Nimbus Records, Classical, NI 1748, Shura Cherkassky (1909-1995)<br>Solo piano works by Chopin, Mussorgsky, Berg, Bernstein, Brahms, Schumann, Beethoven, Liszt, Stravinsky, Grieg and Rakhmaninov

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

This disc has been replaced by NI 1733

	Disc One

1	Frederic Chopin (1810-1849, Variations on 'Là, ci darem la mano,' Op. 2	Introduzione Largo	4.03


2		Tema Allegretto	1.48


3		Variation I Brillante	1.06


4		Variation II Veloce, ma accuratamente	1.10


5		Variation III Sempre sostenuto	1.33


6		Variation IV Con bravura	1.18


7		Variation V Adagio	2.38


8		Alla polacca	4.08


9	Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13		26.47


10	Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Variations on a theme of Paganini, Op. 35	Book 1	14.05


11		Book 2	11.43


12	Josef Hofmann (1876-1957), Kaleidoscope, Op. 40		4.46


13	Abram Chasins (1903-1981), Rush Hour in Hong Kong from Three Chinese Pieces		1.37

	Disc Two

1	J S Bach (1685-1750) (arr. by Ferruccio Busoni), Chaconne from Parita in D minor for violin		16.21


2	Alban Berg (1885-1935), Sonata, Op. 1		9.44


3	Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Funérailles Harmonies Poétiques et Religeuses No. 7		12.47


4	Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Sonata in E flat, Op. 27, No. 1 'quasi una Fantasia'	Andante - Allegro	6.00


5		Allegro molto e vivace	2.09


6		Adagio con espressione	3.09


7		Allegro vivace	5.55

	Disc Three

1	Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Impromptu No. 2 in E flat, Op. 90		4.25


2	Impromptu No. 3 in G flat, Op. 90		4.59


3	Robert Schumann, Kreisleriana, Op. 16	1 Äusserst bewegt	2.37


4		2 Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch	2.18


5		Intermezzo I - Sehr lebhaft	2.38


6		Intermezzo II - Etwas bewegter	4.37


7		3 Sehr aufgeregt	4.48


8		4 Sehr langsam	3.37


9		5 Sehr lebhaft	3.02


10		6 Sehr langsam	3.42


11		7 Sehr rasch	2.04


12		8 Schnell und spielend	3.31


13	Frederic Chopin, Scherzo in B Minor, Op. 20		9.39


14	Johann Strauss (1825-1899)/Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938), Wine, Women and Song		9.36

	Disc Four

1	Frederic Chopin, Sonata in B minor, Op. 58	I Allegro maestoso	9.33


2		II Scherzo-molto vivace	2.29


3		III Largo	8.32


4		IV Finale-presto non tanto	5.33


5	Mazurka in B minor, Op. 33, No. 4		4.06


6	Nocturne in D flat, Op. 27, No. 2		6.25


7	Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 63, No. 3		2.02


8	Nocturne in E, Op. 62, No. 2		5.52


9	Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72		4.48


10	Andante Spianato & Grand Polonaise in E flat, Op. 22		15.14

	Disc Five

1	Franz Liszt, Sonata in B minor		28.14


2	Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Trois Mouvements de Pétrouchka	I Danse russe	3.15


3		II Chez Pétrouchka	4.52


4		III La semaine grasse	11.23


5	Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2		9.25

	Disc Six

1	César Franck (1822-1890), Prélude, choral et fugue	Prélude Moderato	4.50


2		Choral Poco più lento	6.20


3		Fugue Tempo I	6.38


4	Edvard Greig (1843-1907), Sonata in E minor, Op. 7	I Allegro moderato	4.46


5		II Andante molto	4.16


6		III Alla menuetto, ma poco più lento	3.25


7		IV Finale: molto allegro	6.29


8	Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Quatre Études de rythme - Ile de feu I and II	Ile de feu - I Presque vif	2.11


9		Ile de feu - II Vif et féroce	5.15


10	Sergey Rakhmaninov (1873-1943), Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42	Theme Andante	0.51


11		Var I Poco più mosso	0.36


12		Var II L'istesso tempo	0.30


13		Var III Tempo di menuetto	0.37


14		Var IV Andante	0.56


15		Var V Allegro (ma non tanto)	0.24


16		Var VI L'istesso tempo	0.26


17		Var VII Vivace	0.26


18		Var VIII Adagio misterioso	0.41


19		Var IX Un poco più mosso	0.43


20		Var X Allegro scherzando	0.36


21		Var XI Allegro vivace	0.27


22		Var XII L'istesso tempo	0.44


23		Var XIII Agitato	0.36


24		Intermezzo	1.10


25		Var XIV Andante (come prima)	0.45


26		Var XV L'istesso tempo	1.33


27		Var XVI Allegro vivace	0.40


28		Var XVII Meno mosso	1.06


29		Var XVIII Allegro con brio	0.37


30		Var XIX Più mosso. Agitato	0.34


31		Var XX Più mosso	1.05


32		Coda Andante	1.30

	Disc Seven

1	Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Pictures at an Exhibition	Promenade	1.22


2		Gnomus	2.42


3		Promenade	0.53


4		Il Vecchio Castello	4.41


5		Promenade	0.27


6		Tuileries	1.00


7		Bydlo	2.36


8		Promenade	0.50


9		Ballet of Chicks in their Shells	1.11


10		Two Polish Jews, rich and poor	2.11


11		Promenade	1.35


12		Limoges, The Market-Place	1.32


13		Catacombae: Sepulcrum romanum	3.59


14		The Hut on Fowl's Legs	3.18


15		The Great Gate of Kiev	5.34


16	Franz Schubert, Sonata in A major, Op. 120	Allegro moderato	9.23


17		Andante	4.24


18		Allegro	7.13


19	Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), Touches	I Chorale Andante a piacere, molto rubato (with a blues feel)	1.33


20		II Variation 1 Vivace	0.19


21		III Variation 2 L'istesso tempo	0.39


22		IV Variation 3 Più mosso	0.20


23		V Variation 4 Molto moderato	1.19


24		VI Variation 5 Larghetto	1.30


25		VII Variation 6 Andante moderato	0.25


26		VIII Variation 7 Allegro molto	0.29


27		IX Variation 8 Vivace come II	0.25


28		X Coda Largo	1.57


29	Paul Pabst (1834-1897), Concert Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Op. 81		12.50

	Disc One: Tracks 1-8: 1987; Tracks 9-13: 1984 Nimbus Communications International Limited.
	Disc Two: 1984 Nimbus Communications International Limited.
	Disc Three: 1985 Nimbus Communications International Limited.
	Disc Four: 1985 Nimbus Communications International Limited.
	Disc Five: 1985 Nimbus Communications International Limited.
	Disc Six: 1987 Nimbus Communications International Limited.
	Disc Seven: Tracks 1-15: 1981 Tracks 16-29: 1987 Nimbus Communications International Limited.
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Shura Cherkassky (1909-1995)Solo piano works by Chopin, Mussorgsky, Berg, Bernstein, Brahms, Schumann, Beethoven, Liszt, Stravinsky, Grieg and Rakhmaninov

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