Shura Cherkassky plays Rachmaninov, Prokofiev & Stravinsky
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Label: ICA Classics
Cat No: ICAC5020
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 3rd May 2011
Contents
Works
RachmaninovRhapsody of the Theme of Paganini
Rachmaninov
Polka de W.R.
Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No.7
Stravinsky
3 Scenes from Petruschka
Rameau/Godowsky
Tambourin
Chabrier
Bourree Fantasque
Artists
Shura Cherkassky (piano)Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Conductor
Zdenek MacalWorks
RachmaninovRhapsody of the Theme of Paganini
Rachmaninov
Polka de W.R.
Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No.7
Stravinsky
3 Scenes from Petruschka
Rameau/Godowsky
Tambourin
Chabrier
Bourree Fantasque
Artists
Shura Cherkassky (piano)Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Conductor
Zdenek MacalAbout
This WDR studio broadcast, sourced from the original master tapes, has Cherkassky playing Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini from 1970 in superb stereo. He recorded the Rhapsody only once in 1953 for EMI in mono but it has never been issued on CD, so this taping is exceptionally important and adds a major work to Cherkassky’s large discography.
Prokofiev’s wartime Piano Sonata No.7 was never recorded commercially by Cherkassky, so this is another addition to his discography sourced from WDR’s original master tapes. It was recorded in 1951 when Cherkassky was fast becoming a star in Germany.
The three scenes from Stravinsky’s Petruschka was a favourite virtuoso work for Cherkassky and this 1951 recording shows him at his most brilliant, sourced from WDR’s original master tapes.
Three encores have been added from 1951 and 1953 (not sourced from WDR) which again showcase Cherkassky’s incredible technique during the early period of his career in Germany. Cherkassky never recorded Chabrier’s Bourée Fantasque commercially.
Contents:
- Rachmaninov: Rhapsody of the Theme of Paganini
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Zdenek Macal
Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne, 17 April 1970 (stereo)
- Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.7
- Stravinsky: 3 Scenes from Petruschka
Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne, 21 January 1951 (mono)
Bonus:
- Rachmaninov: Polka de W.R
- Rameau/Godowsky: Tambourin
Villa Berg, Stuttgart, 3 March 1953 (mono)
- Chabrier: Bourrée Fantasque
Munich, 1951 (mono)
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