo8.32
9IV Finale-presto non tanto5.35
10Nocturne in E, Op. 62, No. 25.51
11Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 63, No. 32.04
12Nocturne in E minor, Op. 724.49
Disc Four
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
1Variations on 'Là, ci darem la mano,' Op. 2Introduzione Largo4.04
2Tema Allegretto1.48
3Variation I Brillante1.06
4Variation II Veloce, ma accuratamente1.11
5Variation III Sempre sostenuto1.33
6Variation IV Con bravura1.13
7Variation V Adagio2.42
8Alla polacca4.11
Franz Liszt
9Sonata in B minorLento assai - Allegro energico11.54
10Andante sostenuto6.07
11Allegro energico10.28
12Hungarian Rhapsody No. 29.39
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
13Trois Mouvements de PétrouchkaI Danse russe3.15
14II Chez Pétrouchka4.52
15III La semaine grasse11.28
Disc Five
César Franck (1822-1890)
1Prélude, choral et fuguePrélude Moderato4.44
2Choral Poco più lento6.22
3Fugue Tempo I6.52
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
4Funérailles Harmonies Poétiques et Religeuses No. 712.47
Edvard Greig (1843-1907)
5Sonata in E minor, Op. 7I Allegro moderato4.45
6II Andante molto4.13
7III Alla menuetto, ma poco più lento3.24
8IV Finale: molto allegro6.38
Sergey Rakhmaninov (1873-1943)
9Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42Theme Andante0.51
10Var I Poco più mosso0.36
11Var II L'istesso tempo0.30
12Var III Tempo di menuetto0.37
13Var IV Andante0.56
14Var V Allegro (ma non tanto)0.24
15Var VI L'istesso tempo0.26
16Var VII Vivace0.26
17Var VIII Adagio misterioso0.41
18Var IX Un poco più mosso0.43
29Var X Allegro scherzando0.36
20Var XI Allegro vivace0.27
21Var XII L'istesso tempo0.44
22Var XIII Agitato0.36
23Intermezzo1.10
24Var XIV Andante (come prima)0.45
25Var XV L'istesso tempo1.33
26Var XVI Allegro vivace0.40
27Var XVII Meno mosso1.06
28Var XVIII Allegro con brio0.37
39Var XIX Più mosso. Agitato0.34
30Var XX Più mosso1.05
31Coda Andante1.30
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
32Quatre Études de rythmeIle de feu - I Presque vif2.09
33Ile de feu - II Vif et féroce5.23
Disc Six
Franz Schubert
1Sonata in A major, Op. 120Allegro moderato9.25
2Andante4.24
3Allegro7.22
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
4Pictures at an ExhibitionPromenade1.22
5Gnomus2.42
6Promenade0.53
7Il Vecchio Castello4.41
8Promenade0.27
9Tuileries1.00
10Bydlo2.36
11Promenade0.50
12Ballet of Chicks in their Shells1.11
13Two Polish Jews, rich and poor2.10
14Promenade1.36
15Limoges, The Market-Place1.32
16Catacombae: Sepulcrum romanum3.59
17The Hut on Fowl's Legs3.19
18The Great Gate of Kiev5.34
Paul Pabst (1834-1897)
19Concert Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Op. 8112.50
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
19TouchesI Chorale Andante a piacere, molto rubato (with a blues feel)1.33
20II Variation 1 Vivace0.19
21III Variation 2 L'istesso tempo0.39
22IV Variation 3 Più mosso0.20
23V Variation 4 Molto moderato1.19
24VI Variation 5 Larghetto1.30
25VII Variation 6 Andante moderato0.25
26VIII Variation 7 Allegro molto0.29
27IX Variation 8 Vivace come II0.22
28X Coda Largo2.04
All Digital recordings except Disc Six, Tracks 4-18: Analogue recordings
All Discs recorded at Nimbus Records, Wyastone Leys, Monmouthshire, U.K.
Disc One: Tracks 1-4: 1984; Tracks 5-21: 11th Feb 1987
Disc Two: Tracks 1, 14: 1984; Tracks 2-13, 15: 13th, 14th May, 10th June 1985
Disc Three: Track 1: 13th, 14th May, 10th June 1985; Tracks 2-12: 11th June, 16th, 17th Oct 1985
Disc Four: Tracks 1-8: 11th Feb 1987; Tracks 9-15: 11th June, 16th, 17th Oct 1985
Disc Five: Tracks 1-3, 5-33: 9th Feb, 30th April 1987; Track 4: 1984
Disc Six: All tracks: 9th, 11th Feb, 30th April, 1st May 1987

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