Cherkassky had a huge repertoire! This Chopin sonata, the Grieg sonata, the Tchaikovsky-Pabst paraphrases...like Schumann once said of Chopin, I must say of Cherkassky, "a genius!"
It's always awesome to me to see this very underrated piece - posthumous even though the intended 'Opus 4' designation was always kept open for it - get the attention of a competent performer like Cherkassky. I remember the pre-internet era when the Vladimir Ashkenazy recording was the only one commercially available.
Cherkassky always the champion of lesser known classics. He familiarised the public with works such as Chopin's La ci darem la mano variations, Tchaikovsky's Sonata in G and Piano Concerto No.2 in G major etc.
Cherkassky had a huge repertoire! This Chopin sonata, the Grieg sonata, the Tchaikovsky-Pabst paraphrases...like Schumann once said of Chopin, I must say of Cherkassky, "a genius!"
It's always awesome to me to see this very underrated piece - posthumous even though the intended 'Opus 4' designation was always kept open for it - get the attention of a competent performer like Cherkassky. I remember the pre-internet era when the Vladimir Ashkenazy recording was the only one commercially available.
Cherkassky always the champion of lesser known classics. He familiarised the public with works such as Chopin's La ci darem la mano variations, Tchaikovsky's Sonata in G and Piano Concerto No.2 in G major etc.
I love the first movement of this sonata - so moody, relentless, inventive and yet charming.