So free! So fine! So mellow! So full of fantasy! So full of unique, marvelous insights. Makes other interpretations I've admired for years seem stilted, pedestrian -- even coarse and brutal -- in comparison. This truly touches upon the divine. The subtle emphasis of bass lines and inner voices in his Chopin is as enthralling as it is humbling. What I like best is his honest desire to show us the MUSIC and not merely to show what HE can DO with it. This is very like a religious experience.
Cherkasskys wonderfully varied tonal palette can be heard here in its full glory. Some quirky rubato in the first movement, however one is completely captivated by the pianists fascinating mercurial temperament. The reverie - like quaver passages of the slow movement are magically played, Cherkassky takes the listener to a very special place. The Drama of the Finale is perfectly judged and executed.
Chopin was phyically small and fragile, apparently weighing no more than 100 lbs. He preferred playing his music in small intimate venues and shunned large concert theatres his more robust contemporaries preferred. His music is more suited to a small setting played easily and comfortably, and easy on the bravura. Cherassky's delicate approach to chopin (more than most modern pianists) respects this idiosyncracy with remarkable results.
His playing seemed only to improve with age. He never deteriorated, as the recitals in Japan in the last six or seven years of his life prove conclusively. He played with THE most beautiful TONE I have ever heard -- and I have heard just about EVERYBODY, believe me.
This is the best example of what playing naturally means, wonderful
I love this sonata. Ravishing performance, the best I’ve heard. Chopin would love this guy.
So free! So fine! So mellow! So full of fantasy! So full of unique, marvelous insights.
Makes other interpretations I've admired for years seem stilted, pedestrian -- even coarse and brutal -- in comparison. This truly touches upon the divine.
The subtle emphasis of bass lines and inner voices in his Chopin is as enthralling as it is humbling.
What I like best is his honest desire to show us the MUSIC and not merely to show what HE can DO with it.
This is very like a religious experience.
Cherkasskys wonderfully varied tonal palette can be heard here in its full glory. Some quirky rubato in the first movement, however one is completely captivated by the pianists fascinating mercurial temperament. The reverie - like quaver passages of the slow movement are magically played, Cherkassky takes the listener to a very special place.
The Drama of the Finale is perfectly judged and executed.
Breathtaking from first note to last note. I am stunned-his second movement was so beautiful-such profound musicality!
Absolutely wonderful and mesmerizing performance. How profoundly he plays the very tender moments in this piece and what a piece, absolutely divine!
Chopin was phyically small and fragile, apparently weighing no more than 100 lbs. He preferred playing his music in small intimate venues and shunned large concert theatres his more robust contemporaries preferred. His music is more suited to a small setting played easily and comfortably, and easy on the bravura. Cherassky's delicate approach to chopin (more than most modern pianists) respects this idiosyncracy with remarkable results.
no wonder it is a flawless rendition ! the guy is hoffman's pupil
His playing seemed only to improve with age. He never deteriorated, as the recitals in Japan in the last six or seven years of his life prove conclusively.
He played with THE most beautiful TONE I have ever heard -- and I have heard just about EVERYBODY, believe me.