SHURA CHERKASSKY - The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals, 1981-1989 | 5CD | FIRST RELEASE [FHR99]

Released as a 5CD box set and on all digital platforms: 15 November 2024
SHURA CHERKASSKY, piano
The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals Pasadena, California, USA, 1981-1989 [5CD]
All recordings are first releases
0:00 CHOPIN: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2
0:29 CHOPIN: Grande Polonaise brillante in E flat major, Op. 22
1:12 LULLY: Allemande from Suite de Pièces
1:43 CHOPIN: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
2:12 HOFMANN: Kaleidoskop
2:44 FRANCK: Choral from Prélude, Choral et Fugue
3:20 CHERKASSKY: Prélude pathétique
3:52 SCHUMANN: Chopin from Carnaval, Op. 9
4:31 LISZT: Valse de l’opéra Faust de Gounod, S407/R166
5:14 TCHAIKOVSKY: October: Autumn Song from The Seasons, Op. 37a
5:55 SCHUMANN: Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten from Fantasy, Op. 17
6:43 RACHMANINOV: Barcarolle in G minor from Morceaux de salon, Op. 10
29 APRIL 1981
CD1 [74:09]
Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849)
1. Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
2. Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2
3. Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1
4-5. Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante in E flat major, Op. 22
Interval
6. Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49
7. Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36
8. Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66
9. Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31
Encores:
10. Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9, No. 3
11. Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42, ‘Grande valse’
13 JANUARY 1982
CD2 [71:06]
Jean-Baptiste LULLY (1632-1687)
1-5. Suite de Pièces
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
6. Scherzo a Capriccio in F sharp minor, Op. 5
Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
7-10. Grand Sonata in G major, Op. 37
Interval
Frédéric CHOPIN
11. Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61, ‘Polonaise-fantaisie’
12. Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
CD3 [72:19]
Józef (Josef) HOFMANN (1876-1957)
Charakterskizzen, Op. 40 (1908)
1. No. 4. Kaleidoskop
Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
2. Réminiscences de Don Juan, S418 (1841)
Encores:
Shura CHERKASSKY (1909-1995)
3. Prélude pathétique (1922)
Frédéric CHOPIN
4. Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42, ‘Grande valse’ (1840)
Recorded 18 NOVEMBER 1987
César FRANCK (1822-1890)
5-7. Prélude, Choral et Fugue, M. 21 (1884)
Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
8-28. Carnaval, Op. 9 (1834-35)
Interval
CD4 [53:26]
Sergey RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
1. Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 (1931)
Józef (Josef) HOFMANN
Charakterskizzen, Op. 40 (1908)
2. No. 4. Kaleidoskop
Frédéric CHOPIN
3. Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1 (1844)
4. Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 (1846)
Franz LISZT
5. Valse de l’opéra Faust de Gounod, S407/R166 (1861)
Encores:
Isaac ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909)
España, Op. 165 (1890)
6. II. Tango (arr. 1921 Leopold GODOWSKY (1870-1938))
RACHMANINOV
7. Polka de W.R.
(arr. of Lachtäubchen, Scherzpolka, Op. 303 by Franz BEHR, 1837-1898)
Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY
The Seasons, Op. 37a (1876)
8. No. 10. October: Autumn Song
Recorded 2 NOVEMBER 1989
CD5 [46:05]
George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)
1. Keyboard Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430 (1720): IV. Air and Variations, ‘The Harmonious Blacksmith’
Robert SCHUMANN
Fantasy in C major, Op. 17 (1838)
2. III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
Interval
Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY
6 Morceaux, Op. 19 (1873)
3. VI. Thème original et variations
Sergey RACHMANINOV
7 Morceaux de salon, Op. 10 (1894)
4. III. Barcarolle in G minor
Franz LISZT
5. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor, S244/R106 (1847)
Encores:
Isaac ALBÉNIZ
España, Op. 165 (1890)
6. II. Tango (arr. 1921 Leopold GODOWSKY (1870-1938))
Transfers by
Geoff Willard from open reel tapes (CD1-4)
Nathan Coy from DAT (CD5)
Remastered by
John Croft (Chiaro Audio)
John Croft and David Murphy (FHR) (CD2 and CD3, tracks 1-4)
Recording released with approval from the estate of Shura Cherkassky
℗ & © 2024 The copyright in the remastering is owned by First Hand Records Ltd

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